FranceListe naturalisation, n° 38 · Institutions and politics

To whom does national sovereignty belong?

In the exam (French)

À qui appartient la souveraineté nationale ?

  1. aTo the President of the RepublicAu président de la République
  2. bTo the peopleAu peupleCorrect answer
  3. cTo ParliamentAu Parlement
  4. dTo the governmentAu gouvernement

Why?

According to Article 3 of the Constitution, national sovereignty belongs to the people. They exercise it through their elected representatives and by referendum. The President, Parliament and the government merely exercise powers that come from the people.

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Source

Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.

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