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  • eduardog3000 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Coulda been Mélenchon :sadness:

    But now it seems he's trying to become PM and oppose Macron from that position. idk how France's system works but it seems like it gives a lot of power to the president unlike other parliamentary systems which are more focused on the PM, is that right?

    Edit: although he seems to be confident he could pretty much sideline the president from the PM position

    He reminded voters it was the PM not the president who signed off government decrees. “I would be prime minister not by the grace and favour of M Macron or Mme Le Pen, but because the French wanted it,” he said, adding it would make the president “secondary”. He ruled out any negotiation with the new president.

    • grym [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      it's weird because in the french 5th republic the president has insane powers, but if the majority of the assembly is against the president he can be sidelined on a lot of things. He would still be able to slow things down or force some things, but the assembly would be able to do things without him (although not as quickly, it would have to be implemented as a law, takes longer, etc), and would be able to block/push-back against him a lot.

      The reason the president is so insanely strong is because usually, with the parliementary elections setup right after the presidential ones, the president tends to get a majority so the parliement is kinda useless (just an extension of the president, aligned with them), but if the parliement is against them then it can seriously block the president and even govern mostly without him. Then again, it's a weird situation and it's not gonna be easy, it could lead to an unstable government with deadlocks or the president dismissing the assembly every time he doesn't like them or something, and given the situation right now if shit is unstable enough I would not be surprised if the police and/or army try to just take over. The right and far-right are still very powerful, and the police and army are overwhelmingly right and far-right.

    • lutteurdeclasse2 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      weird French republic constitutional debate about the President /PM relations, but anyway it's very unlikely Macron won't get a majority, and even more unlikely that melenchon gets one (he only won 17 seats in 2017)