议会或称国会,源于拉丁语,原意为谈话或辨论,从17、18世纪以来,伴随着资产阶级革命胜利,议会发展为国家的重要政府机关,并形成以它为核心的代议制度。世界上最早出现议会是英国,法国稍晚于英国,是在1302年法王腓力四世为了加强王权,需要取得社会各界的支持, Parliament or parliament, derived from Latin, was originally intended to talk or debate. From the 17th and 18th centuries, with the victory of the bourgeois revolution, the parliament has developed into an important government agency of the country and formed a representative system with it as its core. The earliest parliament in the world was Britain, and France was later than Britain. In 1302, King Philip IV, in order to strengthen the monarchy, needed the support of all walks of life.