The Central-Local Relationship and Constitutional Operations in France

Chun-Hao Chang

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The Central-Local Relationship and Constitutional Operations in France

Chun-Hao Chang

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This paper argues that the French model of Semi-presidentialism shows two features. One the one hand, the President is the head of both the central government and local affairs due to France’s historical background as a highly centralized state. On the other hand, the political struggle between the local executive heads and the central government influences not only the Executive power, but also the Executive-Legislative interaction from the bottom. Moreover, the Constitutional Amendment in 2008, in which the Presidential and the Parliamentary powers were reinforced, makes the central-local relationship a key to estimating the future development of the Constitutionalism in France.

Published in	Humanities and Social Sciences (Volume 4, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.hss.20160402.11
Page(s)	16-25
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Semi-presidentialism, France, Paris, Central-Local Relationship

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