French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed a radical overhaul of the country's government

[David Scott]

Speaking at the historic Palace of Versailles, he said he planned to cut the number of lawmakers by a third.

Doing so would produce a more efficient government and put France on a "radically new path", said Mr Macron.

The French president says he has a broad mandate after sweeping wins in presidential and parliamentary elections this year.

If his proposed changes were not passed by parliament within a year, he said he would take the decision to a referendum.

In his 90-minute speech, the 39-year-old leader vowed to return a "collective dignity" to France.

"In the past, procedures have taken preference over results, rules over initiative, living off the public purse over fairness," he said.

The proposed cuts would reduce the number of National Assembly members from 577 to 385, and the numbers of Senate members from 348 to 232.

He also said:
The European Union had "lost its way" in the past 10 years amid growing bureaucracy - a solution was a "new generation of leaders"

France's electoral system would be changed to allow more proportional representation, so more voices would be heard at government level

France's state of emergency, put in place after terror attacks, would be removed by the autumn

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[Jordan Brown]

Good luck, frogfucks. You're going to need it.

[Juan James]

i'm liking him more and more. maybe he isn't that bad after all. look at the pic, he looks like the new napoleon

[Isaiah Jackson]

Sorry France, I know things didn't always go your way. Nonetheless you will be missed. F

[Wyatt Perry]

>Doing so would produce a more efficient government
Lol no, it's meant to ensure his total control, since with less people, you need more percentage of votes to get seats. It's a total censorship of smaller paties.He will sell it by saying it's against the FN (which technically he has no right to say but the media will eat it up), but it will also kick out other smaller parties, and typically opposition parties made from people leaving the big 2s.

[Jackson Smith]

He also closed frontier to immigrants the past days and claims it won't take more from Italy,
Where we wrong about him guys? Is it possible he is actually so mentally ill that he is abusing his power in an advantageous way for us?

[Connor Campbell]

>would be removed by the autumn
Wrong. It will be made into the normal system, which is why it will "not be there anymore". This includes warrantless arrest, and private civil servant being able to shut down medias without any counter power, or even the need to publish who and why they cut it.
That system already exist but is there as an emergency measure. Now it will be the "law" (but it's not the law since it's out of the legal systems and juges grasps, it's more or less a speech gestapo)

[Jayden Kelly]

>He also closed frontier to immigrants the past days and claims it won't take more from Italy,
Doesn't France take a lot from Marseille anyways?

[Lincoln Cox]

so after the roachking we will get the frogking? we are truly slipping back into a totalitarian age.

[Jayden Cox]

Actually a dose of proportional representation would increase FN representation.