Why is the French president less powerful during periods of cohabitation?
a. He has lower standings in public opinion polls.
b. The constitution mandates that the president must resign if parliament votes a motion of censure.
c. The prime minister commands a parliamentary majority hostile to the president.
d. The president loses the ability to dissolve the National Assembly.
e. The prime minister is granted powers normally reserved to the president.
c
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Demands
A) are the attitudes and actions of people that sustain and buttress the political system. B) describe the positive responses of the rest of society to the decisions made by the authorities in a political system. C) are chiefly the binding decisions made by the political system. D) are what people and groups want from the system. E) are really not important in a democracy.
What is a collection of public institutions in a nation that establishes and enforces the rules by which the members of that nation must live?
a. Congress b. bureaucracy c. courts d. civic academy e. government