Institutions, Éric Zemmour
Article 49.3 and revision of the Constitution: Later statute to prevail over treaties (Article 55), QPC abolished
Direction of change: change of another kind, or uncertain direction, 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 faut changer l'article 55 de la Constitution : les traités internationaux resteraient supérieurs aux lois, sauf si une loi est votée après la signature du traité. Autrement dit, une loi postérieure primerait sur un traité antérieur. C'était la tradition juridique française, ce qu'on appelait la loi écran, jusqu'en 1989. Et il faut aussi supprimer la question prioritaire de constitutionnalité (QPC), qui déstabilise l'ordre législatif et donne un pouvoir exorbitant au Conseil constitutionnel. »1Translation by the editorsArticle 55 of the Constitution must be changed: international treaties would remain superior to laws, unless a law is passed after the treaty is signed. In other words, a later law would prevail over an earlier treaty. That was the French legal tradition, what was called the loi écran, until 1989. And the priority question of constitutionality (QPC) must also be abolished, which destabilises the legislative order and gives exorbitant power to the Constitutional Council.
Words of Éric Zemmour, Le JDD, entretien, 15 February 2025. Position taken from public statements, not from a written programme.
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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.
- Le JDD, entretien, 15 February 2025. Words of Éric Zemmour. Position taken from public statements, not from a written programme. Read the source (Le JDD, entretien).
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