Three new wise men are preparing to enter the Constitutional Council, a court which ensures the constitutionality of laws and the regularity of the elections in France. The candidates, chosen by the President of the Republic, the National Assembly and the Senate, will first have to convince the law commissions of the two chambers, Wednesday, February 19. Emmanuel Macron wishes to appoint the former deputy Richard Ferrand, of which he is close, to his presidency. A choice strongly criticized by elected officials of all stripes who denounce a “republic of friends” while the rule of law, in France, is more and more weakened. Is the Constitutional Council really independent of the other three powers?
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– Thibaud Mulier, Lecturer in public law at Paris Nanterre University, specialist in constitutional law, author of the book “The external relations of the State in French constitutional law” (Mare & Martin)