Conseil National
Monaco's Parliament: 24 members elected for five years by Monegasque nationals, sitting at 2 place de la Visitation in Monaco-Ville
The Conseil National is the Parliament of the Principality. Under article 4 of the Constitution (1962, revised 2002), legislative power is exercised jointly by the Sovereign Prince and the Conseil National: every law, and the State budget, needs the vote of the assembly and the assent of the Prince. It sits in its own building on the Rock, opposite the Chapelle de la Visitation.
Composition
- 24 members elected for five years by direct universal suffrage of Monegasque nationals aged 18 and over — about 9,000 electors. Foreign residents do not vote.
- Single-round mixed vote: 16 seats by plurality, 8 by proportional representation, with panachage allowed.
- Last election: 5 February 2023 (L'Union Nationale Monégasque took all 24 seats; turnout 57.3 %). Next: due early 2028.
- President: Thomas Brezzo (since April 2024, re-elected 2 April 2026). Vice-President: Jean-Louis Grinda. The Bureau is renewed every year at the opening of the spring session.
What it does
- Deliberates and votes laws (Government bills and its own private members' bills, which the Government must answer within six months) and holds the sole right of amendment.
- Votes the State budget in legislative form during the autumn session.
- Must pass a law before certain treaties can be ratified, before any public-domain land is released, and for any revision of the Constitution.
- Cannot overturn the Government, which answers to the Prince alone; only the Prince can dissolve the assembly.
Sessions and public access
Two ordinary sessions a year: 1 April–30 June (legislation) and 1 October–31 December (budget). Public sittings are open to all, streamed on conseil-national.mc and on the assembly's YouTube channel, and broadcast by Monaco Info.
Practical information
- Address: 2 place de la Visitation, 98000 Monaco-Ville
- Phone: +377 93 30 41 15 · Email: info@conseil-national.mc
- Open: Monday to Friday, 8:30–18:30, and during public sittings
- National priority queries (housing, employment): priorite.nationale@conseil-national.mc, +377 97 98 74 74
- Website: https://www.conseil-national.mc — bills in progress, adopted laws, agendas and the video archive of sittings
For how elections, sessions, committees and law-making work in detail, read our guide to the Conseil National. Not to be confused with the Conseil Communal, the 15-member municipal council behind the Mairie de Monaco.