Compare The French Presidential Form Of Executive

The way the world is globalized today allows one to understand the many differences in structures. Specifically, those structures that affect individuals most such as cultural, economic and government structures. Although with one click of a button one is able to acquire knowledge about virtually anything, unfamiliarity with ideas such as: differences in democracies still exist. Even though the United Kingdom’s language is most similar to the one in the United States, the United State’s executive branch most likely resembles the French executive branch. This is because the United States and France share the notion of a “presidential” form of executive while the United Kingdom and Germany practice a “prime ministerial” form of executive. Granted,

The “presidential” form of executive has a president as the government leader, while the “prime ministerial” form of executive has a prime minister. To analyze the “presidential” form of executive one can look to France and the United States. Just as the most powerful political leader in the United States is the president, France’s most powerful political leader is also their president. Both presidents are head of state and Commander-in-Chief of their respective armed forces. While both holding the title of president, the French president has more power within his country than the U.S. president has in the U.S. For instance, in times of emergency the French president is allowed to intervene in the National Assembly legislation. The French government also has a prime minister who deals with day-to-day governing and is appointed by the president, an executive position that the U.S. government does not use. Looking at two examples of the “presidential” executive form, it is evident that they are still very different for the reason that France and the United States are unalike

In the U.S., each branch of government has certain powers to keep the other branches in check. For instance, the president has the ability to veto laws passed by Congress and Congress can overturn a presidential veto with a 2/3 vote of both houses. A system of “checks-and-balances” also exists in France where as powerful as the president is he has limits to his powerful. Having the right to appoint the prime minister, the French National Assembly has the right to revoke the president’s appointment if they deem them unfit. This generally comes around when the president is from a different party than the majority party in the National Assembly. However, in Germany no true “checks-and-balances” system exists other than the fact that no one party ever has the majority seats in legislature, leaving them forced to form coalitions with other parties and having to compromise. Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom does not have a system of “checks-and-balances” in the way the other countries do. There is no real separation between the executive and legislative branches as the executive is drawn from the legislative. The legislature is controlled by the two different houses- a lower house that has most power but an upper house that has ability to delay. Ultimately, Germany the U.K. with less “checks-and-balances”