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What is the role of the Constitutional Council?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Naturalisation no. 68
Quel est le rôle du Conseil constitutionnel ?
What is the role of the Constitutional Council?
Answer. To check that laws comply with the Constitution.
Vérifier que les lois respectent la Constitution.
The Constitutional Council checks that laws conform to the Constitution. It also oversees the proper conduct of national elections.
The official text that proves it
« Le bloc de constitutionnalité est la référence juridique la plus haute : toutes les lois françaises doivent le respecter. Le Conseil constitutionnel est chargé de faire respecter la Constitution, la norme suprême en droit français. »
The bloc of constitutionality is the highest legal reference, all French laws must comply with it. The Constitutional Council is responsible for ensuring respect for the Constitution, the supreme rule of French law.
In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet
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