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In an educational report, Maurice Schumann, vice president of the senate, gives a definition of the senator and highlights the differences between senate and national assembly. Images of a working session in the Senate illustrate his comments on the balancing role of senators.

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Michel Rocard, interviewed live from the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris, expresses his enthusiasm for having been elected senator of the Yvelines and to be thus a "little new" in the senate. He wishes to take advantage of his mandate in this "calm and serene assembly where we have time to reflect" to advance the subjects that are important to him. By remaining an MEP, he intends to establish a bridge between the European debates and the French Parliament.

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The function of senator is detailed in this report following Roger Quilliot, senator of Puy de Dôme, in his daily activities. He recalls that his role is primarily with local elected officials. He thus considers himself capable of introducing common sense, practical sense and humanity into the law, inevitably theoretical and general. Filmed during meetings and during his travels, he expresses a regret, that of not having enough time.

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Paul Seramy, mayor of Fontainebleau and senator for Seine et Marne, talks about his work with mayors and municipal councillors and the one he performs when he is in the senate. Contrary to what the journalist suggests, he says that "in the senate, we do not fall asleep" but we "hate excesses". He is filmed during meetings with local elected officials and in his office with a collaborator.

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Alain Poher, president of the senate, present in Levens, in the Var, for the celebration of the centenary of the institution recalls the main missions. The second chamber is intended to reflect on the laws and question the government but also to represent local communities.

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Jean Huchon, a senator from Maine et Loire, who is not running for re-election in the next senatorial elections, talks about the position he held during two terms. He defines himself as an elected representative on the ground and gives the list of projects he managed to carry out in the small town of Salle-et-Chapelle-Aubry. He withdrew in horror from the "gerontocracy" which, according to him, polluted French political life. An interview with Pierre Malinge, Mayor of Salle-et-Chapelle-Aubry, hails the outgoing senator’s knowledge of the fields and his involvement in bringing the files to a successful conclusion.

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"Do you consider the Senate an anomaly, a curiosity of our Republic?" - 'Are you among those who think that the Luxembourg Palace is a golden political retirement home that costs the taxpayer a lot of money?' Two questions willingly provocative to invite French people to give their point of view.

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Guided tour of the Senate and presentation of the institution’s role.

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Small guided tour of the Luxembourg Palace with baroque music.

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A brief overview of what the French think of the Senate, senators and their role.

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Short History of the Senate and presentation of the role of the institution.