POL218Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Emmanuel Macron, Jacques Chirac, Statism
6 Apr 2020
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A mostly two-party system in france; the centre of that being socialist (left) and neo-gaullist (right). In 2002, there was a far right fringe part that came in second but it was defeated in a run off by. In 2017, front national fringe party made a come back but again defeated in run off by emmanuel. Macron is a leader of a new socialist party and is the party who wins. There also a new leftist party parti de gauche (pg). So there is a clear new rise in many parties in france. The president is a very powerful head of state that appoints the pm from a party with majority in the national assembly. But depending on a party split, roles will differ. When there is uni ed control (president party and. Pm are of same party), president rules and pm becomes an assistance. When the opposite is true, it becomes cohabitation where the pm controls domestic international policy.
