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[...] In accordance with Article 68, the President of the Republic may then be dismissed, this decision is taken by a vote in the High Court, by secret ballot, the parliamentarians vote either for the maintenance of the President or for his dismissal, he is maintained in this position by a two-thirds majority, abstention benefiting maintenance. There is another jurisdiction created by the Rome Treaty of July it is the International Criminal Court. The purpose is to regulate presidential and French activity and, more generally, politics. It is a complementary court to national jurisdictions which are superior and have precedence over this court, it only intervenes in case of incapacity or failure of national justice. [...]
[...] Once President, he declared that he wanted all the presidents who succeeded him to be legitimate in this status; he wanted them to have a legitimacy as strong as his own. They could not all benefit from the same historical legitimacy, so he established direct universal suffrage. Thus, presidents are elected by all citizens (meeting the conditions for the right to vote) and benefit from democratic legitimacy. It is therefore the people who grant him these powers, and thus the President of the Republic must satisfy the demands of his voters. The people choose to entrust him with the direction of the country; he must fulfill his role. [...]
[...] Of course, these are not the only attributions of the President, he has others, but they are shared. The shared powers between the Head of State and the other members of the executive and legislative power Not all the prerogatives necessary for the functioning of the State are automatically attributed to the President of the Republic, otherwise the President would hold all the powers, and France would return to its past mistakes with its failing regimes. In order to ensure the separation of powers, the fundamental principles and the stability of the nation, the powers and prerogatives are shared, some are held by the President alone but this is not the case for all. [...]
[...] Regarding the political responsibility of the head of state, the principle is simple and is set out in Article 67 of the Constitution 'the President of the Republic is not responsible for acts committed in this capacity'. Textually, there is no political responsibility. This principle can be explained by a desire for independence and to preserve the continuity of the State. This irresponsibility of the head of state implies that during his term, the President does not have to answer for his actions before any authority, whether it is the Government, the National Assembly or the Senate. [...]
[...] In terms of international relations, powers are also shared, Article 5 of the Constitution states that 'the President of the Republic ensures [ . ] the respect of treaties', Article 52 confers on him the right to negotiate and ratify treaties, so this power is partly held by the Head of State. However, Title III of the Constitution deals with the Government, whose head is the Prime Minister, and Article 20, paragraph states 'the Government determines and conducts the nation's policy'. Therefore, international relations are both framed by the President of the Republic but also by the Government and thus the Prime Minister. [...]
