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// French politics under the Fifth Republic After Charles de Gaulle had the constitution of the French Fifth Republic adopted in 1958, France was ruled by successive right-wing administrations until 1981. ...
| | | | | The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, which was introduced on October 5, 1958. ...
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The President of the French Republic (French: Président de la République française) colloquially referred to as President of France, is Frances elected Head of State and also the ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra and Grand Master of the Légion dhonneur. ...
H.E. (help· info), (born November 29, 1932 in Paris) is a French politician who is currently President of the French Republic. ...
The Prime Minister of France (Premier ministre de la France) is the functional head of the Cabinet of France. ...
Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (born 14 November 1953) simply known as Dominique de Villepin ( — (help· info), is a French diplomat and politician. ...
This page is a list of French prime ministers. ...
The Senate amphitheater in the Luxembourg Palace The Senate (in French :le Sénat) is the upper house of the Parliament of France. ...
The Palais Bourbon, front The French National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale) is one of the two houses of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. ...
A republican guard giving directions to visitors at the front entrance of the Constitutional Council The Constitutional Council (Conseil Constitutionnel) was established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958. ...
The Cour de cassation is the main court of last resort in France. ...
Political parties in France lists political parties in France. ...
Charles de Gaulle, in his generals uniform Gaullism (from French Gaullisme) is a French political ideology based on the thought and action of Charles de Gaulle. ...
France is a representative democracy. ...
// Second Round First Round General Summary On May 1, Labour Day, the yearly demonstrations for workers rights were compounded by protests against Jean-Marie Le Pen. ...
The 2007 French presidential election will herald the first contest since Frances rejection of the European constitution in May 2005. ...
These are the results of the French legislative election of 2002 Category: ...
The French legislative election will take place in June 2007, a few weeks after the French presidential election. ...
France is named The Country of the Human Rights. In the Constitution and in the laws, the Human Rights are respected. ...
The European Union or EU is a supranational and intergovernmental union of 25 European states. ...
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A charter member of the United Nations, France holds one of the permanent seats in the Security Council and is a member of most of its specialized and related agencies. ...
In 1589, the four French Secretaries of State became specialized, with one of the secretaries responsible for foreign affairs. ...
This is a list of major political scandals in France: 1816 shipwreck of and search for French frigate Medusa off the west coast of Africa Dreyfus Affair, 1894 treason conviction of Alfred Dreyfus - exposed by writer Emile Zola on January 13, 1898 The Ben Barka affair, 1965 disappearance of the...
| The current Constitution of France was adopted on October 4, 1958, and has been amended 17 times, most recently on March 28, 2003. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic, and replaced that of the Fourth Republic dating from October 27, 1946. Charles de Gaulle was its main instigator; the constitution was drafted by Michel Debré. October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, which was introduced on October 5, 1958. ...
The Fourth Republic existed in France between 1946 and 1958. ...
October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ...
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( (help· info)) (22 November 1890 - 9 November 1970), in France commonly referred to as le général de Gaulle, was a French military leader and statesman. ...
Michel Debré (January 15, 1912 - August 2, 1996) was a French politician. ...
Summary The preamble of the constitution recalls the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen from 1789 and establishes France as a secular and democratic republic, deriving its sovereignty from the people. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen: Revolutionary patriotism borrows familiar iconography of the Ten Commandments Wikisource has original text related to this article: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: La...
1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ...
Democracy is a form of government under which the power to alter the laws and structures of government lies, ultimately, with the citizenry. ...
In a broad definition, a republic is a state whose political organization rests on the principle that the citizens or electorate constitute the ultimate root of legitimacy and sovereignty. ...
Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme political (legislative, judicial and/or executive) authority over a geographic region, group of people or oneself. ...
It provides for the election of the President and the Parliament, the selection of the Government, and the powers of each and the relations between them. It ensures judicial authority and creates a High Court of Justice, a Constitutional Council, and an Economic and Social Council. It was designed to create a politically strong President. The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ...
The Parlement of France is bicameral, and consists of the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) and the Senate (Sénat). ...
It enables the ratification of international treaties and those associated with the European Union. It is unclear whether the wording (especially the reserves of reciprocity) is compatible with European Union law. The European Union is unique among international organisations in having a complex and highly developed system of internal law which has direct effect within the legal systems of its member states. ...
The Constitution also sets out methods for its own amendment either by referendum or through a Parliamentary process with Presidential consent. The normal procedure of constitutional amendment is as follows: the amendment must be adopted in identical terms by both houses of Parliament, then must be either adopted by a simple majority in a referendum, or by 3/5 of a joint session of both houses of Parliament (article 89). However, president Charles de Gaulle bypassed the legislative procedure in 1962 and directly sent a constitutional amendment to a referendum (article 11), which was adopted. This was highly controversial at the time; however, the Constitutional Council ruled that since a referendum expressed the will of the sovereign people, the amendment was adopted. A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...
The Parlement of France is bicameral, and consists of the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) and the Senate (Sénat). ...
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...
A republican guard giving directions to visitors at the front entrance of the Constitutional Council The Constitutional Council (Conseil Constitutionnel) was established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958. ...
Impact with respect to personal freedoms Prior to 1971, though executive, administrative and judicial decisions had to comply with the general principles of law (jurisprudence derived from law and the practice of law in general), there was no such restrictions on legislation. It was assumed that unelected judges and other appointees should not be able to overrule laws voted by the directly elected French parliament. Jurisprudence is essentially the theory and philosophy of law. ...
In 1971, a landmark decision by the Constitutional Council (71-44DC[1]) cited the preamble of the Constitution and its references to the principles laid in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen as a reason for rejecting a law that, according to the Council, violated one of these principles. Since then, it is assumed that the "constitutional block" includes not only the Constitution, but also the other texts referenced in its preamble: the Declaration, but also the preamble of the 1946 Constitution (which adds a number of "social rights", as well as the equality of males and females) and the Environment Charter of 2004. A republican guard giving directions to visitors at the front entrance of the Constitutional Council The Constitutional Council (Conseil Constitutionnel) was established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958. ...
Since then, the possibility of sending laws before the Council has been extended. In practice, the political opposition sends all controversial laws before it.
Past constitutions France has had numerous past constitutions. - The Revolutionary Era saw a number of constitutions:
- A liberal monarchical constitution was adopted October 6, 1789 and accepted by the king on July 14, 1790.
- The Constitution of 1791 or Constitution of September 3, 1791 established a limited monarchy and the Legislative Assembly.
- The Constitution of 1793 or Constitution of June 24, 1793 (Fr. Acte constitutionnel du 24 juin 1793), or Montagnard Constitution (Fr. Constitution montagnarde) was ratified, but never applied, due to the suspension of all ordinary legality October 10, 1793 (French First Republic)
- The Constitution of 1795, Constitution of August 22, 1795, Constitution of the Year III, or Constitution of 5 Fructidor established the Directory.
- The Constitution of the Year VIII, adopted December 24, 1799, established the Consulate.
- The Constitution of the Year X established a revised Consulate, with Napoleon as First Consul for Life.
- The Constitution of the Year XII established the First French Empire.
- Following the restoration of the Monarchy
- The Charter adopted on June 4, 1814 reestablished the Monarchy
- The additional act to the Constitutions of the Empire during the Hundred Days, April 23, 1815 (brief return of Napoleon to power)
- The Charter adopted on August 14, 1830 ("July Monarchy")
- 19th century
- 20th century
Ancien Régime means Old Rule or Old Order in French; in English, the term refers primarily to the social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties. ...
Absolute monarchy is a monarchial form of government where the ruler has the power to rule his or her land or country and its citizens freely, with no laws or legally-organized direct opposition in force. ...
A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted rules, norms, standards or criteria, often taking the form of a custom. ...
The French Revolution (1789-1799) was a period in the history of France. ...
This article discusses liberalism as a major political ideology as it developed and stands currently. ...
A constitutional monarchy is a form of monarchical government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges an elected or hereditary monarch as head of state. ...
October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ...
1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ...
1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ...
1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
During the French Revolution, the Legislative Assembly was the legislature of France from October 1, 1791 to September 1792. ...
June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ...
1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Mountain (in French La Montagne) refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly. ...
October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ...
1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
The French people proclaimed Frances First Republic on 21 September 1792 as a result of the French Revolution and of the abolition of the French monarchy. ...
August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ...
1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Executive Directory (in French Directoire exécutif), commonly known as the Directory (or Directoire) held executive power in France from November 2, 1795 until November 10, 1799: from the end of the Convention to the beginning of the Consulate. ...
The Constitution of the Year VIII, was a national constitution of France adopted December 24, 1799 (during the Year VIII of the French Revolutionary Calendar) established a form of government known as the Consulate. ...
December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ...
1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
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The Constitution of the Year X was a national constitution of France adopted during the Year X (1802) of the French Revolutionary Calendar. ...
The Constitution of the Year XII was a national constitution of France adopted during the Year XII of the French Revolutionary Calendar. ...
The First French Empire, commonly known as the French Empire or the Napoleonic Empire, covers the period of the domination of France and much of continental Europe by Napoleon I of France. ...
The Hundred Days (French Cent-Jours) or the Waterloo Campaign commonly names the period between 20 March 1815, the date on which Napoleon Bonaparte arrived in Paris after his return from Elba, and 28 June 1815, the date of the restoration of King Louis XVIII. The phrase Cent jours was...
The French Second Republic (often simply Second Republic) was the republican regime of France from February 25, 1848 to December 2, 1852. ...
The Second French Empire or Second Empire was the imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870, between the Second Republic and the Third Republic, in France. ...
A map of France under the Third Republic, featuring colonies. ...
Presidential flag of Vichy France For other uses of Vichy, see Vichy (disambiguation). ...
Philippe Pétain Marshal Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain, was a French soldier and Head of State of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944. ...
Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II...
Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...
Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II...
The Fourth Republic existed in France between 1946 and 1958. ...
The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, which was introduced on October 5, 1958. ...
Further reading - Frédéric Monera, L'idée de République et la jurisprudence du Conseil constitutionnel - Paris : L.G.D.J., 2004 [2]-[3];
See also // French politics under the Fifth Republic After Charles de Gaulle had the constitution of the French Fifth Republic adopted in 1958, France was ruled by successive right-wing administrations until 1981. ...
It has been suggested that Human rights in France be merged into this article or section. ...
External links - French Text - Constitutional Council
- ↑ Decision nr. 71-44 DC (in french), granting constitutional authority to the preambles of 1789 and 1946
- English Text - National Assembly
- French Constitutional Council
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