Is the constitution of the Fifth Republic a reliable guide to the exercise of power in France?
… of the constitution of the Fifth Republic is important in understanding its prescriptive nature. Although broad in nature, the establishment of a firm presidential role was de Gaulle’s answer to the problem of weak government under the party parliamentary system of the Fourth republic. The vague nature of the precise powers of the President might lead one to surmise that the Constitution is too imprecise to allow us to ascribe it the status of a guide to the sources of power in France, but in fact this very imprecision is a useful indicator of the way in which the Constitution creates centres of power in the Fifth Republic. The ill-defined powers of the President are deliberately thus, for it was de Gaulle’s intention to establish the Presidency as the key office in France, and the broad ranging and imprecise powers given to the President are designed to allow him to …
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