PARIS – A new and important acronym has entered the French political lexicon: QPC, which stands for the rather austere-sounding “Priority preliminary ruling on the question of constitutionality.” Under QPC, which was part of the constitutional reforms that France implemented in July 2008, any citizen involved in legal proceedings can now contest the constitutionality of a legislative provision.
巴黎——QPC作为一个重要而崭新的缩写已经被收录进法国的政治词汇，它所代表的涵义是相当严肃的“优先初步裁决合宪性问题”。QPC是2008年7月法国宪政改革的组成部分，按照它的规定，参与法律诉讼的任何公民现在都有权就某项法律规定的合宪性提出质疑。