French system
Americannoun
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Adapting from the centralised French system to Germany’s federal setup was just the first among many obstacles that tested the flexibility of the platform.
From BBC ● May 30, 2024
Of course in the French system having a multiplicity of candidates on the left or right is not necessarily a handicap.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2022
The French system, meanwhile, is already covering 8 million people — a third of the country’s private sector workers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2020
A jail sentence for any of the defendants would be unlikely under the French system.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2020
By this law of Germinal XI. the monetary unit of the French system was declared to be the silver franc, weighing 5 grms. of 9⁄10 standard.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur
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