You know a lot about France’s political system. Going to do some research; that term `cohabitation’ rings a bell.
And the various republics: The Third Republic fell when the Nazis invaded; the Fourth Republic fell in 1958 and De Gaulle became President of the Fifth Republic.
He was IIRC forced to retire in 1968; a lot of us in the U.S. said good riddance, he was a royal PITA who took France out of NATO, f***ed the Israelis over after June 1967, and was a general all around pr*ck where U.S. & Britain were concerned.
Anyway, you wrote Macron will serve out his term. Is there any recourse to him doing as he pleases vis-a-vis the French people? Their leaders from way back like to say “l’etat, c’est moi!”
Ironic that the garment of protest is something required to be carried in every Frenchman’s car. At one time car headlights had to be yellow. Wonder if a first aid kit is also required, like in Germany?
The events in Paris are getting to be verrrrry interesting.
France has always been ruled by a professional elite. These people go into administrative schools to be trained to run the country.
They’re literally a caste. Its like the most exclusive club in the Western World.