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7 unusual facts about Constitution of France


Article 49 of the French Constitution

In this, it gives the French constitution whose character is still being debated, one of the principal traits of a parliamentary system.

Comorian independence referendum, 1974

The approach was criticised in Mayotte, where Marcel Henry, leader of the anti-independence Mahoré People's Movement, claimed Mayotte residents had a right to self-determination based on article 53 of the French Constitution, which states that secession cannot happen without the consent of voters.

Constitution of France

The Girondin constitutional project in process of being adopted before the coup that lead to the Montagnard faction being in control

Elections in France

Referendums may also be called to consult the French citizenry directly on a particular question, especially one which concerns amendment to the Constitution.

French European Constitution referendum, 2005

The Constitutional Council of France ruled that the European Constitution could not legally coexist with the current Constitution of France.

Mouvement démocratique de la rénovation malgache

At the first post-war constituent assembly convened in Paris in November 1945 to draft the constitution of the French Fourth Republic, Madagascar was represented by two doctors named Joseph Raseta and Joseph Ravoahangy.

Yvelines

Since then the château has continued to welcome the parlement when called upon to sit in a congressional sitting, jointly with the upper house in order to enact constitutional changes or, as happened most recently in June 2009, to listen to a formal declaration by the president.


Croix-Rouge

The bus stop at the same location retained this name until December 31, 2005, when it was renamed Michel-Debré, after Michel Debré, the prime minister of the Fifth Republic and co-author of the Constitution of France.


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