Institutions, Fabien Roussel
Article 49.3 and revision of the Constitution: New Republic: end of presidentialism, stronger Parliament
Direction of change: decrease, compared with current law.
The lever. Article 49.3 (adoption of a law without a vote, unless there is a motion of censure) and other changes to the Constitution, up to a new Republic. Direction rule: ↑ greater executive powers over Parliament.
« Il est temps d’ouvrir le chantier d’une nouvelle République. Rompre avec le présidentialisme signifie refonder l’État et la vie politique du pays sur un principe clair : la souveraineté appartient au peuple. […] Le Parlement doit redevenir le cœur de la vie démocratique, avec des pouvoirs renforcés de contrôle et d’initiative, une véritable capacité d’évaluation et la maîtrise de son ordre du jour. »1Translation by the editorsIt is time to open the work of building a new Republic. Breaking with presidentialism means rebuilding the State and the country's political life on a clear principle: sovereignty belongs to the people. […] Parliament must once again become the heart of democratic life, with strengthened powers of scrutiny and initiative, a genuine capacity for evaluation and control of its own agenda.
PCF, « Un communisme de conquêtes », projet de base commune du 40e congrès adopté par le Conseil national le 29 mars 2026, 29 March 2026. Position taken from a document of the candidate’s party or movement, not from a presidential programme.
No programme released. Positions taken from public statements, words of associates or documents of the candidate’s party, each dated and sourced; last recorded on 18 October 2026.
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Current law, sources and limits of the cost schedule
Current law. Article 49 para. 3 of the Constitution: the Prime Minister may, after deliberation by the Council of Ministers, make the passing of a text an issue of the Government's responsibility. Since the 2008 revision, this is possible only for finance bills and social security financing bills, plus one other text per session. Revision of the Constitution: article 89, either by referendum or by Congress with a 3/5 majority.
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Limits. Procedural lever, with no direct budgetary effect. A revision adopted by referendum costs the price of a vote: see the ric lever (€0.1bn to €0.2bn per vote).
- Constitution, texte en vigueur (Conseil constitutionnel): « Art. 49 al. 3 : « Le Premier ministre peut, après délibération du conseil des ministres, engager la responsabilité du Gouvernement » ; art. 89 al. 3 : « Toutefois, le projet de révision n'est pas présenté au référendum lorsque le Président de la République décide » »
How to read these amounts. These are static costs and revenues, with no feedback effect, over a full year: nothing on growth, employment or the revenue that economic activity would gain or lose. A higher net cost does not on its own make a worse policy, nor net savings a better one: each programme rests on an economic model (demand-led stimulus, lower compulsory levies, consolidation of the public accounts…) that the cost schedule does not settle. GDP itself measures a volume of activity, not well-being or the usefulness of what is produced. Economic models and feedback effects.
- PCF, « Un communisme de conquêtes », projet de base commune du 40e congrès adopté par le Conseil national le 29 mars 2026, 29 March 2026, p. 17. Position taken from a document of the candidate’s party or movement, not from a presidential programme. Read the source (PCF, « Un communisme de conquêtes », projet de base commune du 40e congrès adopté par le Conseil national le 29 mars 2026).
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