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France backs constitution reform
news.bbc.co.uk — The bill sets a two-term limit for presidents, gives parliament a veto over some presidential appointments, ends government control over parliament's committee system, allows parliament to set its own agenda, and ends the president's right of collective pardon, the AFP news agency reports.
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- hakkola, on 07/21/2008, -0/+4I'm no poli science major, but sounds like some pretty good moves to me.
A victory for France!
heh - BlankVerse, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1It looks like they are adopting several features of American democracy.
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Studying France in university I learned that they fear giving too much power to any person or small group of people. Their president has less power than an American president would. They make committees to decide on important issues that often have dozens or even more than a hundred people.
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