what is the different between the french parliamentary form of govt & the british parliamentary form of gov't
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The constitution of the Fifth Republic was approved by referendum on September 28, 1958. It greatly strengthened the authority of the executive in relation to Parliament.\n\nUnder the constitution, the President of the French Republic is elected directly by universal adult suffrage for a 5-year (originally 7-year) term. Presidential arbitration assures regular functioning of the public powers and the continuity of the state. The president names the prime minister, presides over the cabinet, commands the armed forces, and concludes treaties.\n\nThe French parliament is a bicameral legislature comprising a National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) and a Senate. The National Assembly deputies represent local constituencies and are directly elected for 5-year terms. The Assembly has the power to dismiss the cabinet, and thus the majority in the Assembly determines the choice of government. Senators are chosen by electoral college for 6-year terms (originally 9-year terms), and one half of the seats are submitted to election every 3 years starting in September 2008.[4]\n\nThe Senate's legislative powers are limited; in the event of disagreement between the two chambers, the National assembly has the final say, except for constitutional laws (amendments to the constitution & "lois organiques"). The government has a strong influence in shaping the agenda of Parliament.\nThe United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, with executive power exercised on behalf of the Queen by the Prime Minister and other cabinet ministers who head departments. The cabinet, including the Prime Minister, and other ministers collectively make up Her Majesty's Government. These ministers are drawn from and are responsible to Parliament, the legislative body, which is traditionally considered to be "supreme" (that is, able to legislate on any matter and not bound by decisions of its predecessors). The UK is one of the few countries in the world today that does not have a codified constitution, relying instead on custom and separate pieces of constitutional law.\n\nWhile the monarch is Head of State and theoretically holds all executive power, it is the Prime Minister who is the head of government. The government is answerable chiefly to the House of Commons and the Prime Minister is drawn from this chamber of Parliament by constitutional convention. The majority of cabinet members will be from the House of Commons, the rest from the House of Lords. Ministers do not, however, legally have to come from Parliament, though that is the modern day custom. The British system of government has been emulated around the world - a legacy of the United Kingdom's colonial past - most notably in the other Commonwealth Realms. The Prime Minister is chosen as the MP who can command a majority in the House of Commons - usually the leader of the largest party or, if there is no majority party, the largest coalition. The current Prime Minister is Tony Blair of the Labour Party, who has been in office since 1997.\n\nIn the United Kingdom the monarch has extensive theoretical powers, but his or her role is mainly, though not exclusively, ceremonial. The monarch is an integral part of Parliament (as the "Crown-in-Parliament") and theoretically gives Parliament the power to meet and create legislation. An Act of Parliament does not become law until it has been signed by the Queen (known as Royal Assent), although no monarch has refused assent to a bill that has been approved by Parliament since Queen Anne in 1708. Although the abolition of the monarchy has been suggested several times, the popularity of the monarchy remains strong in spite of recent controversies. Support for a British republic usually fluctuates between 15% and 25% of the population, with roughly 10% undecided or indifferent [2]. The current monarch is Queen Elizabeth II who acceded to the throne in 1952 and was crowned in 1953.\n\nParliament is the national legislature o
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a constitutional democracy is governed by a set body of laws which usually do not change, and require a supermajority to alter, and in some cases, judicial review. A majority or even a supermajority cannot usurp the laws of the land, because the court can overrule.\n\nA parliamentary democracy is ruled by simple majority, and the votes of such a majority is then binding law. A parliament is like our house of representatives. If a parliament voted to take away all of your rights, it could do so, because no law overrides thier vote. Essentially, a parliament is mob rule, and is the definition of dictatorship or oligarchy.
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The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Parliament also includes the Sovereign and the upper house, the House of Lords; the House of Commons is the dominant branch. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 646 members, who are known as "Members of Parliament" or MPs. Members are elected by the first-past-the-post system of election, holding office until Parliament is dissolved (a maximum of five years). Each member is elected by, and represents, an electoral district known as a constituency. The House of Commons is the source of the vast majority of government ministers and every Prime Minister since 1902, with the very brief exception of Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1963, has been drawn from it (Home did actually rule from the House of Commons, however, taking a seat in the House shortly after being chosen as Prime Minister).\n\nThe House of Commons evolved at some point during the 14th century and has been in continuous existence since. The House of Commons (the "lower house") was once far less powerful than the House of Lords (the "upper house"), but is now by far the dominant branch of Parliament. The House of Commons' legislative powers exceed those of the House of Lords; under the Parliament Act 1911, the Lords' power to reject most bills was reduced to a mere delaying power. Moreover, the Government of the United Kingdom is answerable to the House of Commons; the Prime Minister stays in office only as long as he or she retains the support of the lower house.\n\nThe full, formal style and title of the House of Commons is The Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. The term "Commons" derives from the Norman French word communes, referring to the geographic and collective communities of their representatives. It is often misunderstood that "Commons" comes from the word "commoners", referring to those sitting in the House, similar to the way in which the name "House of Lords" indicates that those sitting in the "Other Place" are elevated to the Peerage. This explanation, however, is ahistorical. Both Houses, the Commons and Lords, meet in the Palace of Westminster. Both Houses have in the past met elsewhere, and retain the right to do so, provided the Mace is present.
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i know the answer, but its a long story.\nthe answer is just like the question \nfor what is the difference between USA and UK.\nUSA is created when some british people who dont like the way UK goverment rule,then run/move to other place,to create a new nation.\nand Taiwan is create by chinese people from china who dont like the communist rules/government rules at that time.
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Great Britain (although held up as a paragon of democracy we still have an UNELECTED second chamber)\n\nCuba\n\nZimbabwe\n\nWhy say France???? They have two democratically elected chambers and the President is Conservative!
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The parliment IS the government.
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It depends.  Parliamentary Systems, such as the UK can be very unstable if you look at the party systems.  British parties rise and fall dramatically based on the way they split the parlimentary districts.  Also, the Prime Minister in a parliamentary system isn't 'elected'.  He/she is simply the leader of the majority party.  However in a representative democracy such as the USA an elaborate system of checks and balances has been set up in order to limit the control of anyone branch of government.  So it depends on what you want.  presidential/congressional governments prevent the rise of a single strong branch, but on the other hand parliamentary systems are much more efficient and can pass legislation much faster.
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what is the difference between the two
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They both have a type of executive: President for the USA and Prime Minister for Britain.  They are also both representative governments.  Their legislative branch is broken down into houses--House of Lords and House of Commons--similiar to our--Senate and House of Representatives. The Prime Minister also has a Cabinet. And of course, they have the basics--exectutive, legislative, and judicial--though they are set up differently.\nThat's all I can think of.
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The empire and the kingdom are forms of statal organization. First of all, in these days Great Britain is NOT an empire (it was in the past, it also had an colonial empire, etc.). UK comes form UNITED KINGDOM. Great Britain is more like USA = United States of America. USA is not an empire either, it is a federal state. Great Britain's form of government is the monarchy, form of statal organization is the kingdom.\n\nExamples of ancient empires: The Roman Empire, The Greek Empire (of Alexander the Great), The Persian Empire, etc.\n\nMedieval-Modern empires: Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire.\n\nthe EMPEROR rules over an EMPIRE (= many states ruled by one person (it is not the case for USA; it is a federal state))\nthe KING rules over a KINGDOM: only one state, how's form of government is the monarchy.\n\nHope you understood. If not, ask me further.\n\nGood Luck!
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The United Kingdom does not have a President.  It is a parliamentary democracy.  The head of government is Prime Minister Tony Blair, and the head of state is Queen Elizabeth II.
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Parliamentary government is a form of democracy found in many countries.\n\nIn a parliamentary government the head of government, often styled the Prime Minister or Premier, is the leader of the party or coalition of parties who is able to win a majority vote within the parliament. In such governments the Head of State can be either an hereditary Prince (as in the United Kingdom), a President elected directly by the people (as in France), or a President or other official elected by the Parliament (as in Italy).\n\nBecause the head of Government is chosen based on his or her ability to create and maintain a majority in the Parliament, it is possible for the head of Government to change without an election by the people.
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Depends, IN America, the head of state is President. He hold the final power of desicion making. He is the head of legislative and excutive.\nIN ENGLAND, the head of state is Prime Minister, he take all the meetings working, and give information to his King(Queen). Prime Minister make the desicion, but act under the signature of QUEEN. Prime Minister is head of excutive not the head of legislative.
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none. The forms are similar in every country.  owever, if you ARE an Indian citizen, it should be easier to visit any former British colony.  If you are just visiting India from another country, Good luck!
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Canada is a Monarchy, Head of state is the Monarch\n( H. M. Queen Elizabeth II, The Queen of Canada),\nMr. Harper is just the federal Prime Minister.
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First a bit of background:\n\nFrance -- like many other countries -- has a parliament (= US Congress). This Parliament is divided into two parts: a Senate (Sénat) and a "Chambre des Députés" (= US House of representatives).\n\nOf course, this parliament is different from the US Congress, but just remember that it works mostly in the same way.\n\nLaws are then created in the following way:\n\n1. A "Projet de Loi" (Law Project) is presented to Parliament -- usually to the Chambre des Députés -- either by an MP (Member of Parliament) or, more frequently, by a member (minister) of the current Government. Another possibility is that an existing law needs to be amended/modified, in which case a "Projet d'Amendement" is presented and discussed exactly in the same way as a normal law.\n\n2. The law (or amendment) is then discussed by the "Députés", who amend and/or modify it.\n\n3. The Law is then subject to a vote by the "Députés". All amendments to the law are also voted upon.\n\n4. If accepted, the law then goes to the Senate, where it is again discussed, modified, amended, etc.\n\n5. The Law is then subject to a 2nd vote by the Senate.\n\nAt this stage, several things can happen:\n\n5.1. The law is accepted by both Senate and Chambre des Députés: it then becomes a part of French Law, which means it will become part of one of the French "Law Codes", and that the Government will pass one or more "Décrets d'application", which clarifies the law if needed and commands & instructs all relevant law-enforcement agencies to apply it from a given date.\n\n5.2. The law is rejected by the Senate. It then goes back to the "Chambre des députés" for a 2nd session (Seconde Lecture), during which it will be again modified, amended, voted upon, etc... after which it will go back to the Senate for another round.\n\nStill with me? Good!\n\nAt any point during this whole process, a group of "députés" or senators can call upon the "Conseil Constitutionnel" (Consitution Council) to pronounce itself on the constitutionality of a law.\n\nThis means that -- if the Conseil Constitutionnel finds the law unconstitutional -- any law can be rejected outright, and won't be allowed to be discussed any further. This is, in effect, a form of constitutional veto on the law.\n\nBut, at any point during this big cycle, the Government can force the law to be adopted, using what is called the "Article 49-3". This is usually very controversial and the mark of a very unpopular text (as was the case recently). If that is the case, the only way to stop the law from being adopted is for the MPs to censor the Government, which is hard to do, since governments usually also have a mjority of their own party in Parliament.\n\nAlso, the President can force a law -- or even parts of a law -- to go back to Parliament if he is not satisfied with it.\n\nFinally, the only exception to the above rules is the case when there is a constitutional change. In that case, the changes to the constitution are debated by _both_ the Senate and the Chambre des Députés in a "special" Parliament in Versailles (and not in Paris). Otherwise, the law-making rules are almost the same.\n\nIn Paris, the French Senate is based on the Left Bank, at the "Palais du Luxembourg" and the "Chambre des Députés" is based at the "Assemblée Nationale", near the river Seine.
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In a Parliamentary Democracy, No Single Person is the Boss. Means Country cannot take decisions like going to war etc. on the will of a single authority (Person).\n\nParliament has be taken into confidence and convinced in the favor of decisions.