Why France is on its Fifth Republic
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- France is on its fifth republic. That's a lot of republics since 1789, but the reason they're on republic number 5 is perhaps the most interesting.
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How the heck does you tube think i know polish? And why the heck are polish ads shown in your videos so often?
France noob
France noob
this was really disappointing.
*Frances African Colonies:* We want independence!
*France:* are you sure?
*Frances African Colonies:* Yes!
*Gabon:* Actually I kind of want to sta-
*France:* Ok you can ALL have your independence. Especially Gabon.
*YANDERE GABON YANDERE GABON*
I think the "close" relationship France has with her former colonies, especially Gabon, is known as Francafrique
i am French, and i support colonialism only when it's profitable
West Africa, was too poor and too unproftable and ruined France
but about Vietnam and French Indo-China and Algeria
they should've been kept
but native didn't think so
@@Soviet00000 your name is soviet, and you got anarchy logo
don't talk to me,
everyone has a plan until they get punched int he face
if you wanna settle this, let's meet in a MMA arena
It should be noted that during the last presidential elections, several candidates proposed a 6th republic.
What would be the difference between the two? What would make a change a new Republic instead of a new Constitution, for example?
@@Alfonso162008 Benoit Hamon and Jean-Luc Mélenchon both proposed a "6th Republic" with a more parliamentary system and a less powerful presidency. Something like a compromise between the 4th and 5th republics - similar to Germany perhaps, a parliamentary democracy but with a strong executive (the Chancellor and his cabinet) responsible before the parliament.
@@jakubegermajer9841 why would that constitute a 6th Republic instead of a change in the Constitution? Why the need to call that an "nth Republic"?
@@Alfonso162008 We can amend the constitution . It have been done numerous time during the 5th republic . But any mahor change, like a change in the balance of power would result in a new one .
It's the french administration "why do simple when you can do it complicated" it's our slogan .
@@Alfonso162008 Well such a substantial change could hardly be achieved by simply amending or revising the current constitution. And in France a new constitution means a new republic.
edit: Also it's quite catchy as a campaign slogan, as it promises a substantial and permanent political change.
France to his African colonies: Guys please don’t leave!
Gabon: OK I’ll stay!
France: never mind you guys can leave!
Gabon: ):
It's crazy to think the countries that made up French West & Equatorial Africa are still paying France.
@@jmr1090 Look like this Myth is still alive while it has a lot of proof it's fake .
Gabon literally wanted to be annexed by France ,CDG said no ,and when they had to choose a flag for the country ,they wanted to add a little French flag in it (Like Australia/New Zealand flags have a UK flag in it) ans CDG still said no.
@@plumebrisee6206 What do you mean? I've read how the West & Central African Francs at least a portion of those still go to the French treasury. I'm not looking for a fight I'm just curious?
Gabon are the most loyal colonies
Remember in Spiderman Homecoming when that teacher comments on a captain america video saying "im pretty sure that guy is a war criminal now"? Thats what happened to French school kids in the 50s when talking about Philippe Petain
Well without the admiration. A huge bunch of the population called for his head on a spike, but Petain was actually graced and under house arrest until the end of his life. Graced by De Gaulle himself, after all until 1934 (not sure at one year close) the two were pretty good friends. They started an argument about the kind of reforms the army needed and who between Germany and communism was the biggest threat. The rest is history
@@Cancoillotteman So like the friendship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald in the "Harry Potter" franchise?
@@Compucles Read another book.
@@Kerys23a OK! I got American Revolution: Battles and Leaders.
France: no country changes their government like I do
Latin American random country: hold my cerveza.
Also France: colonizes and interferes in Latin America for money.
Pastry war.....
El Salvador had 5 goverment Changes in the 20th century.
Hold my American intervention
Not really the same. Sadly, Latin America has only ever had presidential republics with a couple random monarchies (Mexico and Brazil).
Brazil has actually six Republics in few time
Don't mind me, I'm just waiting for the 69th Republic. The nice one
It will probably just eat it's self
420th
Unironically, France has a strong movement for a 6th republic
You mean the EPIC ONE?😁
When it's the 69th we all need to go to nice at France
Time travellers from the past: how many republics does France have: yes
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France: ''This is isn't even the final form of our government yet.''
Both of my great uncles actually took part in the Algerian war of independence. Brutal war apparently. I should do a video about it one day. Great video Tigerstar. Merde!
War against terrorists is always brutal.
@@hegoney5841 Says the person from the country which started a war which killed millions in the early 1800s
@@dr.vikyll7466 I'm not British.
@@hegoney5841 that's a weird way to spell freedom fighters
@@jeffersonclippership2588 Well, and how do you spell arabs who fought for the french democracy? Algeria isn't a free country still today... Many islamists in those rebels... Things are not so easy.
Every other nation: Well we had a revolution, time to enjoy a period of stability for the next few centuries
France: *_GAS GAS GAS_*
Speed running before it was cool
You clearly have not read up on German Italian or most any other European countries constitution. Most all of them run through them like toilet paper.
Ann Onymous Germany hasn’t fallen from its own revolutions though. The German empire was only replaced by the entente, and nazi Germany was replaced by the allies. Their only real revolution is the rise of the Nazis
As for italy, they haven’t had a single revolution. Mussolini was appointed prime minister and then consolidated power. Then, he was replaced during wwii by the king, who appointed a different prime minister.
Meanwhile France has had at least four revolutions of its own people replacing their own government violently
@@sovietmuffin501 you sorta had me up to 4 revolutions, that's just bullshit. My point was all these countries ran through constittions like toilet paper for similar and related reasons and that none of them are particularly unique. Vichy was the lawful government and was fascist. Germany had plenty of revolutionary activity, so did Italy (benny got his start as a marxis then flipped). You want to act like fascist regimes are hum drum normal no biggie when in fact they are the monopolization of power in a dictatorship and the erasure of hte public private distinction.
Four revolutions lol in ur imagination maybe.
@@QuizmasterLaw Nope, that's not a joke, as a French I garantuee that he tell the truth. In France we had:
-1789 revolution
-the revolution of 1830
-the revolution of 1848
-The "Commune de Paris" (1871).
Yeah, four revolution.
And I didn't count all the coup and the less famous insurection.
Like:
-Two failed attempt of Napoleon the third to restore the Empire and one succesfull
-The insurection of the worker under the IInd republic
-The "100 jour" (return in 1815 of Napoleon the first before Waterloo.
France wasn't very calm during the XIXth century
History Matters viewers : Hey! I've seen this one!
Yeah but history matters messed up by saying that the state is officially known as the “fifth French Republic” which isn’t true, it’s colloquially known by that name but officially simply the “French Republic”, just like the previous 4 except for when the 3rd republic became fascist and renamed itself the “French State”
@@TheLocalLt While true that "Fifth French Republic" isn't the real official name of France today, "Fifth republic" and "French republic" are.
Aka it's a small nitpick.
MaxBuster interesting, I wasn’t aware that even “fifth republic” was used in any official context. But I did find the term on the French Republic website so it appears it’s true www.gouvernement.fr/en/how-government-works
"True."
History House Production viewers watch History matters: Hey I seen this! 😂
The very existence of Project France itself makes me happy for being a baguette.
Hey, baguette brother .
*Angry British noises*
@@ggkproductions1632 shut up why do you always have to go against French people like that
@@ggkproductions1632 I mean, I can surrender to the fact that France was the most victorious country in world history. >w>
Memoris Surrendering even in victory that really do be a France moment
France: *has 5 republics*
Sixth Republic of Korea: *_Are you challenging me?_*
Lmao I was just thinking the same thing
Add to the 5 republics (in chronologic disorder) :
- one "État français" (Vichy),
- two empires (Napoléon I and III),
- one ancient régime (before 1790),
- one chartiste monarchy (1814 and 1815-1830),
- one constitutionnal monarchy (1830-1848),
- one "gouvernement de défense nationale",
- one "gouvernement provisoire" (1871 and 1944-1946), as well as
- Paris commune (1871)...
Spain : I had 3 republics.
France : Well, i had 5 republics.
South Korea : Amateurs !
France : What was that, punk ?
South Korea : *Amateurs !*
@@candyneige6609 I look up and now
Spain only have two republics
Currently, Spain is a constitution monarchy
P.S: Unless if you are counting Franconist Spain as a Third Republic
@@Polavianus A constitutional monarchy is a de facto republic because in a constitutional monarchy, the title of "King" (or "Emperor" or whatever) is an elected position, where the people gets to vote on who becomes the King (or Emperor or whatever), and not only that, their term as King (or Emperor or whatever) usually only lasts a few years before new elections are held (though the rules of re-election differ by country). By contrast, in an absolute monarchy, the title of "King" (or "Emperor" or whatever) is a hereditary position, leading to power being held by a single family, known as the royal family, and in addition, when a member of that family becomes King (or Emperor or whatever), they get to keep that title for life, in other words, they get to remain King (or Emperor or whatever) until they die, in which case, the title usually passes on to their eldest son (though the exact rules of succession differ by country).
Going back to Spain, we know that the country is currently a constitutional monarchy, and therefore a de facto republic, meaning that, counting de facto republics, Spain is currently on its Third Republic
Actually, the United Kingdom, despite its name would tell you, is also currently a republic, albeit a de facto one, since it's currently a constitutional monarchy, and therefore a de facto republic, meaning that, when counting de facto republics, the United Kingdom is currently on its Second Republic, since it already had its First Republic, known as the Commonwealth of Great Britain.
By contrast, Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, and therefore not a de facto republic, since their title of "King" is hereditary and is therefore passed down through inheritance, and the current King of Saudi Arabia, Salman, is the son of Ibn Saud, who was once King of Saudi Arabia until his death, in 1953.
The Philippines 🇵🇭 is also in its Fifth Republic 😁
• 1st Republic - 1898-1902 (declaration of independence from Spain to the American occupation)
{American occupation and Commonwealth - 1898-1942, 1944-1946}
• 2nd Republic - 1943-1945 (Japanese puppet government)
• 3rd Republic - 1946-1973 (post-WW2 to Martial Law)
• 4th Republic - 1973-1986 (Martial Law to 1st EDSA Revolution)
{Provisional or Revolutionary government/"Freedom Constitution" - 1986-1987}
• 5th Republic - 1987 (adoption of the new Constitution) to present
I guess we'll have 7th republics before the end of the century
Dude, Spain is on it's 3rd republic.
@@candyneige6609 ...Nope! It's a kingdom!
@@jeffreygao3956 A "kingdom" that is actually a republic that is, because Spain is actually a crowned republic, where it behaves as expected from a usual republic, except that there's a king, so Spain is indeed on it's 3rd Republic, just that this particular republic is crowned.
@@candyneige6609 No?
Republics are types of government that don't have a monarchy as a head of state
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
-Abraham Lincoln
@33 SixtyNine, he was leading his country into fighting a civil war, obviously some things need to be done that would be considered "radical."
@33 SixtyNine, okay, I will admit, that is true.
True
The most interesting is the fact that the 5th Republic has changed completely since 1958. Without changing the number of the constitution.
In 1958, the president was elected by a college of grand electors (mayors and other elected officials) since 1962, the president is elected by the people.
In the 1958 version, there was a balance of power between the President and the Prime Minister. After 1962, the regime had clearly become "semi-presidential".
In 1958 the President was elected for 7 years and the assembly for 5. Since 2000 the President is elected for 5 years.
Before, a President could face an opposition parliamentary majority (this happened between 1986 and 1988 then between 1993 and 1995 and finally between 1997 and 2002) he then had virtually no power (except in the area of diplomacy).
Since 2000, the President is elected in may and the assembly is elected a month later. Those who voted for the President give him a majority.
To sum up, in 1958, the Fifth Republic was a parliamentary system with a President elected by a college of grand electors. The President worked with a Prime Minister responsible to the assembly.
Since 2000; 5th Republic is, de facto, a Presidential regime with a Prime Minister who is nothing more than a "chief of staff" of the President.
While France is a presidential republic, it's neighbours went the other direction of being a parliamentary republic where the head of state is just a simple figurehead and a sepreate head of government actually has all the powers, Switzerland is the odd one out where it has a system that doesn't fit into any category of republics.
So de Gaulle was the last president of the 4th french republic and the first president of the 5th republic ?
Not exactly, he was the last prime minister (président du conseil) of the fourth Republic and indeed the first president of the fifth Republic.
René Coty was the president until January 1959, so technically he was the last president of the 4th republic and the first one of the 5th, but nobody really cares about René Coty.
@@jakubegermajer9841 Except Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath.
@@memoris3038
Yeah he was effectively given dictatorial powers to figure out the Algeria crisis and change the constitution
France:
*gets rid of monarchy*
*gives liberties and freedom to the people*
*installs monarchy*
*gets rid of freedoms*
*gets rid of monarchy*
*gives freedom*
That's Frances history in a nutshell
Also some decolonization
and GERMANY
If you think Revolutionary France gave anybody freedom, you're naive beyond measure.
@@Jim63071 they literally emancipated everyone legally and gave them equality
@@jeandarwin9143 And then starved and guillotined thousands, seized the gold of countless more and converted it into assignats, abolished property rights, destroyed churches, exterminated the population of entire regions (the Vendée), and had a secret police apparatus govern the state (Committee for Public Safety). Oh, and they imposed CONSCRIPTION for the first time in French history. Did you know that they did not have universal suffrage? The only people who were emancipated by the Revolution were a bunch of Nobles and bourgeois, who were always fighting with the King for power anyway. It's their history you've learned, which is why you're so ignorant. But hey, a piece of paper said everyone was equal, so it must have been a good thing, right?
Kerberos it was still better than the monarchs reign, as there was already starving going on. The first revolution was a rough start but ensured greater freedom in the future, and in the 1850s, this was achieved with the spirit of the French people and inspired by the first republic’s promises.
@@Jim63071 when he said it gave people liberties, he didn't went on the matter about if they were truly implemented or not
History of France, every month but each time a Louis is crowned it get's faster.
Will you do "why Poland is on its Third Republic"?
Or is it too short to explain in a separate video?
well, how long do it take you to say neighbor ?
I think the interesting thing in this video was mostly the transition to fourth to fifth, because it happened post WW2 through a coup-attempt. I think polands transitions are more obvious...
This is actually a very good question that requires a bit of explaining and is worthy of a video, especially when you realize that we do count the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as the first of these three and don't count the Polish People's Republic.
The regular modern word in Polish for "republic" is _republika_ but the Polish Republic is Rzeczpospolita Polska. Rzeczpospolita is a direct translation of the Latin term Res publica, used by the old Polish-Lithuanian state to refer to itself. It gets translated to English as "Commonwealth" in this context because calling a polity made out of a union of a Kingdom and a Grand Duchy and still having a monarch (even if elected) as its head a "republic" would be an oxymoron in any normal country. ;)
Due to the gradual Polonisation of Lithuanian elites (multiethnic to begin with) the old Commonwealth (Rzeczpospolita) was by the end of its existence often referred to as Polish, or simply Poland even in some legal documents including the 1791 Constitution, even though the separation between its constituent parts; the Crown of the Polish Kingdom (usually just called the Crown) and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was technically kept. When an independent Polish state was reestablished in 1918 it viewed itself as the sole and direct successor of the old Rzeczpospolita, calling itself the Second Polish Republic (Rzeczpospolita Polska).
BTW the words Rzeczpospolita and Republika traditionally were used interchangeably for the other republics (like the Roman or Venetian) but now Rzeczpospolita refers exclusively to the Polish one.
Regarding the Polish People's Republic (Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa), we came to the conclusion that it was a stinky communist, Soviet puppet-state that didn't really deserve its name and therefore doesn't count.
@@Artur_M., damn, son. That was a neat story.
France went from
A Monarchy to a Republic to Dictatorship to a Republic again to Monarchy again to a Dictatorship again to a restored Monarchy to a Republic but Napoleon 3 felt cocky and brought back Monarchy then lost a war against Germany and went Republic again in just 90 years .
Well, they are persistent, if anything...
Small correction at 3:53. Operation Corse was the takeover of Corsica, the planned seizure of the mainland was called Operation Resurrection
What do you meant when you said "Independance = losing french assistance" ? France stopped supporting countries which gained their independance with a war such as Algeria and Vietnam, or unilaterally declared independance, like Guinea. But the other countries stayed under heavy french influence for several decades. Even today France still have a special influence on most of its former african colonies (but this influence is collapsing in favor of other neo colonial power such as China)
official assistance, I'm pretty sure they didn't know france was gonna keep meddling into their affairs after independance and it's not like its wrong anyways since the aid money that france is giving isn't comparable to their work on their actual oversea territories. also you're confusing assistance and influence.
France is like fashion it changes every 5 minutes and no one really understands it.
“History is a set of lies agreed upon.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
Probably one the dumbest thing he said tbh
France noob
@Sugarz so with this logic, in order to confirm that jumping off a building kills you, you should check it out on your own by jumping off a building?
I also assume you need to check out if putting your hands on a hot stove is as sad as your parents claimed it to be. Do you see where I'm going with this?
We're witnessing today another republic change in France, and you left a lot of details like the role of french aristocracy and rich conglomerates in these events
History matters literally just made the same video.
I was like "Where have I already seen this?"
Three weeks ago lol.
Exactly.
Yeah it's kinda dumb
But with 10 times more unfunny memes.
South Korea: Finally! A worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary.
Making fun of how many french republics there were is all good, but you know what's even better ?
South Korea, they had SIX republics since their post-WW2 independance.
France is like the time lord answer to countries with many incarnations
Algeria was not a colony but an apartheid territory of France hence why only Catholic and Jews were given citizenship and full civil rights.
The muslims had the opportunity to become full citizens under the republican laws, but they prefered to keep the islamic laws. It was THEIR choice.
@@alexisl7006 There was no pathway or even a government agency that Algerians could apply for citizenship. This whole it was their choice is nothing but a justification for apartheid since in 1940s protestors demanding civil rights and unbanning Arabic and the local languages were shot at by the French police.
Where is Islamic Law does it say that you are subjected to higher taxes than Catholics and Jews?
Where in Islamic law does it state that you have to do annual labour service for the French state? whereby Muslims were forced to build houses, streets. bridges and railways that could only be used for Catholics and Jews?
Algerians didn't go to France
FRANCE CAME TO THEM!!
Even the 'Harkis' who were Algerian Muslims soldiers for the French weren't given citizenship and after Algeria got their independence they were left abandoned by France.
Most Algerians who were given French citizenship were highly educated individuals who lived in Mainland France. There was %0 chance of them getting citizenship since the Pied-Noir were staunchly against the idea of even giving basic civil rights and citizenship to any Muslims, not even to their soldiers.
Have fun being in the garbage dump of history just like all the racists before you!!
@@solid7468 At least we are not building houses in dirt 😂
@@johnnystonks3970 Who is "we"?
@@solid7468Try to Guess Angloys
0:45 there wasn’t a power vacuum by this point. In 1869 Napoleon III set up a parliamentary constitutional monarchy which caused the emperor to lose most of his powers. His decisions were often ignored, including increasing the army size as Prussia was strong. During the Franco Prussian war, the emperor made his wife regent and left for war, effectively ending any sort of ceremonious or legislative power he had left
It would be better if he transitioned France into a constitutional monarch in 1852 instead of 1869 though.
@@olidojosephd.9054 France would probably collapse if that was the case. He needed the dictatorial powers in the beginning to make sure the new regime remained stable for a while, and once it did he began to soften his rule. It was good until the opposition got too strong and basically dragged him wherever they wished.
Considering how much the French like to revolt, I kinda find it surprising that they are not on the sixth republic right now
Vichy France lasted longer than the Second Republic.
I saw yesterday's Canadian video and thought "huh, no mention of Project France, must be coincidence". Turns out you are involved with it after all :D
Nowadays in France DeGaulles is perceived as the same ways that the Founding Fathers are seen in the USA somehow. Everyone in the political spectrum refer at him and he clearly still have positive opinion in the population (he has been idealized through the years.) There is some kind of consensus around him. I suppose only a fringe of the population openly despise him, even his former ennemies (like the LePen clan) refers themselves as "Gaullist" nowadays. (Which is a HUGE joke, because Marine LePen got her party from her father, who founded his party in opposition to DeGaulle's policies.)
Only the far left and some part of the left don't define themselves as gaullists (maybe some parts of the far right but that's marginal)
@Sugarz Oh, you are refering to Bonapartism. It looks like it isn't right or left but most of the time it is right wing with some really minor aspects on left wing. Napoleon's rule for exemple was a regress on several things "won" by the revolution (and the previous Directoire wasn't really something you could define as left wing). He just kept all the symbols of the revolution such as the flag, which indeed was a left wing thing, but that's just something symbolic.
I really thought the same thing as you, but several things made me change my mind other time. If you are francophone and don't mind to see an opposite view of yours on bonapartism and gaullism, and (maybe) challenge your opinion on it, you should watch the youtube video "ni gauche ni droite, bonapartisme et confusionisme" from "Esprit Critique" The author is left/far left but is honest about it and when something is its opinion rather than objective facts he usually says it.
@Sugarz yeah, people are probably not educated enough to make a democracy such as what EC think it should work. It would need decades to reach this point, but there is probably some in between than this model of democracy and the fifth Republic...
@Sugarz With our current standard Athens would not be considered a democracy and the average french is much more educated than the average Athenian of the antiquity.
@Sugarz The part of the Athenian population that had access to such education was less than 1%. The part of the french population that have PHD is superior to that. In Athens only a really small part of the population had the right to vote and only a small part if that population was highly educated.
I was just looking at the wikipedia page for the French fifth republic
France is that one kid who enters a new phase every year
No, because France doesn't have borderline personality disorder, more like a kind of narcissism. LOL
Well, the french republics have gone through more generations than your sound recording device.😂
French republic took the worst of the Roman republic and the Roman empire : all the XIXth century is about a fight between the Senat (here, the Assemblée nationale) and the Princeps (here, the President). After Napoleon and the Restauration, the Second Republic wanted a government with most of the power belonging to the Assemblée, and a Président with very small powers. Charles de Gaulle himself said it was a big problem, because every decision came out very slowly, and the députés changed all the time (in the 50's, some ministers kept their office for only a few weeks before being fired, for exemple). De Gaulle wrote his own Constitution in 1958, making the Vth Republic a type of governement were the President is very powerful, and the Assemblée is only a "small" power, to balance. It has been a long time now, but we still speak about making a VIth Republic, maybe after 2022, which looks a lot like the IIIth and IVth Republics.
So when will France v6.0 be released? I heard the beta version is still being tested.
There's actually a left extremist in France that wants to create the 6th Republic, but nobody likes him so it's ok
To be perfectly, 100% honest, if France ever, EVER restores its monarchy, it will a be Kingdom with Jean, Count of Paris as King
I think the bourbon still hold legitimacy for the crown, but yeah I guess he can too
I thought it was some dude in Spain that would be legitimate ?
Tri Hermawan Treaty of Utrecht. By law, the Spanish Branch of the House of Bourbon has no right to the French throne
@@Edmonton-of2ec the Spanish branch, the French branch still exist
God I hope France restores its monarchy
It really makes you appreciate just how well the United States did on just its second try well over 200 years ago and only needing to ammend it 27 times since then.
Knowing your history through classes : ):[
Knowing your history through french historic videos : ):[
Knowing your history through Emperor Tigerstar's videos : :)
"You know... we've sent our King in exile now and we're looking for a new Republican setup. Let's try this... Fourth French Republic but let's add also a good dash of Weimar in it, what can go wrong?"
- Italy, June 2nd, 1946.
2802: Welcome to the 24th French Republic!
More like 2100
Last time i was this early, Charlemagne was the emperor of The Holy Roman Empire
Your video is more in depth in the transition between the Fourth and Fifth Republic than History Matters which is limited to quick videos.
History Matters subscribers incoming
You can't change my mind that EmperorTigerStar and History Matters (rip ten minute history) have made a secret collab I mean both channels made the same video in the same year.
I really liked this video, and as a French, I will do my very best to make it obsolete.
There was also a massacre of algerians in Paris done by the french police. I kind of expected you to mention it. It did a lot to garner sympathies for the cause of algerian independence.
Five republics? How quaint. South Korea has but six in the course of far fewer years.
Have another Revolution of Draw 25
France: Draws 25 cards from the deck
- De Gaulle was a monarchist and the Vth Republic was the way he found to create a new sort of monarchy within the republic (and that's why leftists want the 6th republic today)
- He came to power in 1958 thank to a true coup of his supporters
- He wanted decolonization because it was a brake on modernization of France and he needed the money for atomic power etc. (and he didn't want Muslims to become French and come to France)
- So, like Churchill he was a traditional nationalist, but as he fought Hitler leftist media cannot understand and accept it so everybody say he was so cool etc. Instead he was a patriotic catholic antidictatorial-but-authoritarian monarchist. And that's why he saved France's honor in 1940 instead other people don't care about those things.
That sums up the living paradox de Gaulle was
Brazil also is on its fifth Republic.
1st Republic: Had like three different forms and a constitution that was never implemented before being ended by a coup
2nd Republic: A thinly veiled constitutional monarchy that was overthrown after 4 years to become an actual constitutional monarchy
3rd Republic: Started with a German invasion and… ended with a German invasion
4th Republic: Had like 20 different governments in 12 years before being ended by a coup
5th Republic: Currently turning into a remake of the 4th Republic with some extra authoritarianism
We’re gonna get it right someday. XD
Italy still can't decide if the second republic is over yet
Gabon is like "but I want to go with u, to share life with u", and france is like "I think u have to go, u r too little for me, I like big thing like Algeria" xD
Newspaper: Oil discovered in Gabon!
France: *Going through a rough patch with Algeria. Sees Gabon* Hmmm, au revoir Algeria.
France: *To Gabon* Bonjour Mademoiselle
Gabon: Francafrique now!
You missed out a very important aspect of the birth of the Fifth Republic, which was that although the army and Algerian French were confident that de Gaulle would prevent Algerian independence, in Parisian establishment circles, it was already considered inevitable - it was only the ultra-nationalists who believed otherwise.
Thus when de Gaulle announced the withdrawal from Algeria, although the writing had been on the wall for some time, he instantly became a hated figure among the Algerian French (the 'Pieds-noirs') and parts of the army. (The war in Algeria, it should be noted, was *extremely brutal* with massacres and atrocities of all kinds committed on both sides, which naturally resulted in the hardening of attitudes). This was true to such an extent that he was almost assassinated on multiple occasions. I once had a conversation with the son of Pieds-noirs who told me his family had saved a special bottle of champagne which they opened the day he died, and framed the Cork on the wall.
So a very controversial figure. But who knows precisely what might have happened if the coup of '58 had succeeded, or if he had been assassinated after Algeria? Possibly a return to a military authoritarian rule like the Consulate period at the end of the First Republic. As it happened though, the army has never regained the dominance it once had in French politics.
No, France would become a republic, one way or another for a very simple fact; if western Europe wanted American protection from Soviet tank colunms, if had to play by American rules. An Authoritarian France was certainly NOT an interest of the US
@@LZin-uk5nh You'd think so, but the US had no problems rubbing shoulders with dictatorships, as long as they opposed communism.
EmperorTigerstar ; 0:12
Me ,A Brazilian studying Latin America history : Those are rookie numbers.
France must be super regretful now that Gabon has oil
France still managed to exploit that oil, my grand father worked for Elf in Gabon, a former french oil company (now part of Total.)
Total : 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I thought my jokes were bad
Is “history matters” part of project France bc this video is very similar to a video by him 3 weeks ago
france in a nutchel, it's complicated
Long answer: 0:00 to 6:43
Short answer: because they love drama
4:48 Presidents in the 3rd and 4th Republics also had 7- year terms. However, this changed to 5- year terms in 2002.
Kind of late, but IMO the Generals Putsch of 1961 should be included as it's a pretty important event in solidifying civilian control in the 5th Republic and not military
Mexico has: 1 colonial era, multiple periods of a federalist Republic and a centralist Republic, some of which were dictatorships, and then went on to a 30-year dictatorship and then went on to Multiple revolutionary states in conflicts with each other and then a dictatorship camouflaged as democracy and later move to the state we are currently in
Charles De Gaulles has created the fith republic for a good reason, he has lived in several regime and noted that the fourth who was a parliamentary regime was inefficient and facilitated corruption. Furthermore, since the death of King Louis XVI (the people did not want his death) there has been a loss of balance. The fifth is there to find this balance with a centralized and very strong power representation (it is not for nothing that sometimes the current president is nicknamed Macron the first xD) It is a monarchical republic with the will to elect a " republican king ". For the anectode, a president lasted 7 years because those who drew up the constitution have looked through history at the periods of stability during the monarchy and the average was at 10 years and therefore they wanted to come closest to it.
I don't know, the Third Republic was by far the most stable out of any of the regimes following the French Revolution and it didn't need a gaullist imperial presidency to be effective.
The 3rd Republic had more than 100 government in its 70 years of existence. It was institutionally stable (or more like stagnant - since nothing really changed, for instance women never gained vote under the 3rd republic), but politically it was incredibly unstable. The current, 5th republic is by far the most stable regime since the revolution. Particularly since 2002: no cohabitation, president and government in full accord (hardly any chance of snap elections). Because of the protests and everything, we don’t really see it, but current France is a heaven of peace in comparison to the late 19th century, 1930s or 1950s
Short answer: The French like to change their mind.
Did you hear about Lichtenstein? I don't know maybe it could be bonus material for you. Their royalty wants Czech land "back" I guess
Korea (not the DPRK) is in its 6th republic 😔
France: “I’m on my fifth republic!”
Philippines: “I did it faster.”
Well, that was a really quick video to explain all of that. Maybe a little too short, even you must keep it short for TH-cam. Talking about the future of the V republic, after 1958, would also be cool.
For some reasons, Korea also in Sixth republic somehow.
Today I published my first historical mapping.
This is a bit misleading. DeGalle won a HUGE mandate electorally in 1958 to do what he did. So it was not much of a military coup at all - that was factor, but not the most important one. He had the support of the French people to reform the constitution.
What happen with next Sixth French Republic
France has 5 republics
South Korea: I'm gonna do what's called a Pro-Gamer Move...
Want another country with short republics? Somehow South Korea has had 6 republics in the span of 1948 to the present.
Latin America is full of such countries too
Did the Algerians in the coastal regions get to vote like the ethnic French? Were there any Algerian members in the French parliament?
Short answer: Because they had a f*ckton of them.
As the Convention, the Directory and the Consulate were different regimes, we could speak about "7 republics" !
At least their republics are lasting longer... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That description of the 4th republic, maybe excluding the no-confidence vote part, was a terrifyingly accurate summary of the current Israeli governance method.
Especially over the past...
...11 years. 🤔
02:55 It bothers me so much that on the left map aren't any rivers or lakes and on the right it's difficult to find Algier.
Wait Beyond the Brick is a pateron of yors? That is based man
4:23 Famous war hero? He didnt do anything but walk down a road.
Because France is france
Well... France is definitevely not alone in her republic attempts. Czechoslovakia had also 5 attempts on it. In only 100 years span btw...
Can't wait until the 6th French Republic is established.
2024 : France makes a colony called *_baguete stronkia_*
Looks like History Matters already beat EmperorTigerstar to it.
Good video tho
If people think that France having 5 Republics since the first one in 1792 clearly haven’t read up on Philippine History. We’ve had the same number of Republics since 1899. The first lasted till 1901 because a certain United States decided to colonise us. The second one was established as a puppet under the Japanese in 1942, the third one was established following the War in 1946, the fourth was the Marcos Era which lasted from around when he declared Martial Law in 1972 until 1986 when Marcos was deposed and the fifth is our current on, having lasted from 1986 to today.
Of all the republics, the third and the fourth were the best. The third because its an era of political stability, we were defeating the Hukbalahap rebellion under President Ramon Magsaysay plus we have a steady economic growth. The fourth because its a semi-presidential republic like today's France and Russia. The first is average for me since it was intended to be a parliamentary republic but Emilio Aguinaldo which was intended as a ceremonial president still the ones who mostly runs the country not prime ministers Apolinario Mabini and Pedro Paterno. The worst would be the second (a Japanese puppet state) and the current fifth one (electing a person every 6 years, vesting him with absolute monarch-like powers being both the head of state and head of government, plus the constitution haves provision the restricts foreign investments even Communist China and Vietnam are opening up their economies in the late 1970s and early 1980s, that's why we are underdog compared to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand).
@@olidojosephd.9054 The Fourth Republic may have been Semi-Presidential in name only. In truth, it was much like the First Republic, with power more or less concentrated on the office of the President. In addition, from 1978 until 1981, Marcos actually held both offices until he was seceded by Cesar Virata in 1981.
EDIT: In addition, in an attempt to defend the reasoning behind the rather protective economic policies in our country, you have to understand that it does not stop foreign investments, but rather limits it by making it a legal requirement that companies be at least 60% Filipino owned. This is to help ensure that key industries are kept in the hands of Filipinos and not foreigners.
@@xavi-kun Okay I get your point, but why do we need to put it as a constitutional provision instead of easy to enact or repeal legislation? If its legislation, we can remove the foreign ownership restriction, then if turns out to be good then go reform more! If it turns up to do more harm than good then return the foreign ownership restriction. The problem here is that we can't test something if it will work out or not (if it doesn't work then simply return the foreign ownership restriction). The key industries that you are saying are not performing very well, I mean its very obvious if your a Filipino and you own a house, are you okay with Meralco, PLDT, Globe, Maynilad, and Manila Water services? The foreign ownership restriction creates oligarchy and monopoly in the first place (from Marcos cronies to Aquino's oligarchs to Duterte's cronies), the Filipinos that you were referring were Chinese businessmen in the first place like Sy, Tan, and Gokongwei, in fact, they control most of our economy. The corporations (Ayala, SM, Robinson) do some cheap labor simply because there is no competition thus wages are down here, ever wonder why a highly skilled Filipino earned less than 200 Pesos here. Plus you might be concluding that if we remove the foreign ownership restriction then we destroy our local industries, Singapore is more open to FDI and foreign ownership, yet under Lee Kuan Yew, he expanded and developed Singapore's "public sector" that's why they have Tamasek Holdings and ST Engineering (their military industry). China is also more open compared to us, but if you see, 40% of their national economic income actually come from state-owned enterprises, the rest is from private companies. Technical expertise from foreigners could actually help develop our own local industry if you don't know.
@@olidojosephd.9054 I never said removing the restrictions would destroy local industries, I was merely providing justification for the ownership limitations. In truth, I partly agree with opening at least some industries to foreign ownership, however I understand the reasoning behind the limitations as if, for example, our country’s power and water infrastructure were operated by a foreign company, it would become a national security issue. There was even an entire debacle before about allowing a Chinese telecom company to build a network tower near a Philippine Military Base.
South Korea: "You have no idea."
Because heads are rather surprisingly easy to take off.
Just found channel. TIgerstar is one hundred percent from the Warrior Series :D
Even if I’m french, I didn’t knew most of the things in the video !
Kinda fun to hear as much about this subject in 6 minutes than in 1-2 hours in history class in French high school.
I went that way. Our French History is fascinating and Glorious