A man goes into the British library and asks the librarian, 'where can I find a copy of the French constitution?' The librarian replies, 'I'm sorry sir, we don't stock periodicals.'
Charles de Gaulle: if i had one dollar for every time I create a new french republic, I’d have two dollars, which isn’t much, but it’s weird it happened twice.
@@Wenving Weird, considering it was the UK that constantly defended France from America (They wanted to treat France as an enemy state, due to Petain, and wanted to take away French Indochina. Britain persuaded America to see them as a Liberated Nation, instead, and wanted to let them keep Indochina).
De Gaulle, one of the few guys to whom you can hand over absolute power to, only for him to make a new republic in the mean time instead of keeping the power.
Yes but... the 5th republic is called a perpetual coup d'État since it gives too much power to the président. So he kinda really grabbed power for himself until we kicked him out in 68
impressive when you think about it. The bloke ruled using referendum where he basically said "trust me the thing is necessary" and one time the people voted no, he just left power. The people didn't trust him anymore so he left, that's amazing
@@JohnDoe____ really a great statesman. I fear though, he is a bit like Bismarck, in the sense, that he tailored the institutions to him, and they don't really work once he left.
As a french, I can say that while De Gaulle did a lot to get France out of the crisis, and was certainly sincerly thinking he did the best for France, I can say that the institutions he made mostly by himself (remember, Jacque Chirac made some slight change to reinforce the president's power) are not suited at all for the needs of today.
@@JohnDoe____efore the referendum he basically said "Alright so I'm getting tired of all of this so if you don't agree with me say so and I'm leaving"
Completly unknown, but Charles De Gaulle offered the count of Paris (the descendent of the Bourbon family) the throne of France if he was ever to be in power. But when he actually got into power, he kept the power for himself. Doesn't change the fact that in french modern history De Gaulle was probably the best leader we ever had, but funny to see how greed and politics can interact
Just imagine a guy in France who was born in 1779 => This dude was born and raised in a Kingdom with an absolute king, when he was 10 years old he saw the Revolution and he lived in a Constitutional Monarchy and 3 years later in a Republic. After that in 1799 when he was 20 years old he lived in a "Dictatorship" (Consulat) and then he lived in an Empire in 1804. In 1815, when he was 36 years old he lived in an other "absolute" monarchy but in 1830 he saw an other revolution and another regime with Louis-Philippe. After all that, when he was 69 years old he saw an OTHER revolution in 1848 and the birth of the second republic ! And finally, the ultimate plot twist, when he was 73 years old (1852) he lived in the Second Empire. Conclusion=> This dude lived in a absolute monarchy then a constitutional monarchy,a republic, a dictatorship, an empire, an other "absolute" monarchy, an other constitutional monarchy, an other republic and finally an other empire...
"Why five republics ?" : because we couldn't choose between giving more power to the Assemblée Nationale, or to the President, so we needed five tries to be sure.
@@Freedmoon44 It's only a matter of time. Although given the current political climate a new constitution would probably give even MORE power to the president rather than less. Macron, Le Pen, Mélenchon and whoever Les Républicains may pick as their next candidate... They would all very much like to rule with absolute power.
@@Freedmoon44 You're closer to the truth than you may think. I'm French. The Vth Republic is the handiwork of General De Gaulle. It was tailored for his style of leadership in a time of crisis. As such the president has a surprising amount of actual power in comparison to other world leaders over the own states. The issue is it is a crisis-era constitution made for one purpose - dealing with issues fast and efficiently when you don't have the time to really consult and come to an agreement with all the players that should have a hand in the decision process. Until the Covid that felt outdated. In Covid it shone as extremely efficient at dealing with the situation. There was just one problem. The president himself wasn't up to it. Political opinions of the man not withstanding, he had the power to enforce all the measures he needed - yet at every turn was indecisive. I probably would have been too in his place, but the point of the comment is to highlight - when you give the executive that much power you need someone to actually use it without agonizing over it. Otherwise it's no use. Now of course, many on the political scene fancy themselves heirs to General De Gaulle. They all want to take a shot at it and be the second coming of the general. While a strong leader like De Gaulle is what the country needs currently there are none of the current candidates have the mettle for it, but they all want to get the president to have even more powers than the constitution already allows. Which would involve key changes in the constitution itself, which has already been revised several times under the fifth, but never in a significant enough manner to actually say "This is a whole new document - here's your Sixth Republic". Actually, most of the changes to the constitution have been made after De Gaulle's departure, and were aimed at diminishing the president's executive powers. But even today the president still retains the ability to override much of what the senate, the national assembly, the government do. But it is not done routinely because ... French are always pissed ... and openly overruling a decision by presidential authority would have a bunch of angry French out in the streets with banners saying "Down with the Dictator, viva la Revolution." And I'm not even exaggerating that much on that final point.
Technically, the Fifth Republic is more of a PR stunt. When countries change the constitution, nobody typically considers them to be brand new entities as long as the form of government remains republican. Hungary had a new constitution in 2011 and they even removed "Republic of..." from its name but does Wikipedia display what followed the People's Republic of Hungary as anything other than just modern Hungary? No.
yarpen26 No the fifth republic was proclaimed because Vichy France was the fourth republic as all the politicians who were elected before WW2 supported it.
@@FeHearts vichy france wasn't the forth republic. The forth republique was from 1944-45 (depends if you count the "gouvernement provisoire) to 1958. Vichy france had not any official name to qualify herself, but it was more or less a faciste dictatorship that was a puppet state of germany
@@reds.victim1023 in Poland we use that second one to fully describe what happened (e.c. ,,Przewrót Majowy był zamachem stanu"), and that second one if it already has a description (e.c. ,,Przewrót na Rzym" (in 1919 Italy), or ,,Przewrót Majowy" (in 1926 Poland))
Well to be fair as France was lingua franca for centuries then it isn't a wonder that lots of words concerning military, diplomacy, politics, culture, etiquette etc. are French in origin. Just like many words about technology are derived from English these days.
@@Pikkabuu Sure, but that is not a funny explanation. @All As for something else that"s not funny... the word "Putsch" comes from Switzerland (allemanic German) and was exported elsewhere only in the 19th c., when that putsch thing became popular with civil governments... Can"t help but notice, that this is the most French-influenced German language region besides Elsass-Lothringen and Luxemburg.
To be fair that is all true of most long lasting nations. Look a China, that is an almost 5 thousand year of breaking up and reforming messy does not begin to describe it.
For those keeping score, the "ancien regime" of France lasted for, at least, 805 years from 987 to 1792. Since 1792, France has had five republics, two empires, two kingdoms under two different dynasties (Bourbons and Orleans), one fascist puppet regime and one socialist commune, and that's without talking about the absolute mess of French politics of 1795-1799 and Napoleon's de facto dictatorship 1799 to 1804.
@@peterspanov yes but as did most european monarchies, the longevity of a dynasty is obviouly the goal but it almost never perfectly happen. so yeah, keeping the same regime in place for almost 1000y is impressive, the change of dynasties is part of the game.
@@peterspanov but in a sense the shift from 4th to 5th was also quite large in the sense the forms of power completely changed. In the 4th republic the president was basically just a mascot for the country and all of the power was held in the parliament. The 5th republic changed that : the president is the one to decide the laws, the parliament can only agree or disagree. The president also became the de facto leader of the military, and can overwrite some of the parliament decisions (for exemple he can pass 2 laws per year without the parliament consent), and dissolve the assembly. The power shift was massive enough I think it deserves to be called a new republic.
"What government do you want?" France: " I don't know, you choose" "Al right, Monarchy then" France: "But I wanted an Empire" "Empire it is then" "France: "I said I wanted a Republic >:("
"Why cant you just be normal like your friend England? They have the same government system for 330 years!" France "Fuck those whinies, VIVE LA RÉVOLUCION!"
@@marcmarc8524 1. A country is on the brink of disaster because politicians refuse to take responsibility. 2. Seeing the situation, the military demands that politicians act. The army is threatening a coup. 3. Politicians are forced to agree to take action and put in place a temporary regime. 4. At the head of this regime is a politician (former general) who imposes reforms. It's true, reforms were requested a few years earlier by one of the most democratic politicians in office (the one who concluded the Indochina war). However, even if it did not formally take power, the army did impose reforms. It is fortunate for France that its soldiers were Democrats in 1958.
The revolutions are like the crusades. The first one went so well that there's always a temptation to try it again, even though you know you'll probably regret it
Technically the franks aren't the same as France, they were France's ancestors, and maybe Germany. I'm hesitating between the franks and the Carolingiens, but one of them had the territory of today Germany or maybe both.
@@thegamingenderman They actually did try to get a Bourbon back on the throne after Napoleon III was ousted . Of course all of this fell apart when he refused the throne unless the tricolor flag was changed back to the white bourbon one . In the end they settled on a republic since it was" the form of government that divides France least".
@@runninglama1954 And to an extent, they got it! The French under Napoleon III drove back Russia, severely weakened Austria, unified Italy among other stuff. Ironically, the one power he didn't anger and made peace with was Britain!
That's true, and just look at the USA, which hasn't had any changes to our government in over 200 years. Which country is doing better? France or the USA?
@@japanpanda2179 Americans have more rights than french since their constitutions isn't changed like toilet paper and they are much less forced to follow Washington than french have to follow Paris. There is no such thing as a first or second amendment in France (or in the rest of Europe in fact). The Vth republic is very close to what the french monarchy was with strong presidential powers and a weak parliament, we just elect a new king every 5 years.
@@japanpanda2179 One lost a colonial empire. The other went from a small nation of country powers to the world hegemon in 175 years. Which one is doing better, you tell me?
In french history class, we consider the first french republic to be over when Napoleon took over and created the consulat in 1799. The change from consulat to empire in 1804 was spectacular but didn't really change anything as France stayed France, the guy in charge was still in charge. It was really only a packaging change, with republic symbolism being removed, and empire symbolism put at its place. But effectively, the first french republic died in 1799.
@@thedarkholegammertdhg9255 it was more complicated. Allow me to explain. There was a misunderstanding in the begging - formally this state was called ,,Duchy of Warsaw", but everyone didn't care and was calling it ,,Poland" (like with Polish-Lithuanian Commonwelth, which may be ,,ouch" for Lithuanians). Formally, we were in personal union with Brandenburg, but - according to _III May Constitution_ - it was legal. One of its point was, that the ancestor of Polish-Lithuanian throne should be the grandson of Stanisław August Poniatowski - Frederick Augustus, who was now ruling the Brandenburg, as Polish-Lithuanian Commonwelth was dead by 1795. Napoleon I Bonaparte arrived at Polish lands in 1803, proclaiming ,,Duchy of Warsaw", allowing it to write its own Constitution. It was formally a French Vassal state (only point there Napoleon wanted to be), but he didn't really care. It was pretty autonomous, and from Polish (I'm not sure if from Lithuanian) perspective it looked like liberation - he defeated Prussia and Austria, occupying our country, and forced Russia to withdraw too. That's also a reason, why Napoleon is a hero in Poland. As Napoleonic Allie, we joined his war with Austria in 1809. This victory, sometimes called ,,Smartest victory of Polish people", made us get back everything Austria took from I and III Partition of Poland (in 1772 and 1795). Its fall was more complex - you see, Russian campaign didn't turn out to be that easy, and in 1813 he needed to retreat. He retreated to Poland, hoping it would help him, but Russian Army was stronger and defeated him. This way Poland got occupied by Russia, Prussia and Austria again, and that would last until November 1918.
There is a mistake at 3:13 De Gaulle actually had full powers (well not him personally but his large government that excluded only communists) but only on constitutional matters. Moreover, those powers were limited by the law of October, 3rd 1958 which forbade a presidential regime (in the new regime the government is responsible to the parliament) and instituted universal suffrage as the only source of power (de Gaulle in his 1946 speech of Bayeux wanted a room in the parliament where society is represented through a corporatist representation). And this constitution was reviewed by some (not every that's true) members of parliament and by the "Conseil d'Etat", a French court, so he clearly did not have a dictatorial power. The only time we could say De Gaulle was granted with dictatorship status was in 1961, after a coup led by Generals Challe, Zeller, Jouhaud and Salan in Algeria (that failed). He kept the powers of Fifth Republic Constitution's article 16 for about 6 months, but only in Algeria. Afterwards, no president ever used those special powers. (sorry if my English is not perfect I study Constitutional Law and History at La Sorbonne)
@@cartooncatboy3009 I'd say it's well summarized, considering the video only lasts 3 minutes. Of course many details are absent : for instance, the 1st Republic period is too condensed, in fact the consulate was not the only regime in that specific period of time. Also at 2:39, the colonial aspect is not enough stressed on, because Algeria was not the only remaining colony at the end of the Fourth Republic, and still to this day, France owns many overseas territories (which are former colonies). This video seems to be a fairly nice way to discover French political history, but if you want to know more, there are many books and videos available.
Kingdom of France (mega --gay-- cringe) **R e v o l u t i o n** First French Republic - la terreur (big scary) - directory **N a p o l e o n** First French Empire Bourbon Restoration - July Monarchy Second French Republic Second French Empire Third French Republic **W o r l d W a r I I** Vichy France/Free France Fourth French Republic Fifth French Republic How'd I do?
Kim Ok he wasn’t, he knew the french military was not prepared and he was dying of kidney failure, however despite being leader of all armies he had no choice since only the parliament could decide whether to declare war or not.
Brazil had 3 republics, one monarchy, one fascist dictatorship and one military dictatorship in a span of 198 years.. and in average 1 constitution for each such regime.. just a hack of an unstable country..
@@loopingpong1412 and what of the Vargas dictatorship between the first and the second republic? and the military dictatorship between the second and the current one?
"But I'm better now!" "No, you're still dead." "I'm better! Really! It was only a mild case!" "We're not doing this again! You're dead!" "Fine, be that way."
I am French, trained as a historian in France and this is the first time I hear the birth of V Rep referred as a coup and... it makes me so happy! The way we are taught about it in France is of everything but a coup, just Saint De Gaulle rising from the ashes to save us all from ourselves.
Depressed lonly 19 year old doomer zoomer No worry about that : we learn the same thing as you. Our president said it : 'colonization was a crime against humanity'. About the coup, I remember the 'putsh' in Algeria, later, but not this one. 🤔
@Depressed lonly 19 year old doomer zoomer Which country are you from? Unlike what you're thinking, we in fact do learn about the crimes that were committed
@Depressed lonly 19 year old doomer zoomer Most nations have a history of beastly behaviour to others, and those that don't were not peace loving hippies but simply less successful at being gits. What is now Algeria was a source of piracy and slave raids on the coasts of Europe for centuries, not to mention military incursions as far north as Tours. You may look back on the past few centuries and see tragedy, but the French of a few centuries ago could do the same, and round and round we go in a never ending cycle of tit for tat. It was and is a dog eat dog world and the fact that we have partially succeeded in restraining our tendency to fight should be celebrated and the backbiting kept to a minimum, it only riles everyone up and we don't want to slide back into bad habits.
Your channel is deceptively ingenious. I'm impressed at the brevity with which you can pack your lessons. I am kept involved by the simple graphics and simple humor, which becomes an 'insider-joke' over time ("... and so... revolution/he died...). You do great stuff.
The Philippines also had 5 Republics. The First Republic (Before the US occupation) The Second Republic (During Japanese Occupation) The Third Republic (After Japanese Occupation and Independence from the United States) The Fourth Republic (Marcos Era) The Fifth Republic (Today). Although the official name of the Philippines is "The Republic of the Philippines" not "The Fifth Republic of the Philippines". Hope this will be the idea for the next video.
It's a bit different. French Revolutionaries and Bonapartistes have a love hate relationship with each other the French Empire is more like if Yoda were deposed and the Jedi order disbanded but many of its former members served the Empire much as they had done before.
,,In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Fourth French Republic will be reorganized into the Fifth French Republic for a safe and secure society." - Charles de Gaulle
,,In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, The _People's Poland_ will be reorganized, Into the *Polish People's Commonwelth!* For safe and secure society!" - Władysław Gomułka, 1952
"In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Third Philippine Republic will be reorganized into the Fourth Phillippine Republic for a safe and secure society." - President Ferdinand E. Marcos
All jokes aside, Napoléon III has been done dirty in public opinion, partly because of Victor Hugo dissing him 24/7, partly because his reign ended in a shamefull defeat. While he was no military genius like his uncle, he was a very smart and cunning politician with a clear vision for his country, he lead France on the path of technological, social and even urbanistic modernity. He tightened the diplomatic bond with Great Britain that would prove essential during the XXth century. Tho he is not as revered as his warlike counterpart, one could argue that he did way more in the way of building France as a modern country.
@Netherlands Cassava True, tho to be fair that last war with Prussia was kinda forced by the French people wanting war. Then again, to be fair good old Chancellor Bismarck goaded France into that war too...
France did *technically* pick the fight with Prussia, they're the ones who declared war. But Bismarck wanted war and kinda goaded France into being the aggressors. Ems dispatch, innit?
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 Actually this is a misconception of things. - First of all Napoleon III wanted a military reform (Niel law) to adapt it after the battle of Sadowa but the republicans did all they could to sabotage it as they saw an external defeat in war as a way to overthrow the empire (who was supported by a large majority of French). - Second of all Napoleon III declared war knowing the army wasn't ready (and him already dying by that time) but had no choice because of the internal pressure.
@@tonyhawk94 They never said thank you to us Germans though :( I also always thought that it actually was giving them a favour. Helping out with revolutions is a proud prussian tradition since then (also applied in 1917 in Russia...)
@@JH-zs3bs Hehe yes them ungrateful bastards...Bismarck wrote about the French republicans depicting them as the best allies for a poweful Germany and he was so right ! (and yes good parallel with 1917, i never thought about it :) )
First French Republic: The Fun One Second French Republic: The Short One Third French Republic: The Successful One Fourth French Republic: The Messy One Fifth French Republic: The Good One
'Good' one is debatable, sometimes it's pretty much a glorified constitutional monarchy, and there are some parties calling for the writing of a 6th constitution, for good reasons in my mind
Well the Fifth Republic may come into an end because the President gets too many powers. There's for example article 49:3 which basically allows the Prime Minister (which is a President puppet) to get a law passed without the Parlement voting. This Republic isn't perfect, there can be instability, as the government will rule the way the Parlement gets the majority. So if there's a left majority, the government will rule left to get its law voted. But while President Hollande (2012-2017), he got a majority in the parlement. But, for some reasons, a part of his majority became "frondeurs" (they basically stopped voting for his laws), resulting in a total absence of majority in the Parlement. So no laws could pass efficiently, and the Article 49:3 (which isn't *that* democratic) has been spamed. I hope I made myself clear in some problems this Republic has. There are other ones but this is the most relevant to me.
@@bobing1752 Article 49-3 is a bit more complicated, because then the opposition can ask for a motion of censure against the government. But since the majority in parliament isn't stupid enough to torpedoed its own government.
A joke that was popular (in the “nerdy” circles of America) when I was a teenager in the sixties: A man walks into a library and asks to see a copy of the French Constitution. The librarian replies, “Over there in Periodicals.”
What's crazy to think about is that if Napoleon I or Napoleon III didn't get overly ambitious, France might still have an emperor at least as a constitutional monarchy (Napoleon III surprisingly got along really well with Queen Victoria and many in the British government).
“The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends," Ser Jorah told her. "It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace." He gave a shrug. "They never are.”
France Republic: *gets taken over by dictator a guy named Napoleon and transferred into an empire* Also France as soon as the empire goes down and a new republic is installed: *elects new president named Napoleon*
Democrats: I would like one, for voting rights and constitution. Marxists: two would be nice, for wealth equality and to kill all bourgeoisie. France: yesss
In 2 years time we're going to need an updated video when James Bissonnette inevitably becomes ruling dictator supreme of the 6th French Republic. Long live the 6th Republic, long live James Bissonnette.
@@alexp6013 VIth Republic is overdue though. They should rename it just to be smart and bypass the revolution stage that pops up every 70 years (at most). In all honesty, the Vth does have a lot of independantist sentiment due to how the 4 prior republics treated the outer regions, so we might go through a brief unification war.
I was going to leave a humorous comment about James Bissonette blah blah blah, but of course all the top comments are already about him. Never change, James
Nope, it was just obvious that it would come to a decolonization no matter what, and politicians realized that. Thing with Algerie is that it was not considered as a colony but was fully integrated administratively as French territory.
I remember reading a line about the British (the English specifically) “we don’t really do revolutions, we prefer satire” and you can see why when you get a front row see seat to watch the French go at it
A time traveller arrives at France in the 19th century. He asks: "are we here in a monarchy?" A peasant answers "Well you see, it seems to change every minute."
France: 5 republics starting in 1792 History Matters: "that's a lot" Meanwhile South Korea with 6 republics starting in 1948: *THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM*
A man goes into the British library and asks the librarian, 'where can I find a copy of the French constitution?' The librarian replies, 'I'm sorry sir, we don't stock periodicals.'
Nice one ! XD
@@pitioti Thanks!
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Omfg xD
A brit making fun of the french never gets old.
Charles de Gaulle: if i had one dollar for every time I create a new french republic, I’d have two dollars, which isn’t much, but it’s weird it happened twice.
Lmfao
He did hate America
it’s true
I understood that reference.
@@Wenving Weird, considering it was the UK that constantly defended France from America (They wanted to treat France as an enemy state, due to Petain, and wanted to take away French Indochina. Britain persuaded America to see them as a Liberated Nation, instead, and wanted to let them keep Indochina).
De Gaulle, one of the few guys to whom you can hand over absolute power to, only for him to make a new republic in the mean time instead of keeping the power.
Yes but... the 5th republic is called a perpetual coup d'État since it gives too much power to the président. So he kinda really grabbed power for himself until we kicked him out in 68
impressive when you think about it. The bloke ruled using referendum where he basically said "trust me the thing is necessary" and one time the people voted no, he just left power.
The people didn't trust him anymore so he left, that's amazing
@@JohnDoe____ really a great statesman. I fear though, he is a bit like Bismarck, in the sense, that he tailored the institutions to him, and they don't really work once he left.
As a french, I can say that while De Gaulle did a lot to get France out of the crisis, and was certainly sincerly thinking he did the best for France, I can say that the institutions he made mostly by himself (remember, Jacque Chirac made some slight change to reinforce the president's power) are not suited at all for the needs of today.
@@JohnDoe____efore the referendum he basically said "Alright so I'm getting tired of all of this so if you don't agree with me say so and I'm leaving"
"What about a republic?"
"We already had it."
"We've had four, yes, but what about the fifth republic?"
I don't think he knows about fifth republic's Pippin.
What about elevenses? Luncheon?
Completly unknown, but Charles De Gaulle offered the count of Paris (the descendent of the Bourbon family) the throne of France if he was ever to be in power. But when he actually got into power, he kept the power for himself. Doesn't change the fact that in french modern history De Gaulle was probably the best leader we ever had, but funny to see how greed and politics can interact
Where’s sixth French Republic coming up
@@fatiazizi8825 Probably after the belgian invasion, the quick resistance movement and the takeover of Belgium AND France by glorious Luxemburg!
Just imagine a guy in France who was born in 1779 => This dude was born and raised in a Kingdom with an absolute king, when he was 10 years old he saw the Revolution and he lived in a Constitutional Monarchy and 3 years later in a Republic. After that in 1799 when he was 20 years old he lived in a "Dictatorship" (Consulat) and then he lived in an Empire in 1804. In 1815, when he was 36 years old he lived in an other "absolute" monarchy but in 1830 he saw an other revolution and another regime with Louis-Philippe. After all that, when he was 69 years old he saw an OTHER revolution in 1848 and the birth of the second republic ! And finally, the ultimate plot twist, when he was 73 years old (1852) he lived in the Second Empire.
Conclusion=> This dude lived in a absolute monarchy then a constitutional monarchy,a republic, a dictatorship, an empire, an other "absolute" monarchy, an other constitutional monarchy, an other republic and finally an other empire...
Basically, France is the very hungry caterpillar of Europe, to put it mildly - MILDLY.
sounds like a fun life lol
Dustman00 At least he still had some Crepes and Baguettes along the way.......
Dustman00 When did you get in the habit of spelling “another” as “an other”? One time is a typo, 3 times? It’s you.
At that age, he was probably the oldest man on Earth
"Why five republics ?" : because we couldn't choose between giving more power to the Assemblée Nationale, or to the President, so we needed five tries to be sure.
"And you know what? We may get closer but we still dont really know the answer, so we think of mayyybe getting a 6th one at some point."
@@Freedmoon44 It's only a matter of time. Although given the current political climate a new constitution would probably give even MORE power to the president rather than less. Macron, Le Pen, Mélenchon and whoever Les Républicains may pick as their next candidate... They would all very much like to rule with absolute power.
With some, uh… _mild_ *cough* catastrophic *cough* military defeats sprinkled in between.
@@Freedmoon44 You're closer to the truth than you may think.
I'm French. The Vth Republic is the handiwork of General De Gaulle. It was tailored for his style of leadership in a time of crisis. As such the president has a surprising amount of actual power in comparison to other world leaders over the own states.
The issue is it is a crisis-era constitution made for one purpose - dealing with issues fast and efficiently when you don't have the time to really consult and come to an agreement with all the players that should have a hand in the decision process. Until the Covid that felt outdated. In Covid it shone as extremely efficient at dealing with the situation. There was just one problem. The president himself wasn't up to it.
Political opinions of the man not withstanding, he had the power to enforce all the measures he needed - yet at every turn was indecisive. I probably would have been too in his place, but the point of the comment is to highlight - when you give the executive that much power you need someone to actually use it without agonizing over it. Otherwise it's no use.
Now of course, many on the political scene fancy themselves heirs to General De Gaulle. They all want to take a shot at it and be the second coming of the general. While a strong leader like De Gaulle is what the country needs currently there are none of the current candidates have the mettle for it, but they all want to get the president to have even more powers than the constitution already allows.
Which would involve key changes in the constitution itself, which has already been revised several times under the fifth, but never in a significant enough manner to actually say "This is a whole new document - here's your Sixth Republic". Actually, most of the changes to the constitution have been made after De Gaulle's departure, and were aimed at diminishing the president's executive powers.
But even today the president still retains the ability to override much of what the senate, the national assembly, the government do. But it is not done routinely because ... French are always pissed ... and openly overruling a decision by presidential authority would have a bunch of angry French out in the streets with banners saying "Down with the Dictator, viva la Revolution."
And I'm not even exaggerating that much on that final point.
That's just a dysfonctionnal regime, the two options are bad, that's not tests but fails.
The first four Republics didn’t have the financial backing of James Bissonette
we gotta pump those likes up
those are rookie likes!!
Ngl, that one was great
Can someone explain please?
Shooter King it’s a Patreon backer of his.
@@Corium1 oh yeah 😂😂😂
Five republics, three kingdoms, two empires, and one quasi-fascist state in just over 220 years. Wow.
Technically, the Fifth Republic is more of a PR stunt. When countries change the constitution, nobody typically considers them to be brand new entities as long as the form of government remains republican. Hungary had a new constitution in 2011 and they even removed "Republic of..." from its name but does Wikipedia display what followed the People's Republic of Hungary as anything other than just modern Hungary? No.
yarpen26 No the fifth republic was proclaimed because Vichy France was the fourth republic as all the politicians who were elected before WW2 supported it.
@@FeHearts vichy france wasn't the forth republic. The forth republique was from 1944-45 (depends if you count the "gouvernement provisoire) to 1958. Vichy france had not any official name to qualify herself, but it was more or less a faciste dictatorship that was a puppet state of germany
@@nirdec Sorry I mistook the 3rd Republic for the 4th. In my defense the French have had so many republics that it's an easy mistake to make.
@@FeHearts The 3rd Republic was before WW2. Vichy was the "French State".
Government: *raise any amount of taxes*
French People: So you have chosen death?
Except if it is to then immediately spend it on something - if it is just fiscal consolidation the French people : a la volonte du peuple ...
Which is ironic as I'm pretty sure they're the first or second highest taxed country in the world.
@@matthewslavin1498 source?
@@user-eb6vc2gs9e Cottereau, TH-cam.
@@user-eb6vc2gs9e listed on Wikipedia as the highest by tax revenue to GDP.
"The First French Republic, the one with all the guillotining, AKA the fun one."
A man of the People, I see.
He's just saw how they were ahead of their time.
@@kassaran2092 Was that pun with (a)head intended?
@@gundhamtanaka8725 Well, moreover without the head post-revolution. Had to cut the joke short-
@@kassaran2092 A-Head of their time, isn't ist ?
To be fair the guillotine was only removed alongside death penalty in the mid 1980’s , it knew all the republics
The word 'coup d'etat' directly coming from French should give some idea.
In Polish we have 3 words for ,,coup":
- _pucz_
- _zamach stanu_
- _przewrót_
So that also should give you some idea😀
@@Admiral45-10 We use putsch to describe unsuccessful coups in France.
@@reds.victim1023 in Poland we use that second one to fully describe what happened (e.c. ,,Przewrót Majowy był zamachem stanu"), and that second one if it already has a description (e.c. ,,Przewrót na Rzym" (in 1919 Italy), or ,,Przewrót Majowy" (in 1926 Poland))
Well to be fair as France was lingua franca for centuries then it isn't a wonder that lots of words concerning military, diplomacy, politics, culture, etiquette etc. are French in origin.
Just like many words about technology are derived from English these days.
@@Pikkabuu Sure, but that is not a funny explanation.
@All As for something else that"s not funny... the word "Putsch" comes from Switzerland (allemanic German) and was exported elsewhere only in the 19th c., when that putsch thing became popular with civil governments... Can"t help but notice, that this is the most French-influenced German language region besides Elsass-Lothringen and Luxemburg.
Seeing "Le Constitution" makes me want to rip my eyes out.
I don't speak French, but isn't it supposed to be "La Constitution"?
@@Hand-in-Shot_Productions yes
@@Hand-in-Shot_Productions and that's the intention of the joke I think
"After three years, the sitting president shouldn't launch a coup to retain power. That would be uncool..."
Having gendered definite articles in a language is stupid and should be phased out.
“The fun one” ah yes Robespierre had a lot of fun until it was his turn
Why are you here? Why do I keep seeing you? I MUST KNOW WHY YOU HANDSOME THICC BOI.
to be fair, an AA cannon is a _lot_ more fun to use than a guillotine, so you win on that front
To the guillotine!
@@XxMrLimeyxX admiring another person, to the guillotine!
King and Danton didnt jump from the window thinking itll save them
As History Matters once said: the French politics is a dumpster on fire to put it mildly, _MILDLY_
Is it still that way today?
@@brandonlyon730 as a french man, yes. Expect a revolt in a few years.
Somehow you’re forgetting Italian politics! Now THERE is a real dumpster fire...
@@samiam619 clearly never been to the UK lol
To be fair that is all true of most long lasting nations. Look a China, that is an almost 5 thousand year of breaking up and reforming messy does not begin to describe it.
For those keeping score, the "ancien regime" of France lasted for, at least, 805 years from 987 to 1792. Since 1792, France has had five republics, two empires, two kingdoms under two different dynasties (Bourbons and Orleans), one fascist puppet regime and one socialist commune, and that's without talking about the absolute mess of French politics of 1795-1799 and Napoleon's de facto dictatorship 1799 to 1804.
To be fair, the Ancien regime saw three different dynasties and a number of civil wars (including the wars of religion and peasant risings).
@@peterspanov yes but as did most european monarchies, the longevity of a dynasty is obviouly the goal but it almost never perfectly happen. so yeah, keeping the same regime in place for almost 1000y is impressive, the change of dynasties is part of the game.
@@jenniferr9144 if we consider the change from the 4th to 5th republic, then plenty of the dynastic changes should count too.
@@peterspanov but in a sense the shift from 4th to 5th was also quite large in the sense the forms of power completely changed. In the 4th republic the president was basically just a mascot for the country and all of the power was held in the parliament. The 5th republic changed that : the president is the one to decide the laws, the parliament can only agree or disagree. The president also became the de facto leader of the military, and can overwrite some of the parliament decisions (for exemple he can pass 2 laws per year without the parliament consent), and dissolve the assembly.
The power shift was massive enough I think it deserves to be called a new republic.
@@vizender Absolutely, but it remained a republic. I was drawing an analogy to the massive changes that did occur during the "Ancien Regime"
"What government do you want?"
France: " I don't know, you choose"
"Al right, Monarchy then"
France: "But I wanted an Empire"
"Empire it is then"
"France: "I said I wanted a Republic >:("
But hey,i said i want monarchy!!1!1!
@Mr. Icyfire Not funny, didnt laugh
"I thought we wanted an anarcho-marxist commune?"
"NOBODY WANTS THAT!"
*Murders everyone*
"Why cant you just be normal like your friend England? They have the same government system for 330 years!"
France "Fuck those whinies, VIVE LA RÉVOLUCION!"
Alright you chose, British parliamentarian system for your government
France: WTF
Any French Republic: Huh there's some instability here.
The Military: Did someone say, "Coup Time?"
Turkey : Allow me to introduce myself
Also Turkey: *Not this time bud*
*Thailand has joined the chat*
The only military coup d’Etat occurred in 1799 when the general Bonaparte took the power. In 1958 the army didn’t take the power.
@@marcmarc8524
1. A country is on the brink of disaster because politicians refuse to take responsibility.
2. Seeing the situation, the military demands that politicians act. The army is threatening a coup.
3. Politicians are forced to agree to take action and put in place a temporary regime.
4. At the head of this regime is a politician (former general) who imposes reforms.
It's true, reforms were requested a few years earlier by one of the most democratic politicians in office (the one who concluded the Indochina war).
However, even if it did not formally take power, the army did impose reforms.
It is fortunate for France that its soldiers were Democrats in 1958.
The revolutions are like the crusades. The first one went so well that there's always a temptation to try it again, even though you know you'll probably regret it
And after the third it should only happen as a defense from a foreign power
Not sure we can say that the first crusade was a great success knowing that only 5% of the initial Christian force managed to reach Jerusalem alive
A lot of addictions are the same way
It's like drinking
Well, I kind of wish the US would move on to it's second republic if that is what it takes to get rid of the Electoral College and gerrymandering
French Goverment: Exists for 5 Minutes
French People:
Vive la Revolution
Vas voir l'Italie tu vas être surpris
Si seulement :-(
@@eugenekali6704 mais on a fabriquer l'Italie moderne en 1918
some French want a 6th republic.
Paul Amblard is this a french wide thing or is it just Paris being Paris
"The Fourth Republic was, *frankly*, a hot mess."
I see what you did there.
Technically the franks aren't the same as France, they were France's ancestors, and maybe Germany.
I'm hesitating between the franks and the Carolingiens, but one of them had the territory of today Germany or maybe both.
@@Isokatmydydecsf it's a joke....
@@Isokatmydydecsf Carolingiens are Franks though, that's the funny bit about your comment.
They're a Frankish dynasty.
@@11Survivor
aaahh yes it's the same, thank you, and my bad for my mistakes.
@@Isokatmydydecsf Also, France's currency when it had its own currency was the frank.
I just love how you narrate everything so matter-of-factly!
"Catching a mild case of death" is another gem in this one!
"The First French Republic, aka the Fun One" Amazing.
@ Who is James Bisonet? He's his oldest patron if I'm right
@ I know that, but where did he come from?
@@vexxfulomega9 He is a Time Lord, but unlike the Doctor, he focuses solely on donating to this channel instead of travelling the universe.
Maximilien Robespierre: "This is where the fun begins"
All the guillotining
French Republic: *elects a Bonaparte as President*
Also the French Republic: " *My time has come* "
Then they put the old king back on the throne after the Bonaparte gets defeated. 😂
@@thegamingenderman They actually did try to get a Bourbon back on the throne after Napoleon III was ousted . Of course all of this fell apart when he refused the throne unless the tricolor flag was changed back to the white bourbon one . In the end they settled on a republic since it was" the form of government that divides France least".
I think French voted for Louis-Napoleon cuz they wanted a revenge.
*Napoleon III is declared Emperor*
Europe: ANOTHER ONE?!
@@runninglama1954 And to an extent, they got it! The French under Napoleon III drove back Russia, severely weakened Austria, unified Italy among other stuff. Ironically, the one power he didn't anger and made peace with was Britain!
*Slaps roof of france*:this bad boy can fit so many revolution in a span of a century
Don’t forget republics and empires.
Take my like
"It can go from one regime to another in just under 3 days"
I respect that France decided to rebuild rather than continue with a broken system. And in such a short period of time, relatively.
That's true, and just look at the USA, which hasn't had any changes to our government in over 200 years. Which country is doing better? France or the USA?
@@tachy1801 But... I'm an american... And I'm not upset... A lot of us don't like the US government.
@@japanpanda2179 Americans have more rights than french since their constitutions isn't changed like toilet paper and they are much less forced to follow Washington than french have to follow Paris. There is no such thing as a first or second amendment in France (or in the rest of Europe in fact).
The Vth republic is very close to what the french monarchy was with strong presidential powers and a weak parliament, we just elect a new king every 5 years.
@@Okxyd There's such a thing as having too much freedom, of being too decentralized. The marijuana laws in the USA are proof enough of that.
@@japanpanda2179 One lost a colonial empire. The other went from a small nation of country powers to the world hegemon in 175 years. Which one is doing better, you tell me?
They have hundreds of varieties of cheeses and wines, so five different republics seems a rather small amount.
As a french, no we love riot and chaos for no reason
@@imtolazyto az a French, no oui love riote an l’chaos for no reazone
"Is five a lot ?"
"Depends on what. Wines and cheeses ? no. Republics ? Yes"
"How can one man rule a country with hundreds of different kinds of cheese?" ~ Charles de Gaulle
it's more thousand
In french history class, we consider the first french republic to be over when Napoleon took over and created the consulat in 1799. The change from consulat to empire in 1804 was spectacular but didn't really change anything as France stayed France, the guy in charge was still in charge. It was really only a packaging change, with republic symbolism being removed, and empire symbolism put at its place. But effectively, the first french republic died in 1799.
Car wheels: Has thousands of revolutions per minute
France: *Pathetic*
France only finds it pathetic because the car wheels don't have a republic between each revolution.
You actually made me laugh, you absolute madman!
“The one will all the guillotines AKA the fun one”
*TO THE GUILLOTINE!!!*
@@aleksandarvil5718 Isnt there a tax for that
@@thebandit0256 TO THE GUILLOTINE!
Justin Higner I know
I LOL'd at that one.
0:21 What do you mean by "the fun one" History Matters?
0:47
Narrator: Napoleons rule ended, when all of Europe...
Polish: ej...
Narrator: ...baring Poland, united against him.
Polish: Thank you
God dammit Poland this was the one time for you to be part of a dominating alliance and you blew it
@@thedarkholegammertdhg9255 blame French for getting too cocky, we just went with their wave. (Besides Napoleon never cared about Poland anyway)
@@TheBard1999 No true Napoleon was a great ally to the polish and gave them their state back for a short time.
@@thedarkholegammertdhg9255 it was more complicated. Allow me to explain.
There was a misunderstanding in the begging - formally this state was called ,,Duchy of Warsaw", but everyone didn't care and was calling it ,,Poland" (like with Polish-Lithuanian Commonwelth, which may be ,,ouch" for Lithuanians). Formally, we were in personal union with Brandenburg, but - according to _III May Constitution_ - it was legal. One of its point was, that the ancestor of Polish-Lithuanian throne should be the grandson of Stanisław August Poniatowski - Frederick Augustus, who was now ruling the Brandenburg, as Polish-Lithuanian Commonwelth was dead by 1795.
Napoleon I Bonaparte arrived at Polish lands in 1803, proclaiming ,,Duchy of Warsaw", allowing it to write its own Constitution. It was formally a French Vassal state (only point there Napoleon wanted to be), but he didn't really care. It was pretty autonomous, and from Polish (I'm not sure if from Lithuanian) perspective it looked like liberation - he defeated Prussia and Austria, occupying our country, and forced Russia to withdraw too. That's also a reason, why Napoleon is a hero in Poland.
As Napoleonic Allie, we joined his war with Austria in 1809. This victory, sometimes called ,,Smartest victory of Polish people", made us get back everything Austria took from I and III Partition of Poland (in 1772 and 1795).
Its fall was more complex - you see, Russian campaign didn't turn out to be that easy, and in 1813 he needed to retreat. He retreated to Poland, hoping it would help him, but Russian Army was stronger and defeated him. This way Poland got occupied by Russia, Prussia and Austria again, and that would last until November 1918.
Basically, Poland lost its independence back in 1795 to our three neighbours and Napoleon freed us from them
France:
*"haha and this isn't even my final form yet you weaklings"*
Francestan
Some politicians wants a 6th Republic indeed
The final form is when we'll rule the galaxy but my spy said it was in a very long time.
The final from is FLAC
There is a mistake at 3:13
De Gaulle actually had full powers (well not him personally but his large government that excluded only communists) but only on constitutional matters. Moreover, those powers were limited by the law of October, 3rd 1958 which forbade a presidential regime (in the new regime the government is responsible to the parliament) and instituted universal suffrage as the only source of power (de Gaulle in his 1946 speech of Bayeux wanted a room in the parliament where society is represented through a corporatist representation). And this constitution was reviewed by some (not every that's true) members of parliament and by the "Conseil d'Etat", a French court, so he clearly did not have a dictatorial power.
The only time we could say De Gaulle was granted with dictatorship status was in 1961, after a coup led by Generals Challe, Zeller, Jouhaud and Salan in Algeria (that failed). He kept the powers of Fifth Republic Constitution's article 16 for about 6 months, but only in Algeria. Afterwards, no president ever used those special powers.
(sorry if my English is not perfect I study Constitutional Law and History at La Sorbonne)
Thank you for your comment! Your English is great!
Do you still think it’s a good video?
@@cartooncatboy3009 I'd say it's well summarized, considering the video only lasts 3 minutes. Of course many details are absent : for instance, the 1st Republic period is too condensed, in fact the consulate was not the only regime in that specific period of time. Also at 2:39, the colonial aspect is not enough stressed on, because Algeria was not the only remaining colony at the end of the Fourth Republic, and still to this day, France owns many overseas territories (which are former colonies).
This video seems to be a fairly nice way to discover French political history, but if you want to know more, there are many books and videos available.
@@unfandeheartgold1379ok👍
oh yeah? you're a fan of the french republic? name 5.
The first the second the third the fourth and the Fifth where we currently are. Some politician wants to create the sixth but we're not here yet.
Kingdom of France (mega --gay-- cringe)
**R e v o l u t i o n**
First French Republic
- la terreur (big scary)
- directory
**N a p o l e o n**
First French Empire
Bourbon Restoration
- July Monarchy
Second French Republic
Second French Empire
Third French Republic
**W o r l d W a r I I**
Vichy France/Free France
Fourth French Republic
Fifth French Republic
How'd I do?
@@concept5631 Not bad o.o
@@Obi1Classic Nice.
@@NicolasMendoula *_Yet._*
"...until 1870 when he made the silly mistake of picking a fight with Prussia."
Bismarck: Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.
To be fair, he did win a few wars before this one against Austria and Russia so he had reasons to be confident
Kim Ok he wasn’t, he knew the french military was not prepared and he was dying of kidney failure, however despite being leader of all armies he had no choice since only the parliament could decide whether to declare war or not.
Also Bismarck: The attempt on my life has not left me scarred and deformed. I laugh at you silly assassin, I am iron chancellor.
@@firstconsul7286 *Puts on shades and walks away*
@@firstconsul7286 I will show show the true nature of the Rhine.
Just so you know, there are always a few politicians talking about creating the 6th Republic during election campaigns
France: we have five republics in a span of 300 years
South Korea: *cute.*
they got 6 republics within 40 years
Brazil had 3 republics, one monarchy, one fascist dictatorship and one military dictatorship in a span of 198 years.. and in average 1 constitution for each such regime.. just a hack of an unstable country..
@@loopingpong1412 and what of the Vargas dictatorship between the first and the second republic? and the military dictatorship between the second and the current one?
@@bumblebeeeoptimus Meanwhile Louisiana is on its 11th constitution
Philippines, which had 5 republics in 100 years: *am I a joke to you?*
Spain: Oh God, why are we so unstable?
France: Hold my baguette
Why can't the latins govern efficiently
@@stanleyrogouski you aren't very familiar with roman history, are you?
;)
@@stanleyrogouski
Uhh....
@@cageybee7221 Byzantine
"Before he caught a mild case of death"
Love these.
There is a disappointing lack of decapitations leading to the ends of these republics, it's almost unpatriotic for the French
I am French and I agree
If it makes you feel better, they were still lopping off heads into the 50s or 60s.
skeeter honey The last one happened when Star Wars still existed
But why couldn't France just copy the US Government style of a republic with 3 equal branches of government?
Attie Pollard We French are complicated.
"Before catching a mild case of DEATH." The fact that he said it so casually hurt my sides
Thanks!
I can’t wait for episode 6: return of the Jedi
Actualy french are like ruled by a "Rian Johnson", if you see what I mean...
Oh god oh shit
😂😂😂
Return of the emperor
episode 6: return of the panzers
The first was so great it deserved four sequels
All four of them very mediocre, unfortunately
I hope they bring back guilliotine in the 5th sequel.
@@tachy1801 Big *O O F* to that reference xD
@@tachy1801 A certain medieval fantasy series whose 8th season was devoid of logic.
I found a comment from avery the cuban american
i've learned from History Matters that every country's leaders follow one universal rule of thumb:
"When in doubt, overthrow the government."
“He ruled for about 10 years before catching a M I L D case of D E A T H” priceless😂
It's a good joke, a bit overused in his videos though.
"But I'm better now!"
"No, you're still dead."
"I'm better! Really! It was only a mild case!"
"We're not doing this again! You're dead!"
"Fine, be that way."
I am French, trained as a historian in France and this is the first time I hear the birth of V Rep referred as a coup and... it makes me so happy! The way we are taught about it in France is of everything but a coup, just Saint De Gaulle rising from the ashes to save us all from ourselves.
To be fair to De Gaulle, any dictator willing to do a job then step down voluntarily within six months deserves at least a modicum of praise.
Depressed lonly 19 year old doomer zoomer No worry about that : we learn the same thing as you. Our president said it : 'colonization was a crime against humanity'. About the coup, I remember the 'putsh' in Algeria, later, but not this one. 🤔
@Depressed lonly 19 year old doomer zoomer Which country are you from? Unlike what you're thinking, we in fact do learn about the crimes that were committed
@Depressed lonly 19 year old doomer zoomer Most nations have a history of beastly behaviour to others, and those that don't were not peace loving hippies but simply less successful at being gits. What is now Algeria was a source of piracy and slave raids on the coasts of Europe for centuries, not to mention military incursions as far north as Tours. You may look back on the past few centuries and see tragedy, but the French of a few centuries ago could do the same, and round and round we go in a never ending cycle of tit for tat. It was and is a dog eat dog world and the fact that we have partially succeeded in restraining our tendency to fight should be celebrated and the backbiting kept to a minimum, it only riles everyone up and we don't want to slide back into bad habits.
@Depressed lonly 19 year old doomer zoomer well of course I know it, the same thing happened in the pacific ocean.
Brilliant summary - a huge amount of complex political history in under 4 minutes. Well done.
Your channel is deceptively ingenious. I'm impressed at the brevity with which you can pack your lessons. I am kept involved by the simple graphics and simple humor, which becomes an 'insider-joke' over time ("... and so... revolution/he died...). You do great stuff.
The Philippines also had 5 Republics.
The First Republic (Before the US occupation)
The Second Republic (During Japanese Occupation)
The Third Republic (After Japanese Occupation and Independence from the United States)
The Fourth Republic (Marcos Era)
The Fifth Republic (Today).
Although the official name of the Philippines is "The Republic of the Philippines" not "The Fifth Republic of the Philippines".
Hope this will be the idea for the next video.
@Makuta S-V lmfao
who asks you?
You seem to make a distinction between the nature of Spain's colonial hegemony and that of the US. What was the difference, as you see it?
South Korea had 6th Republics :P
This makes me think of Anakin saying:
"My new empire!"
"Your new empire?"
It's a bit different. French Revolutionaries and Bonapartistes have a love hate relationship with each other the French Empire is more like if Yoda were deposed and the Jedi order disbanded but many of its former members served the Empire much as they had done before.
,,In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Fourth French Republic will be reorganized into the Fifth French Republic for a safe and secure society."
- Charles de Gaulle
*Unlimited POWER*
,,In order to ensure our security and continuing stability,
The _People's Poland_ will be reorganized,
Into the *Polish People's Commonwelth!*
For safe and secure society!"
- Władysław Gomułka, 1952
;=)
"In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Third Philippine Republic will be reorganized into the Fourth Phillippine Republic for a safe and secure society."
- President Ferdinand E. Marcos
@@subbyplayz6332 ;)
"How Many Times You Were Republic?!"
France : *Y E S*
Francestan
قرآن میرا ٹوائلٹ پیپر ہے shut up kid
love that de gaul looks so done with everyone
Just french things 🕺🏽
Francestan
@@قرآنمیراٹوائلٹپیپرہے You must be hella bored
T'as vu 😎
South Korea
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
― Abraham Lincoln
not by Lincoln, it was a quote ABOUT Lincoln
And this has never shown anyone's good character.
@@barley12girl Lincoln, Huey Long, Charles de Guille, Lázaro Cárdenas... Should I keep going?
@@cynicat74 not Lincoln's
@@user-eb6vc2gs9e Go cry about "them mexicans" in your Trump hat some more, traitor.
Sixth Republic when?
Soon
2020, probably
If Mélanchon gets elected he promised a 6th republic.
He was third last election.
Francestan
There's a politician in france that wants to proclaim the 6th republic if he gets elected for some reason 🤷♀️
France: De Gaulle save us svp.
De Gaulle: D’acc.
;=)
"More republic than most people go through"
Korea:"hold my soju"
Napoléon I Bonaparte = 2020!Sonic
Napoléon III Bonaparte = 2019!Sonic
Underrated comment
Napoleon VI = OG sonic
All jokes aside, Napoléon III has been done dirty in public opinion, partly because of Victor Hugo dissing him 24/7, partly because his reign ended in a shamefull defeat.
While he was no military genius like his uncle, he was a very smart and cunning politician with a clear vision for his country, he lead France on the path of technological, social and even urbanistic modernity. He tightened the diplomatic bond with Great Britain that would prove essential during the XXth century.
Tho he is not as revered as his warlike counterpart, one could argue that he did way more in the way of building France as a modern country.
@Netherlands Cassava True, tho to be fair that last war with Prussia was kinda forced by the French people wanting war. Then again, to be fair good old Chancellor Bismarck goaded France into that war too...
France did *technically* pick the fight with Prussia, they're the ones who declared war. But Bismarck wanted war and kinda goaded France into being the aggressors. Ems dispatch, innit?
Point is, Napie 3 got trolled hard by Bissie...
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 Actually this is a misconception of things.
- First of all Napoleon III wanted a military reform (Niel law) to adapt it after the battle of Sadowa but the republicans did all they could to sabotage it as they saw an external defeat in war as a way to overthrow the empire (who was supported by a large majority of French).
- Second of all Napoleon III declared war knowing the army wasn't ready (and him already dying by that time) but had no choice because of the internal pressure.
@@tonyhawk94 They never said thank you to us Germans though :( I also always thought that it actually was giving them a favour. Helping out with revolutions is a proud prussian tradition since then (also applied in 1917 in Russia...)
@@JH-zs3bs Hehe yes them ungrateful bastards...Bismarck wrote about the French republicans depicting them as the best allies for a poweful Germany and he was so right ! (and yes good parallel with 1917, i never thought about it :) )
@@tonyhawk94 Problem is Bismarck also wanted to annex what the French considered the most republican part of France into his autocratic empire...
France: has fitfh republics
Brazil: laughs in six republics
France: We had 2 empires and Brazil you only had 1 empire.
First French Republic: The Fun One
Second French Republic: The Short One
Third French Republic: The Successful One
Fourth French Republic: The Messy One
Fifth French Republic: The Good One
'Good' one is debatable, sometimes it's pretty much a glorified constitutional monarchy, and there are some parties calling for the writing of a 6th constitution, for good reasons in my mind
@@samarkand1585 Tell me more, please
Well the Fifth Republic may come into an end because the President gets too many powers. There's for example article 49:3 which basically allows the Prime Minister (which is a President puppet) to get a law passed without the Parlement voting. This Republic isn't perfect, there can be instability, as the government will rule the way the Parlement gets the majority. So if there's a left majority, the government will rule left to get its law voted. But while President Hollande (2012-2017), he got a majority in the parlement. But, for some reasons, a part of his majority became "frondeurs" (they basically stopped voting for his laws), resulting in a total absence of majority in the Parlement. So no laws could pass efficiently, and the Article 49:3 (which isn't *that* democratic) has been spamed.
I hope I made myself clear in some problems this Republic has. There are other ones but this is the most relevant to me.
@@bobing1752 Article 49-3 is a bit more complicated, because then the opposition can ask for a motion of censure against the government. But since the majority in parliament isn't stupid enough to torpedoed its own government.
There are no good republics
“The first French Revolution, the one with all the guillotines, a.k.a the fun one.” Me a French person, laughs in French.
RON RON RON XD
@@elmehdibenhadj5770 hon hon hon *
Quoting other comment above:
"The lack of rolling heads in this Republic is very unFrench".
Your position?
Marina Rosário I agree.
@@juliancoquelet2654 you are lovely
"Before catching a mild case of death" This is why I love this channel
A joke that was popular (in the “nerdy” circles of America) when I was a teenager in the sixties:
A man walks into a library and asks to see a copy of the French Constitution.
The librarian replies, “Over there in Periodicals.”
"I'll give myself a promotion!" - Napoleon
I have wondered this for quite a while! Thanks for the lesson!
If I remember correctly, South Korea also has 5 Republics despite having a shorter length of life than France... Would make for a nice video idk
The Republic of Korea has had 6 Republics
Brazil has also had 6 republics.
@@baelonthebrave5474 *South Korea
There's 2 Koreas.
@@baelonthebrave5474 You should have also said that it is not the Democratic Republic of Korea. AKA:North Korea.
@@archmelee South Korea's official name is "The Republic of Korea". Only an idiot would assume he's talking about North Korea.
Me-My grandmother died yesterday.
Friend-Oh, I’m sorry. How?
Me-She died of illness.
Friend-What illness?
Me-She caught a mild case of DEATH
Death, the most mortal illness
@@juanjosemejiasgomez2002 Death is a Fatal illness
She kicked the bucket
*THUMP*
Death the illness that kills
I cannot believe I was just assigned this video to watch for class. You the goat History Matters.
France every 20 years: *BrEaKdOWn bReAkDowN*
iS tHaT A jOjO ReFeReNcE?
SHINING JUSTICE MEI BAYATE
OI JOSUKE IM GONNA DO A NEW REPUBLIC A'INT THAT WACKY??
We are just waiting for Jean-Pierre Polnareff to begin the next one
Napoleon III: *overthrew himself in a coup to declare empire
Macron, more than a century later: I'm gonna do what's called a pro-gamer move
Oh god please nooooo
What's crazy to think about is that if Napoleon I or Napoleon III didn't get overly ambitious, France might still have an emperor at least as a constitutional monarchy (Napoleon III surprisingly got along really well with Queen Victoria and many in the British government).
“The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends," Ser Jorah told her. "It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace." He gave a shrug. "They never are.”
*VIDEO SUGGESTION:*
Why did Greece have a coup in 1967, and what happened to their royal family, and what happened to the military junta?
The monarchy was removed through a "referendum"
Vote remove or be shot
One of their princes ended up in England
France Republic: *gets taken over by dictator a guy named Napoleon and transferred into an empire*
Also France as soon as the empire goes down and a new republic is installed: *elects new president named Napoleon*
We'll do it again hon hon hon!!
history repeating itself as farce
he wasn't a dictator to us.
French people don't dislike dictatures, we only dislike bad dictators
Can't wait to see a new vid about the 6th which should be just around the corner
No-one:
France: revolution
Francestan
Every poor bastard in charge at the moment: *Ah shit here we go again*
@@قرآنمیراٹوائلٹپیپرہے Revolutistan
France France Revolution
Original comment
Plot twist:
History Matters' real name is James Bissonette
Damn ! This is good
Oversimplified but good
1:33 "6. After three years, the sitting president shouldnt launch a coup to retain power. That would be uncool."
*Ironic*
"The 4th republic was dead, long live the 5th republic"
That cracked me 😂
I love this channel. It also gets funnier when you play it at higher speeds.
Have never been to France but getting to know it's history is incredible
You should come and visit us someday :)
China: HAH, WATCH ME MORTAL, AND BOW BEFORE MY GREATER POWERS!!!!
France: Yes, sensei...
Francestan
That was a horrible combination of memes. Keep up the good work
@@jackrabbit4545 Thanks, I'll do so. :)
Laughs in Sudan
Democrats: I would like one, for voting rights and constitution.
Marxists: two would be nice, for wealth equality and to kill all bourgeoisie.
France: yesss
The image at 2:41 sums up the state of England since Brexit...
In 2 years time we're going to need an updated video when James Bissonnette inevitably becomes ruling dictator supreme of the 6th French Republic. Long live the 6th Republic, long live James Bissonnette.
Nah the 5th is pretty stable. One or two presidents might be eliminated in a fun French get-together, but that's about it
@@alexp6013 VIth Republic is overdue though.
They should rename it just to be smart and bypass the revolution stage that pops up every 70 years (at most).
In all honesty, the Vth does have a lot of independantist sentiment due to how the 4 prior republics treated the outer regions, so we might go through a brief unification war.
@@alexp6013 This aged like milk
@@stratonikisporcia8630
Nahh, what's happening is pretty normal
That's just the government being stupid
It's all good.
I'm French and I loved how you synthesized our modern history ! Best video ever 👍👍👍
Bonjour quel est le drapeau de votre image de profil ?
@@codionfr7932 Bonjour, c'est le drapeau de la communauté asexuée
France: Five republics since 1792
South Korea: Six republics since 1948
In his end of the video thank you list, he forgot to thank the French, without whose instability this particular video wouldn't have been possible.
You're welcome! (I'm reading the comments and I can't stop laughing, so real but the way it's written is hilarious)
Google: The average length of time that a civilization lasts is 349.2 years.
France: We don't do that here
France is a 1000 years old, but believe what you want.
Japan: Ahem!
@@brandonlyon730 Lol so true
@@TheMops14 I dont think you understood the point or simply that its a joke
@@deltumn5899 I don't think you understand the difference between a civilization and a regime.
Great video as usual 👍
I was going to leave a humorous comment about James Bissonette blah blah blah, but of course all the top comments are already about him.
Never change, James
I’ll try not to
3:23 Fun fact: (If I'm not wrong) France gave all of its African colonies except Algeria Independence so It can focus on the Algerian Revolution.
Nope, it was just obvious that it would come to a decolonization no matter what, and politicians realized that. Thing with Algerie is that it was not considered as a colony but was fully integrated administratively as French territory.
2:21 "What? You have a better idea?".
Meanwhile me, a monarchist
We know how French monarchies end
@@itzmespencer Revolution. Yeah, but I feel that in modern era, French monarchy didn't get enough chance to shine
When the French has five republics in under two centuries but you did the same in only one.
The Phillippines: I am speed.
You could say France was going through it's teenage years the last few hundred years. And it couldn't decide what would be best for itself
I remember reading a line about the British (the English specifically) “we don’t really do revolutions, we prefer satire” and you can see why when you get a front row see seat to watch the French go at it
the english did invent decapitation of king though. It was their idea.
A time traveller arrives at France in the 19th century. He asks: "are we here in a monarchy?"
A peasant answers "Well you see, it seems to change every minute."
Time traveller: "Are we here in a monarchy ?"
Peasant: "CAPDIDIOU ! COUEZ D'ANGLOIS !"
France: 5 republics starting in 1792
History Matters: "that's a lot"
Meanwhile South Korea with 6 republics starting in 1948: *THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM*