French polling agencies are projecting that centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron will win France’s presidential runoff Sunday, beating far right rival Marine Le Pen in a tight race that was clouded by the Ukraine war and saw a surge in support for extremist ideas.
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.
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.