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The current Constitution regards the separation of church and state, democracy, social welfare, and indivisibility as core principles of the French state. [non-primary source needed] Charles de Gaulle was the main driving force in introducing the new constitution and inaugurating the Fifth Republic, while the text was drafted by Michel Debré.
The Constitution of the Fifth Republic of France (1958) Article 49 of the French Constitution is an article of the French Constitution, the fundamental law of the Fifth French Republic. [1] [2] It sets out and structures the political responsibility of the government (the executive branch) towards the parliament (legislative branch).
The Kingdom of France, under the Ancien Régime, was an absolute monarchy and lacked a formal constitution; the regime essentially relied on custom.That said, certain rules known as the fundamental laws of the Kingdom were outside the power of the monarch to change without further consent.
The Constitutional Council ( French: Conseil constitutionnel; French pronunciation: [kɔ̃sɛj kɔ̃stitysjɔˈnɛl]) is the highest constitutional authority in France. It was established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958 to ensure that constitutional principles and rules are upheld. It is housed in the Palais-Royal in ...
List of principles. As of April 2022, the Constitutional Council has identified eleven principles as PFRLR: Freedom of association [10] Rights of defense in a trial [11] Individual liberty [12] Freedom of instruction [ fr] [13] and notably academic freedom [14] Freedom of conscience [15]
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed. [1] When these principles are written down into a single document or set of legal documents, those documents may be said ...
v. t. e. A constitutional referendum was held in France on 28 September 1958. [1] Voters were asked whether they approved of the adoption of a constitution for the French Fifth Republic written by Charles de Gaulle. It was overwhelmingly approved, with 82.6% in favour. [2] Voter turnout was 84.9% in metropolitan France and 79.8% overall.
The Constitution of 1793 ( French: Acte constitutionnel du 24 juin 1793 ), also known as the Constitution of the Year I or the Montagnard Constitution, was the second constitution ratified for use during the French Revolution under the First Republic. Designed by the Montagnards, principally Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Saint-Just, it was ...