.UNDER THE modern French commonwealth, started through Charles de Gaulle in 1958, elections to the nation's presidency and assemblage occur at different ballots. Considering that the constitution was upgraded in 2000 to lessen the governmental phrase from 7 years to 5, the legislative election has actually been had a number of months after the presidential survey. From 2002 to 2022, at five succeeding legislative vote-castings, this delivered a government of the same political stripe as the head of state. France's upcoming legislative election on June 30th as well as July 7th, nevertheless, might well result in one more time of what is known as "common-law marriage". This can be under Marine Le Pen's hard-right National Rally (RN), or even the recently created hard-left New Popular Face. What is common-law marriage, and how does it work?