a letter about france political system
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the current French political system of fifth Republic hybride parliamentary system with the President who is the head of the state sharing power with Prime Minister
The head of state and head of the executive is the President, elected by universal suffrage.
The President of France, as head of state and head of the executive, thus carries more power than leaders of most other European countries, where the two functions are separate.
Since May 2017, France's president is Emmanuel Macron, who was elected to the post at age 39, the youngest French leader since Napoleon.
The President, who is also supreme commander of the military, determines policy with the aid of his Council of Ministers. The residence of the President of the French Republic is Paris.
The President appoints a prime minister, who forms a government. The residence of the French Prime Minister is at Matignon House in Paris.
The cabinet meets on a weekly basis, and is presided over by the president. Ministers determine policy and put new legislation before Parliament in the form of bills; within the framework of existing law, they apply policy through decrees.
Laws and decrees are promulgated when the official text is published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
In the spring of 2017, France has been governed from the centre by a brand new party only founded in 2016.
National formerly the Front National, a far-right political party originally formed by Jean-Marie Le Pen, and now in the hands of his daughter Marine.
The New Centre, and the Union of Democrats.