Conseil des ministres

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The Conseil des ministres is the French government’s highest executive decision-making body, where the President and ministers meet to adopt major policies, ordinances, and decrees.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collegial body
executive body
governmental body
advises President of the French Republic
surface form: President of France

Prime Minister of France
alsoKnownAs Council of Ministers
Council of Ministers of France
surface form: French Council of Ministers
approves draft ordinances
government bills
regulatory decrees
branch executive branch
chairedBy President of the French Republic
surface form: President of France
compositionIncludes Prime Minister of France
ministers
ministers delegate
secretaries of state
constitutionalStatus organ of the executive power
country France
decidesOn appointments to senior civil service positions
major public policy directions
deputyChair Prime Minister of France
frequency usually meets weekly
hasTypeOfAct décret en Conseil des ministres
jurisdiction French Republic
languageOfName French
legalBasis Constitution of the Fifth Republic
surface form: Constitution of the Fifth French Republic
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
mainFunction adopt decrees
adopt government policies
adopt ordinances
coordinate government action
meetingCity Paris
meetsAt Élysée Palace
nativeLabel Conseil des ministres self-link
partOf Government of France
predecessor Council of Ministers of France
surface form: Conseil des ministres of the Fourth Republic
presidedOverBy President of the French Republic
relatedTo Council of State of France
surface form: Council of State (France)

Constitution of 4 October 1958
surface form: French Constitution of 1958

Parliament of France
reportsTo President of the French Republic
surface form: President of France
role highest executive decision-making body of the French government
subjectOf French constitutional law
timePeriod French Fifth Republic
surface form: Fifth French Republic
typicalMeetingDay Wednesday
uses French language

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Council of Ministers of France alsoKnownAs Conseil des ministres
Council of Ministers collectiveNameInFrench Conseil des ministres
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (Belgium)
Conseil des ministres nativeLabel Conseil des ministres self-link