Zmiany w pozycji ustrojowej prezydenta Francji po przyjęciu ustawy konstytucyjnej z 23 lipca 2008 roku o modernizacji instytucji V Republiki
Political positions of the French President after adoption of the Constitutional Law of 23 July 2008

Summary/Abstract: The paper concerns the political position of the head of state in France after the adoption of the constitutional law of 23 July 2008 on the modernization of the institutions of the Fifth Republic. There have been 24 revisions of the Constitution of 1958 so far, but the aforementioned one is the most extensive. The constitutional changes were prepared by The committee of reflection and proposal on the modernisation and the re -balancing of the institutions of the Fifth Republic, presided over by Édouard Balladur, a former Prime Minister (1993-1995). The committee was created in 2007 at the initiative of Nicolas Sarkozy, the then president of the Republic. Some of the proposed changes went too far and were not eventually incorporated into the Constitution. The other ones were added at the stage of parliamentary work on the bill. The author draws attention to the amendments that refer to the president of the Republic and discusses their influence on his political position. The noteworthy modifications are inter alia: a two -term limit; the parliamentary control over presidential nominations; the increased control over the so -called exceptional powers based on the article 16 of the Constitution; the right to convene the Congress in order to present a presidential message. The author claims that the adopted modifications did not cause significant changes regarding the status of the president of France.

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