France political system

[@jamiesmith6567]

Professor Hellstrom, you are the man! Many thanks, your videos make for awesome reviews before my comparative politics exams!

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@PrincessWook]

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!! it was clear and concise. other videos i've tried to watch on this do nothing but confuse me.

[@sveslany]

Thank you so much for creating these! Perfect review for my midterm!

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

That's what they are for! Glad to be of help

[@Haze_Film]

Yea I'm doing some reading as well, because I need to find sources for my findings. But I just got started researching it, so basically this video was perfect to get me started and get some initial comprehension on France's political system :).

[@brigittehallier4201]

thanks so much. I appreciate you describing France's system while comparing it to the US. thanks again!

[@elsaaltiparmakian6481]

Very interesting Pr!! Thanks very much for your work!

[@Haze_Film]

Thank you dude! Got a paper to write, and you just saved me hours of reading :).

[@TzzztTzzzt]

Je suis français et cette vidéo m'a plu, parce qu'elle montre un point de vue neutre sur notre système politique. (Translation to English: I am french and i liked this video because it shows a neutral view of our political system.)

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Merci beaucoup

[@Scapben]

Great video! even 10 years later amazing ❤

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Sounds great - that inspiration is just what this is for! Best of luck with the paper!

[@payaljain7491]

So good explanation in so less time... Hats off to u sir😇☺

[@levibankston879]

I'm researching for a presentation, an explanation and comparison of the American and French political systems, very similar to your video. I was wondering if you could suggest any English or French sources , as I will be presenting in French and need to know the proper vocabulary for discussing comparative politics en français.

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Sorry for the late reply. I'm afraid my French is far too weak to be of any help with terminology. Most of the studies I've seen comparing Britain and France tends to focus on particular parts of the two countries, like a certain policy field, or level of government. Like this one: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03003939908433969?journalCode=flgs20

[@djsarfaraz2148]

Great video Really helpful

[@annoloki]

Great video for relationships between powers, sorry if I missed it but was wondering about a few of the actual powers: which bodies can propose laws, and which can block laws?

[@Phdwithperse]

I think the Senate can block laws

[@Chazlar]

How functional is the government if the president has to pick a prime minister from an opposing party? Really informative video!!

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

That is a good question. In short, less functional when the President has to pick a PM from the opposing party.

[@Kr1s1x]

It helped me so much, thank you!

[@alexdanjoyous]

precise explantion

[@oniricmau]

Thank you very much, it's really well explained!

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Glad you found it useful!

[@sooraareh646]

it has been so useful thank you .

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Glad it was useful!

[@Pulcion]

Mi-a placut este interesant si concis

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Multumesc!

[@anjalisharmapusa299]

So Well explained... Really useful 🙌

[@fabianpettersson7587]

This`ll help me in my mini-UN project! Thanks Professor.

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

You're (belatedly) welcome!

[@CommanderSix]

Please post a sequel and emphasize the long hard road for the Front National's electoral quest for power.

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Wow, that would be quite the undertaking. French politics is not quite my research focus, so that could be challenging for me.

[@CommanderSix]

+Professor Hellstrom Monetize your channel, and allow donations/payments.

[@CommanderSix]

+Adrian Alfaro I'll pay you $20 bucks for it.

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Oh. That...might not be a bad idea! I will explore this further over the coming week or so! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@camembertdalembert6323]

unuseful. The Front National is nearly nothing. Everybody speak about this party, but it has no weight : no deputy, no senator, rules no region or department. The Front National only rules a dozen of small cities. The far right in Germany has more political weight. You should be concerned about that.

[@adkn]

Thank you sir. you are a legend

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Thank you!

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

You're welcome! Apropos - check out the videos on writing academic papers, they might be useful, too! :)

[@evat267]

I still don't understand how the National Assembly works?? How can they vote for each individual candidate. Please help!

[@bqrd_1913]

basically the country is divided in 577 "circonscriptions" aand each circonscription has different candidates basically it's like very small states

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Also - do the readings, too! The written material no doubt has more nuances than this video can have, but the video can be a good source of inspiration for what to pay attention to while doing the readings! Just saying!

[@cheydinal5401]

Wait, the National Assembly can't propose laws? WTF? That's almost as undemocratic as the way the European Union passes laws, there the Commission (EU's executive) also has the sole right to propose legislation

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

To be fair to the EU, it's the most democratic body of regional governance in the world. The EU should be compared to NAFTA or MERCOSUR and such bodies, and none of them have any input from regular voters at all at any level.

[@golfmentalgamemastery9369]

very helpful thankyou

[@Dinosaur2508]

Hey mate thanks for the video! just a question, do you know whether a unitary government has different branches of government or do only Federal governments have this? Eg Judicial branch, Executive branch, and Parlimentary branch? thankyou!

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Sorry for the late reply. Yes, a unitary government does have different branches of government, but powers are not separated between them, which is why it's called a fused system. But they are still clearly distinguishable from each other by virtue of what they do. So, the parliament passes laws, no the executive. The executive tells the public administration what to do, and so on.

[@clement2780]

Are regions, departments, counties or provinces larger? Which are smaller,

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Regions are larger than departments. Not sure if the word "county" translates very well.

[@2557carla]

Is the Romanian Political System and France Political System are almost the same?

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

I honestly have no idea. Never studied the Romanian system, but given the Romanian fascination for France, it wouldn't surprise me if there was some similarity. Romania isn't typically a country covered during intro courses to comparative. Maybe do a research paper and share your results?

[@jamiesmith6567]

Just out of curiosity, where do you teach?

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

I'm a sessional at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

[@justinpachi3707]

What about all of Napoleon I’s and Napoleon III’s reforms?

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Sorry, I don't have enough insight into 19th century France to comment well on that.

[@kirbyabigaillegaspi4263]

Thanks

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

You're welcome! :)

[@pixelorange]

Who else came becomes of the French elections?

[@zeechceez]

what is the name of the red title font?

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Honestly have no idea. It was an automatic feature of Prezi when I made these.

[@Reofive]

0:18 Wrong. In the US, the people elect an electoral college, whose members, in turn, elect the President. The American presidential election is indirect, whereas the presidential election is direct in France.

[@BossChronicles]

Any careers with someone with a political science major who speaks french

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Shawn Afshar I'm sure there would be, depending on where you are in the world. French is still important in at least some diplomacy, and patently in the francophonie. Also, if you live in a region where French is a dominant language, you'd be well served in any area that interacts a lot with government, be it inside the public administration, in NGOs or in private companies that deal with government a lot.

[@seenlenz]

Im here because of baron noir

[@inginer20]

Just one question...isn't it in fact decentralized ? ^^

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Good question Calancea! As always, it's a matter of what you compare with. France today is more decentralized with France of the 1950s, that is correct. But by international standards, France is one of the most centralized unitary democracies in the world. So, to take an example, Canada is one of the most decentralized federations in the world, and the power that Canadian provincial governments have in relation to the national government has no equivalent in France.

[@inginer20]

Professor Hellstrom Fair point ! Thank you very much !

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Calancea Robert Glad I could help!

[@doneyhon4227]

+Calancea Robert Yes and no. We had a bunch of laws since 1982 to decentralize the country but France remains a very centralized country for political reasons. The centralization in France is more than a consequence of institutions and laws. We have no natural borders with Germany. To keep our national integraty towards the germans (and all our neighbours) our school is shaped in Paris. Our french republican school is very strict and very similar from school to school. This school is free (until your Phd.). You can be in Marseille, Lille, Lyon or Paris, you will learn the exact same thing with the exact same maneers. It's at school that we learn the notion of "being a french citizen". So, after this learning each politician continue to shape the country around this idea of "the republican free school". It's in the french culture since Jean Jaurès (and before that since the french revolution). That's why sometimes the foreigners make a biased analyze with the muslims in France. In fact, the french muslims received the same ideals at school. They are really very french in their attitude.

[@Slpkmrheesch]

+Professor Hellstrom According to article 1 of the French Constitution, France is in fact decentralised.

[@LanAnhLelelananh]

It helps me a lot :) Thank you so so much xD

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Glad you liked it!

[@randomguy56789]

Imagine if Americas Political system was the same as France

[@clement2780]

I vote for candidate run off in canada, australia, new zealand. Liberal and ndp, reform and conservative,

[@MC-up5qk]

French govern system

[@elmomazanis6380]

you should call it "how the French system is different than the American". As usual Americans think everyone follows their politics and know their system

[@iulianf]

Professor stutter

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Um....um....yes.

[@marathonman1205]

This the worst political system in the world. An autoritarian police State.

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Political science disagrees, as do most ranking systems. Every political system has its idiosyncrasies, of course. There is not perfection anywhere. But France ranks as Free in Freedom House's Freedom index. freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2019/france

[@mastermilky8878]

Outdated !

[@ProfessorHellstrom]

Any particular part you are concerned with?

[@annoloki]

May refer to 2014 change that allows the President to be removed via impeachment.

[@thierryf67]

Don't you think that the changes in the duration of the President (5 years now) enhanced his power to a stronger presidential system ?

[@zliu4208]

Professor Hellstrom I think he is talking about the newly vetted power of the parliament that impeachment of the president by the specially convened Republican High Court from both houses under the proposal of either hose. However, the National Assembly Election and Presidential Election always happen in the same year so the cohabitation is also becoming less unlikely to occur.