Being a minister in the French government is incompatible with being a member of Parliament; nevertheless, typically, a majority of ministers are selected from Parliament (Assembly and Senate), and therefore resign their seats. In the French system, this does not lead to by-elections, because each district actually elects a two-person ticket : the MP has a suppléant (Alternate) who can replace them in case they die, go mad or join the government.

Cécile Duflot, who has been the high-profile Secretary of, successively, Les Verts and EELV over the last four years, is considered a dead cert for a portfolio in Hollande's government.  This enables her to resolve the problem posed by the revolt of the sitting MP in the district "gifted" to her by the PS (who had threatened to run against her, without the official backing of the PS).

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