https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Doing-Away-With-Presidential-Elections https://booksandideas.net/Doing-Away-With-Presidential-Elections 2011-12-01T13:09:11Z text/html en Pierre Brunet & Arnaud Le Pillouer Politics Carousel France democracy elections De Gaulle republic Chadoc La campagne des idées <p>The election of the President of the French Republic by universal suffrage is said to represent an undeniable step forward for democracy, in that it enables the people to directly choose a leader and a type of politics. According to P. Brunet and A. Le Pillouer, however, the opposite is true: electing the president by universal suffrage destabilises our institutions and weakens political life.</p>