nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220328-131248-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220328s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220328-131248-0 doi eng 342 23 Tassel-Maurizi, Elie Author aut How Emmanuel Macron’s Quest for Efficiency Undermines French Democracy Tassel-Maurizi, Elie Verfassungsblog 2022-03-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Emmanuel Macron presented his program for the next presidential election on Thursday, March 17. He plans to relaunch his major reform of the institutions to make them work more efficiently and reaffirmed his desire to have a “strong executive power”, that is, a President who is not encumbered by too many counterweights. This concern for efficiency is a clear sign of impatience with the democratic process. By letting the executive power decide alone, the whole balance of powers could be affected. CC BY-SA 4.0 Checks and Balances efficiency Emmanuel Macron France French Constitutional Council separation of powers Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/how-emmanuel-macrons-quest-for-efficiency-undermines-french-democracy/ raw object