Pierre AVRIL - The parliamentary majority ?

Pouvoirs n°68 - Qui gouverne la France ? - janvier 1994 - p.45-53

Just as in England, the majority receives from the voters the mandate to support the government in parliament, but it has two particular features. On the one hand, it is less a governing than a governed majority, given the predominant role of the presidential election and the parliamentary procedure. On the other hand, it is used, given the unilateral working of the separation of powers according to which its member’s main role is to guarantee the presence of and the support for the ruling bloc in the country. Its influence is felt in a negative way, in its greater ability to bloc rather than to propose. Résumé

Référence électonique : Pierre AVRIL, "The parliamentary majority ?", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°68, 1994, p.45-53. Consulté le 17-02-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/The-parliamentary-majority.html