nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/3e2d3a818f2882c4 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 241007s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/3e2d3a818f2882c4 doi eng 342 23 Fluzin, Cyprien Author aut The French Premiership Saga - Constitutional Grey Area or Executive Aggrandizement? Fluzin, Cyprien Verfassungsblog 2024-10-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The appointment of Michel Barnier as French Prime Minister and the designation of a cabinet even further to the right has led to thousands of protesters rallying across France. Taking a step back from the latest developments, this post looks back to some of the constitutional tensions the events of this summer have exposed. It argues that Emmanuel Macron’s actions following the snap election have relied on a distorted reading of the French constitution. In addition to raising serious legal questions, these actions have also set worrying precedents that arguably fit in a pattern of “executive aggrandizement”. CC BY-SA 4.0 Democratic Backsliding French Constitution Presidential Democracy Presidential Powers Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-french-premiership-saga/ raw object