Before revision: This proved in 1986 to be a source of tension, during a period of cohabitation when President François Mitterrand and Prime Minister Jacques Chirac were of opposite political opinions, and the President refused to sign ordonnances requested by the Prime Minister, forcing him to go through the normal parliamentary procedure ; Jean V. Poulard, “The French Double Executive and the Experience of Cohabitation”, Political Science Quarterly, vol.
After revision: This proved in 1986 to be a source of tension, during a period of cohabitation when President François Mitterrand and Prime Minister Jacques Chirac were of opposite political opinions, and the President refused to sign ordonnances requested by the Prime Minister, forcing him to go through the normal parliamentary procedure , Jean V. Poulard, “The French Double Executive and the Experience of Cohabitation”, Political Science Quarterly, vol.