Editing Dissolution of parliament (section)

== France ==
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Under the [[French Fourth Republic]] formed after [[World War II]], there was originally a weak role for the [[president of France]]. However, when [[Charles de Gaulle]], who [[Second Bayeux speech|favored]] a [[Presidential system|presidential government]] with a strong [[Executive (government)|executive]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charles-de-gaulle.org/pages/l-homme/accueil/discours/de-gaulle-et-la-quatrieme-republique-1946-1958/discours-de-bayeux-16-juin-1946.php|title=Discours de Bayeux ''<nowiki>[Speech of Bayeux]</nowiki>''|last=Charles De Gaulle|date=16 June 1946|publisher=charles-de-gaulle.org|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517181914/http://www.charles-de-gaulle.org/pages/l-homme/accueil/discours/de-gaulle-et-la-quatrieme-republique-1946-1958/discours-de-bayeux-16-juin-1946.php|archive-date=17 May 2011}}

[[Help:Category|Categories]]</ref> was invited to form a new government and constitution during the [[May 1958 crisis in France|May 1958 crisis]] he directed the constitutional committee chaired by [[Michel Debré]] to increase the authority of the presidency, including providing the ability to dissolve the National Assembly.<ref>W. Scott Haine (2000). ''The History of France''. Greenwood Press. p. 180.</ref>

Under Article 12 of the [[Constitution of France|1958 French Constitution]], the [[French National Assembly|National Assembly]] can be dissolved by the [[President of the French Republic|President]] at any time after consultation with the [[Prime Minister of France|prime minister]] and the presidents of the two chambers of [[French Parliament|Parliament]]. After the declaration, new [[Elections in France|elections]] must be held within twenty to forty days. The National Assembly elected following such a dissolution cannot be dissolved within the first year of its term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/langues/welcome-to-the-english-website-of-the-french-national-assembly#Title2|title=Constitution of October 4, 1958|website=www2.assemblee-nationale.fr|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref>

A dissolution of the National Assembly most recently occurred when in June 2024, when President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly to prompt the [[2024 French legislative election]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-10 |title=Dissolution de l'assemblée nationale : premier tour des législatives le 30 juin |trans-title=Dissolution of the National Assembly: first round of legislative elections on June 30 |url=https://www.vie-publique.fr/en-bref/294546-dissolution-de-lassemblee-nationale-elections-legislatives-le-30-juin |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=Vie publique |language=fr}}</ref> President [[Jacques Chirac]] previously dissolved the National Assembly before the [[1997 French legislative election]] in order to secure a new parliament more sympathetic to his policies, which ultimately failed when the opposition [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] won the election against Chirac's party the [[Rally for the Republic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-22-mn-51145-story.html|title=French President Dissolves Parliament, Sets Election|date=1997-04-22|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hainsworth|first=Paul|date=1998-01-01|title=The Return of the Left: The 1997 French Parliamentary Election|url=https://academic.oup.com/pa/article/51/1/71/1465130|journal=Parliamentary Affairs|language=en|volume=51|issue=1|pages=71–83|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a028777|issn=0031-2290|url-access=subscription}}</ref>