The mixture as before?

摘要

One Reason Why French political leaders are so reluctant to cede more power to Brussels is that, under the constitution of de Gaulle's Fifth Republic, they have such a lot of it. In most European countries coalition governments are the norm, so elected parliaments are robustly independent. In France, save for the occasional periods of cohabitation, the president is all-powerful, able to pick and choose prime ministers and members of the government at will and largely unchallenged by any parliamentary opposition. Presidential authority also benefits from France's relatively weak and often fawning media.