Pregledni rad
Party system of the French 5™ Republic as a consequence of constitutional organization of government
Biljana Tomljanović
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The French 5th Republic makes a good instance to demonstrate how the appliacation of the constitutional institutions could change the party system of a state. The constitutional arsenal of the new governmental organization, the semi-presidential system vhich was adopted by the French Constitution of 1958 has brought a permanent change in the model of a party System. In the initial period of the 5th Republic (1958-1962) De Gaulle would apply his special constitutional powers for political emergencies to the constitutional institutions which are based on the electorat and thus produce a parliamentary majority. The permanent change of the French party system is a consequence of the usage of referenda, dissolution of the National assembly, a direct election of the President of Republic and the electoral system of absolute majority. Presidential elections and the use of referenda during the De Gaulle s presidential mandate have strongly influenced the process of bipolarization, a transformation of the system of numerous, weak parties of a loose discipline, into the system of parties associated into the two great coallitions: of the left and of the right. In turn the reverse influence of the thus changed party system would became decisive for the reality of functioning of the French constitutional system.
Ključne riječi
constitution; party system; semipresidential system; electoral system
Hrčak ID:
197668
URI
Datum izdavanja:
8.6.1999.
Posjeta: 2.484 *