 According to
COUNTRYAAH,
on 2 February 1993, the General Council was able to adopt a
new constitution. This states in the first paragraph that
Andorra is an independent, democratic and social rule of
law, where the political system is, in accordance with
tradition, an "institutionalized parliamentary
co-principality". The co-princes are jointly and inseparably
heads of state and are the bishop of Urgell and the French
president. On July 27 of that year, the country was admitted
to the UN, and on November 10, 94, it was admitted as the
33rd State of the Council of Europe.
At the first parliamentary elections on December 12,
1994, Oscar Ribas Reig was re-elected, but he resigned on
November 25, the following year, when he lost his majority
ifbm. the negotiations for a new Finance Act. On December 7,
he was replaced as head of government by the leader of the
liberal group, Marc Forné. He was elected with 15 votes, and
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