W3 French Politics

2000 national Referendum

・Reduced from 7 years to 5 ・changed the timing of the parliamentary election to occur one month after the presidential election = goal, reduce the occurrence of cohabitation

far-right party aka populist

・Suspicious of central government, taxation, bureaucracy ・Socially conservative, possibly intolerant ・Nationalistic and anti-immigrant ・Anti-EU

Cohabitation

a system of divided government that occurs in semi-presidential systems, such as France, when the President is from a different political party than the majority of the members of parliament. It occurs because such a system forces the president to name a premier (prime minister) that will be acceptable to the majority party within parliament. Thus, cohabitation occurs because of the duality of the executive: an independently elected President and a prime minister who must be acceptable both to this president and to the legislature.

Why did Donald Trump's win in the US impact politics in France?

-Demonstrated that an anti-establishment and anti-immigrant platform could win in Europe's closest political ally -Demonstrated that an anti-establishment and anti-immigrant platform had become mainstream in the United States -Marine Le Pen was highly supportive of the Trump presidential campaign

French National Front

Founded by 1972 by jean-maria le pan -Opposition to immigration, and specifically non-European immigration. The party has always opposed immigration from North Africa, West Africa and the Middle East. -Opposition to expansion of authority of European Union.