Should The United States Have A Semi-Presidential System

There are many different types of systems of government around the world. In the past there have been monarchy’s with rules who had absolute power, and some who had to share power with other nobles. Power is one of the biggest need people have. For example, the French King was so powerful that the country saw a lot of violence when trying to becomes a state and democratize. So looking at the differences between parliamentary, presidential and semi-presidential system the power of the leader comes into question. The United Kingdom and Japan have parliamentary systems, which are very different then presidential systems but must be noted since they are a different type of system. The United States has a presidential system, while France, and …show more content…
The French government is semi-presidential government because De Gaulle wanted a stable two party system, while also diminishing the influence of parties. This causes the president to be very powerful. They appoint a prime ministers, presides the Council of Minister, has emergency powers, and can dissolve the National Assembly. Also before 2002 the president could be in office for seven years, not the government reduced it to five. This compares to the United States which can serve for no more than two terms of four years. Another difference that the French president from the US is that they cannot veto legislation, instead they can propose legislation. The United States president has the capability to veto any legislation they see fit. The French president can also call referenda. One of the most important powers the French president has is appointing the prime minister. O’Neil explains the role of the prime minister as, “the prime minister has become a sort of chief aid whose goal is to carry out the president’s political agenda” (O’Neil 2015:167-168). Since the French president has so much power over the legislature electing them is very different than other