The Count of Paris

E. v. KUEHNELT-LEDDIHN

The French, regardless of whether they are of the Right or Left, are asking themselves these days what the Count of Paris is actually up to. Is he a serious candidate for the presidency? The French presidency is no longer a purely decorative office. It can be compared with the position of a constitutional monarch (as, for instance, the King of Greece) who actively participates in the government. Twice in modern history France has “evolved” from republic to monarchy. (The opposite process, from monarchy to republic, is always of a revolutionary, not of an evolutionary, character.)

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E. v. KUEHNELT-LEDDIHN

The French, regardless of whether they are of the Right or Left, are asking themselves these days what the Count of Paris is actually up to. Is he a serious candidate for the presidency? The French presidency is no longer a purely decorative office. It can be compared with the position of a constitutional monarch (as, for instance, the King of Greece) who actively participates in the government. Twice in modern history France has “evolved” from republic to monarchy. (The opposite process, from monarchy to republic, is always of a revolutionary, not of an evolutionary, character.)