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Jerome a Paris:
this is just about Sarkozy being able to do a "State of the Union" lookalike
That much is obvious.

But I am not asking only about the Constitution of the 5th republic - the rule was introduced in the 3rd Republic.

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 05:35:31 AM EST
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were parliamentary regimes, with executive power in the prime minister and the President mostly a figurehead, so the rule was not that important.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 08:58:33 AM EST
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