Articles for tag: French Constitution, French Elections, Macron, Emmanuel, motion of no confidence

Déjà Vu

At the resumption of political activity after the summer, France’s Prime Minister François Bayrou unexpectedly announced that he would use his constitutional prerogative to ask for a parliamentary vote of confidence on September 8. The main decision now facing the French president – who has repeatedly declared that he will not leave office early – is whether to attempt to construct a new governing formula within the current parliament or to call new elections just fourteen months after the last dissolution. Neither option is attractive, and both would effectively reset French politics to 2024.

6. September 2025

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The Dilemma of Technocracy

A few months before general elections that might result in Slovakia joining Hungary's and Poland's illiberal takeover in Central Europe, its technocratic government is in crisis. This post shows how the weaknesses of Slovakia’s constitutional design have fueled the present malaise, and details the lessons we should draw from it for ordering the relationship between the head of state, parliament and the executive in other parliamentary systems with a directly elected president.

16. Mai 2023

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A Motion of No Confidence and Political Power Struggles Amidst a Pandemic

Only in office since the beginning of February, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti did not survive a motion of no confidence in late March. Instead of calling new elections, the President of the Republic has been working towards forming a new government, invoking his right to propose a Prime Minister. This move, however, has no basis in the constitution, and the Constitutional Court is expected to clarify the matter any day.

28. Mai 2020

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Das BVerfG verpasst der „Facebook-Zensur“ aber so was von überhaupt nicht einen Dämpfer

Hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht auf seinem Sommerfeldzug für die Meinungsfreiheit Position gegen die Regulierung von Hate Speech im Internet bezogen? Jawohl, behauptet die Publizistin Bettina Röhl und vereinnahmt eine der Entscheidungen, mit denen die 3. Kammer des Ersten Senats in den letzten Tagen den Schutzbereich des Art. 5 Grundgesetz verteidigt, als Kassation jenes "allgemeinen Zensurungeist(s) der politischen Korrektheit", gegen den die Neue Rechte seit langem zu den Waffen ruft. Ich glaube, da hat Frau Röhl was missverstanden.

9. August 2016

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