France's 2024 parliamentary election left no bloc with a majority, while the constitutional timetable prevented another immediate dissolution. In this February 2025 account, the president therefore had to appoint a prime minister who might be able to lead Parliament. Disagreement with those procedures is different from evidence that an officeholder has broken them. The constitutional defense offered here rests on that distinction. Legal constitutional change generally takes time, while abrupt changes imposed through military force can replace the government without securing a legitimate reform process.
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French constitutional rules and election timing
French election rules in early 2025 distinguish constitutional appointment powers from disputes about whether those rules are desirable.