Jean-Claude COLLIARD - What can the President do ?

Pouvoirs n°68 - Qui gouverne la France ? - janvier 1994 - p.15-29

The President’s ability to act is obviously totally different whether he commands a parliamentary majority or has to confront a hostile legislature. In the first case, he has large political resources at hand, and this allows him to exercise the full range of his powers and also to seize additional powers and to set the entire political agenda for the country. In the second case, with the exception of foreign policy, he will find it difficult even to exercise his own powers as long as his political resources are not replenished. Résumé

Référence électonique : Jean-Claude COLLIARD, "What can the President do ?", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°68, 1994, p.15-29. Consulté le 17-02-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/What-can-the-President-do.html