الأسئلة الكبرى لفرنسا: الجمهورية الخامسة وحركة السترات الصفراء والإصلاح الديمقراطي

Using Article 49.3 to bypass parliament on major legislation without a democratic emergency undermines legislative legitimacy.

The gilets jaunes movement exposed legitimate grievances about economic inequality and democratic exclusion that have not been structurally addressed.

France should significantly reduce the maximum term length for local elected officials to prevent entrenched local political oligarchies.

The rise of the Rassemblement National reflects failures by mainstream parties to address real economic concerns of peripheral France.

The Fifth Republic gives the President too much power and should be reformed toward a more genuinely parliamentary model.

France should introduce proportional representation for National Assembly elections.

Citizens' assemblies, as demonstrated by the Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat, should become a regular feature of French democracy.