Michel Reydellet on the French political system

Michel Reydellet, lecturer at the University of Toulon, has harsh words of criticism for the political system in France: "If I had to defend the idea that France had the best political regime I would say the following: parliament having been too important in the past, it is normal that it should now be reduced to an insignificant shadow play. ... While other Europeans have given their monarchs the role of umpires, it is only logical that we, who guillotined our own, should now reestablish him in all his majesty through periodic elections. ... The other Europeans were naive enough to renounce their aristocratic chambers of parliament. But we, the true revolutionaries, have skilfully maintained a senate chosen by the political classes according to such fair and righteous principles that it has not seen a change of power for a century. ... The country of Voltaire has complete freedom of the press. Everyone is free to write what they want - without going too far - in alternative newspapers. But the person in power is on best terms with the concrete emperor and the armament prince who own the major media."

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