Prime Minister in the 5th French Republic : origins, regulations, practice

Bibliogr., wykaz aktów prawnych, orzecznictwo s. 218-229. (Bibliogr. na stronach 218-224. Orzecznictwo na stronach 225-228. Wykaz aktów rangi konstytucyjnej na stronie 229).

Konstrukcja instytucji premiera i mechanizmy sprawowania przez niego władzy –wprowadzone konstytucją V Republiki po okresie chwiejnych rządów III i IV Republiki i w powiązaniu ze wzmocnieniem głowy państwa – zapewniły Francji stabilność władzy wykonawczej i (z niewielkimi korektami) efektywnie funkcjonują od ponad pół wieku. Monografia prezentuje genezę instytucji premiera w V Republice Francuskiej, prawne podstawy działania, faktyczne funkcjonowanie, status, zakres i treść kompetencji, sposób ich wykonywania, a także wpływ układu politycznego oraz działalności innych organów na faktyczną pozycję ustrojową premiera.

In the constitution of the French Fifth Republic the institution of prime minister was formed again, gaining new and important powers. In relations with the parliament the greatest innovation was to give the Prime Minister the presumption of competence in the law making. The Prime Minister has a broad mandate on influencing the course of the legislative procedure. Innovations also concern the political responsibility of the Prime Minister and the Government before the Parliament. Since 1966 the Parliament was actually deprived of the right to decide about the investiture of the Prime Minister and the Government. In addition to increasing the independence of the Prime Minister from the Parliament, the second major novelty of the Fifth Republic was a tighter connection of the Prime Minister with the President. Prime Minister embodies the Government, represents it before other institutions, organizes its work and adjudicates disputes within it, indicates candidates for members of the Government to the President, engages the political responsibility of the Government before Parliament, has the administrative apparatus ensuring the smooth execution of the tasks of the Government. In periods of cohabitation institution and powers of the Prime Minister are most highlighted. Outside periods of such cohabitation range of activities of the Prime Minister depends on the understanding their powers by the President. In periods of political compliance of the President and the legislative authorities political responsibility of the Government before the Parliament moves to the back burner, which makes the Prime Minister a stable institution.