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Presidential Elements in Government France: The Quest for Political Responsibility of the President in the Fifth Republic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2006

Vlad Constantinesco  and
Stéphane Pierré-Caps
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Abstract

Power of state – President as state's and as people's representative – Bicephalism of government – Unity in cabinet – History – Guizot, Chateaubriand – Orleanism – President's arbitration is form of leadership – De Gaulle engaging political responsibility – penal responsibility – Cohabitation – Constitutional amendment and referendum (1962) – President structures parliamentary majority – Weakness of Parliament – Full presidentialization? – Sixth Republic?

Keywords

Presidential Elements in GovernmentFrancePolitical ResponsibilityPresidentConstitutional ReferendumGuizotChateaubriandBicephalismPenal ResponsibilityWeak ParliamentPresidentializationFrench Presidential Government
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European Constitutional Law Review , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , October 2006 , pp. 341 - 357
Copyright
Asser Press 2006

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