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Who does national sovereignty belong to?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Naturalisation no. 38
À qui appartient la souveraineté nationale ?
Who does national sovereignty belong to?
Answer. To the people.
Au peuple.
The people exercise national sovereignty through their elected representatives and through referendums. No single person can claim it for themselves.
The official text that proves it
« La souveraineté nationale appartient au peuple qui l'exerce par ses représentants et par la voie du référendum. Aucune section du peuple ni aucun individu ne peut s'en attribuer l'exercice. »
National sovereignty belongs to the people, who exercise it through their representatives and through referendums. No section of the people nor any individual may claim its exercise.
In French, with its English meaning.
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