Fox News says per AP today that according to the constitution of the Fifth Republic, written for the General, the French President can fight for up to four months without an OK from parliament.
(Update, that express provision was added in 2008)
The President is now a Socialist, as are the National Assembly and Prime Minister.
A leader of the opposition UMP is demanding the government not act in Syria, French-administered in the past, without approval from parliament, citing Obama's example.
L'Express says today the UDI, also an opposition party, is making the same demand.
There is debate on Syrian intervention scheduled for next Wednesday in the senate and the lower chamber, and the demand now is that the debate in the assembly be followed by a vote.
The French press is divided, as is the classe politique.
Francois Bayrou warns it's regime change in the offing, and Hollande will hand over Syria and the region to Islamists with global ambitions.
Per Figaro, Sunday, the Minister of the Interior, Manuel Valls, reminded everyone that no such consultation is constitutionally required, a view the newspaper confirmed in a story about mounting pressure owing to Obama's move.
President Hollande said Friday France would intervene with the U.S. despite the Brits being out.
Figaro says he is Obama's sole European ally on this.
The Turks are in because they want regime change in favor of the Islamists, and have demanded intervention for months.
I have seen no evidence of anyone contesting that understanding of the French constitution.
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