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Comparing Governments
Brad Giraud

Political leaders
France
Franois Hollande President
Elected
5 years
Must be a citizen, qualified to vote
and not convicted of a crime.

America
Barack Obama President
Elected
4 years
Must be 35 years old, born
in the USA.

Comparing their lawmaking body to

our Congress.
France
France has a parliament
France has a bicameral
structure
France has 62 people in the
two houses.

America
We have a congress
We have a bicameral
structure
We have 535 people in our
congress.

 Compare some of most important

America
rights from the Bill of Right
Rights
to bear arms: we
France

Right to bear arms: they have

the full right to posses arms.
Freedom of religion: they have
the full right to freedom of
religion and is the same as the
U.S
Freedom of Speech/Press:
they have the right to freedom
of speech as long as it is not
derogatory towards their
government and doesnt offend
anyone

have limited right, we need

to have permits and cant go
in government
establishments.
Freedom of Religion: We
have the full right to religion
as long as it doesnt deal
with sacrifices or anything
crazy.
Freedom of Speech/Press:
We have the right to free
speech until it offends
someone.

 Compare their political party

system with our system
France
France has a multi- party
system
France has the Socialist
Party, Radical Party and
many small parties like
America.
The socialist party stands
for democracy.
The Radical party stands
for socialism.

America
We have a multi- party
system
We have two major parties
which are democrats and
republicans.
Democrats stand for more
spending of government
money and are more us
friendly.
Republicans stand for
conservation. they are more
conservative than the other
parties and are advocates
for many amendments such
as the 2nd.

 Compare this countrys election

system with our electionAmerica
system
France
Frances voting age 18 and
must be registered on the
electoral rolls.
They hold elections every 4
years.
France has a 2 voting
stage.

Our voting age is 18 and

you must be a registered
voter/citizen in the country.
We hold elections every 4
years.
In America we have primary
elections.

 Compare this countrys government finance

with our policies of taxation and government
America
France
France does charge an income
tax.
Frances main source of income is
tourism, they also make a large
portion of money off of taxes along
with America.
Military spending is minimal
compared to the rest of their
spending.
Education is on the bottom end of
Frances budget.
Healthcare is a top spender of
France and is at the top of their
spending list.

America does charge an

income tax.
Other ways America makes
money is in the healthcare
system and a variation of
taxes.
Americas military spending is
at the top of our budget.
Education in the U.S is a
priority but not a top spender.
Healthcare is a big part of the
U.Ss budget.

 Compare this countrys crime rates,

prison population, punishments
America
France
29th in the world for crime
rate
Incarceration rate 103
Prisoners per 100,000
population.
France does not use the
death penatly.

58th in the world for crime rate

716 per 100,000 of the national
population. (22% of the worlds
prisoners)
America does use the death penalty
depending on the state.

France and Americas Relationship

France and america have always been allies but when we
went to war with Iraq that went away quick. As president
Obama has been president relations have gone up over
50%.