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French Public Institutions, Civil Service and Law

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  1. Which three branches make up the French civil service?
  2. Which category of French civil servants carries out mainly executing tasks and requires the lowest level of qualification?
  3. Which law of 13 July 1983 laid down the rights and obligations of civil servants?
  4. Which three principles are known as the laws of Rolland for public services?
  5. According to Article 6 of the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man, how are citizens admitted to public positions?
  6. Which duty prevents a civil servant from expressing religious or political opinions while on duty?
  7. Which duty requires a civil servant not to disclose facts learned during their work?
  8. Who is the executive head of a French commune?
  9. Which body deliberates on the affairs of a commune?
  10. How many regions does metropolitan France have since the reform that took effect in 2016?
  11. Who presides over the executive of a département?
  12. What is the purpose of an intercommunal public body (EPCI)?
  13. Which institution audits the use of public money and publishes public reports on it?
  14. Which courts judge in the first instance disputes between citizens and the administration?
  15. Which is the highest court for civil and criminal cases in France?
  16. In the hierarchy of norms, which text ranks highest in French law?
  17. In which text is the right to strike recognised in the French constitutional block?
  18. Which procedure, in place since 2010, lets a party in a trial argue that a law breaches constitutional rights?
  19. Which French authority oversees the protection of personal data?
  20. Which independent institution, created by the Constitution since 2011, defends citizens' rights against the administration?
  21. Which European Union institution proposes new European laws?
  22. In which city does the Court of Justice of the European Union have its seat?
  23. How often are the members of the European Parliament elected?
  24. Which law sets the revenue and expenditure of the State each year?
  25. Who promulgates the laws passed by Parliament?
  26. Which article of the Constitution lets the President submit certain bills to a referendum?
  27. Which principle requires the State to be neutral towards religions and guarantees freedom of conscience?
  28. Which task of the mayor includes recording births, marriages and deaths?
  29. Which school replaced the École nationale d'administration in 2022 for training senior civil servants?
  30. What does the term public service mean in French administrative law?

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