Editing Political question (section)

=== France ===
A type of act by the French government, the ''[[:fr:Acte de gouvernement en droit français|acte de gouvernement]]'', avoids judicial review as it is too politically sensitive.<ref name=":5">Jully, A. (2019). Propos orthodoxes sur l'acte de gouvernement: (Note sous Conseil d'Etat, 17 avr. 2019, ''Société SADE'', n°418679, Inédit au Lebon). ''Civitas Europa'', 43(2), 165-171. doi:10.3917/civit.043.0165.</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite book|last1=Bell|first1=John|url=http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199541393.001.0001/acprof-9780199541393|title=Principles of French Law|last2=Boyron|first2=Sophie|last3=Whittaker|first3=Simon|date=2008-03-27|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-954139-3|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199541393.001.0001}}</ref> While the scope of the concept has been reduced over time, there are still acts that the courts do not have jurisdiction over, such as matters that are deemed to be unseverable from France's diplomatic acts, like the President's decision to conduct [[Nuclear weapons testing|tests of nuclear weapons]] or end [[Aid|foreign aid]].<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":12" /> Other acts include the President's decision to dissolve Parliament, award honors, or grant amnesty.<ref name=":12" /> Such ''actes de gouvernement'' need to be politically-based and also concern domains in which the courts are not competent to judge.<ref name=":12" />