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🇫🇷 Formal national power · source bounded

Who selects whom in France?

Directly elected institutions share power with an accountable Government and a constitutional-review council.

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Semi-presidential constitutional system

France's official constitutional sources connect direct election of the President and National Assembly, presidential appointment of the Prime Minister, Government accountability to Parliament, presidential dissolution of the National Assembly, and review of legislation by the Constitutional Council.

Source-backed systemSemi-presidential constitutional system
5 institutions · 8 verified connections
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Formal national relationships verified 2026-08-28. Every institution stays visible; choose a lens, path, or institution to trace how power moves.
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Institutions represented on this map.

Each institution below has an attached source. Being listed does not imply an unshown formal relationship.

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Official or constitutional source

The Constitution of the Fifth Republic

Élysée, Presidency of the French Republic

  • Prime Minister appointment
  • Government accountability
  • National Assembly dissolution
  • Constitutional Council appointments
  • constitutional review
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The institutions

Élysée, Presidency of the French Republic

  • direct presidential election
  • parliamentary elections
  • Government formation
  • Parliamentary monitoring
  • Constitutional Council role
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