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- ↑ "Résultats des élections des conseillers consulaires de 2014 - data.gouv.fr". www.data.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- 1 2 "Français de l'étranger : premières élections consulaires les 24 et 25 mai 2014". www.vie-publique.fr (in French). 2014-02-12. Archived from the original on 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ↑ Law no. 2013-659 of July 22, 2013 relating to the representation of French people established outside France
- ↑ "Loi du 22 juillet 2013 relative à la représentation des Français établis hors de France". www.vie-publique.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ↑ "Assemblée des Français de l'étranger". Sénat (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
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