Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Day 34

Today in class, we started presenting our country projects and took notes. I learned a lot about France, like:
France
France has a republic government and a semi-presidential system
President and a prime minister
The republican form of government in France was made in 1958
President- Francois Hollande and prime minister- Manuel Valls
Executive, legislative and judicial branches

Hollande
Part of Socialist Party
-Going to run again in 2017
-ran in 2012 and won
-Shares executive power with the prime minister
-can be president until 2022

Manuel Valls elected April 1, 2014

Republic government- state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them

Republic means "public thing" in Latin

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