France's official name is the French Republic. France has a semi-Presidential Republic. It has both a President and a Prime Minister. The semi-presidential system (refered to as semi-presidentialism) is a system of government in which a popularly elected fixed term president and along with a prime minister and that is responsible to the government of a state. The current president and prime minister is Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls. The French parliament is the government building.
France’s first inhabitants are the French people that are the descendants of Gauls and Belgae, western …show more content…
Five of them are civil holidays (New Year's Day, May Day, Victory in Europe Day, Bastille Day and WWI Armistice Day) and they have six religious origin based on the Catholic faith (Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Assumption Day, All Saints' Day, and Christmas). France like many countries has a interest for popular sports like Rugby, Football, Horse racing, Cycling and basketball. Cycling is also a very well known sport. Sports that are typically played are cycling and horse racing. Cycling is a well followed sport and many people have it as a hobby. Horse racing in france is an important especially