Article 3 of the French Constitution of the Fifth Republic

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Article 3 of the French Constitution of the Fifth Republic is the provision that establishes the principle of national sovereignty in France, stating that it belongs to the people who exercise it through their representatives and by means of referendums.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Constitution of France ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
aimsTo ensure that public authority derives from the people ⓘ
appliesTo French people ⓘ
belongsToTitle Title I of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
bindingOn all public authorities in France ⓘ
executive of France ⓘ
judiciary of France ⓘ
linked to: French judiciary

legislature of France ⓘ
constitutionalOrder Fifth French Republic ⓘ
constitutionalPrincipleType democratic principle ⓘ
principle of sovereignty ⓘ
constitutionalRank fundamental principle of the French Republic ⓘ
country France ⓘ
defines national sovereignty belongs to the people ⓘ
establishes principle of national sovereignty in France ⓘ
principle of popular sovereignty in France ⓘ
governs modes of exercise of national sovereignty ⓘ
guarantees that sovereignty cannot belong to any individual or part of the people alone ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition constitutional norm superior to ordinary statutes ⓘ
influences French electoral law ⓘ
French referendum law ⓘ
interpretation of democratic principles by the Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
inForceSince 1958 ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalForce supreme law within French legal order ⓘ
legalNature binding constitutional rule ⓘ
legalSystem French constitutional law ⓘ
modeOfExerciseOfSovereignty referendum ⓘ
representative system ⓘ
partOf Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ
protects collective right of the people to determine political institutions ⓘ
provides the people exercise sovereignty by means of referendum ⓘ
the people exercise sovereignty through their representatives ⓘ
relatedConcept French republican principles ⓘ
democratic legitimacy ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
universal suffrage ⓘ
states national sovereignty belongs to the people ⓘ
subject exercise of sovereignty ⓘ
national sovereignty ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
referendum ⓘ
representative democracy ⓘ
theme democratic foundations of the French state ⓘ
organization of public powers ⓘ

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Article 2 of the French Constitution of the Fifth Republic → relatedTo → Article 3 of the French Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ