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| 1993, March 21, 28 |
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| Legislative elections for the National Assembly, held in two rounds, cut the ruling Socialist Party's share of the vote by half. The Socialist Party lost all but 54 of the 252 seats it had held in the National Assembly, while the Gaullist Rassemblement pour la République (Rally for the Republic, RPR) increased its representation from 126 seats to 247. The Center-Right Party, the Union for French Democracy (Union pour la Démocratie Française, UDF), became the second strongest party in the National Assembly by acquiring 213 seats, as compared to the 131 which it had held previous to the election. | 1 |
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| March 29 |
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| President Mitterrand named Edouard Balladur of the RPR as prime minister. | 2 |
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| July 22 |
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| Entry into effect of a new nationality law directed toward curbing immigration. | 3 |
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| Oct |
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| Beginning on Oct. 12 with rail workers, industrial unrest spread through the public sector and brought the operation of the national airline to a virtual standstill. The industrial strikes and protests were in reaction to Balladur's economic policy and plans to reform employment. | 4 |
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| Nov. 19 |
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| As part of Balladur's conservative immigration policies, the National Assembly and Senate approved an ammendment to the constitution strengthening control over asylum seekers. | 5 |
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