François Séners

At his 2022 hearing before appointment to the Constitutional Council, François Séners expressed reservations about the way the Council had derived a constitutional principle of fraternity from the republican motto, considering that 'a word does not necessarily have the force of positive law' and that the question could have been referred to the constituent power. This position was subsequently cited in debate over judicial activism or restraint by constitutional judges.

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François Séners's appointment to the Constitutional Council by Gérard Larcher raised questions about personal and professional closeness between the appointing authority and the candidate, as Séners had headed the Senate President's office from 2014 to 2017.

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