Word: constitutionalizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Today, those three ominous weeks in May seem a world away; if they did not justify the worst of fears, it was because all Frenchmen knew that they had a man to fall back on. Charles de Gaulle, with the spontaneous support of his countrymen, has restored the supremacy of...
In the end, the pols prevailed. Under their influence, the French electorate rejected a constitution that would have given France the strong executive De Gaulle believed it needed. In an ill-fated attempt to create national unity, De Gaulle gave the Communists five Cabinet posts, only to have them revile...
Silence & Her Sister. Once invested as Premier, De Gaulle had three immediate objectives: to bring the army back under control of the central government, to win approval of a constitution that would give France a strong executive, to come to terms with the French colonies' desire for independence without sacrificing...
In the year's most impressive display of political mastery, De Gaulle made each of his objectives support the others. By flying Rebel Organizer Jacques Soustelle out of Algiers and making him his Minister of Information, De Gaulle yanked the insurgents' sharpest tooth, yet at the same time gave the...
Halfway through the speech the President calmly announced that in keeping with the constitution of 1947, which has a two-term limit (six years to a term), he did not intend to stand for a third term next year. The audience's response was silence; to cheer might have...