Actualidad política y constitucional francesa (2007-2008): ¿Hacia la V República BIS?

— In 2008, two new constitutional laws amending the 1958 French Constitution have been passed by the French Parliament. The first is aimed at adapting the Constitution to the new European framework, after the failure of the Constitutional Treaty and the adoption of the Lisbonne Treaty. But the second is far more relevant: in fact, it implies a modernization of the French institutional framework, by reinforcing the position of Parliament, setting up new limits and constraints to Presidential powers, and creating new guarantees of fundamental rights, among other changes. 472 ANGEL J. SANCHEZ NAVARRO 14_Sa?nchez 6/11/08 14:06 Pagina 472