Is France Headed for a Sixth Republic?

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In this video we’re going to explain France’s political system, its strengths and flaws, why some people want to scrap it and build a Sixth Republic, and whether it will actually happen.

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Sources:
Fourth & Fifth Republic background:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09639480802413322

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2024/08/24/france-sets-its-new-record-for-longest-period-under-caretaker-government_6721025_8.html

https://www.ucpublicaffairs.com/home/2017/2/23/election-analysis-from-france-why-the-fifth-republic-may-collapse-by-nathan-richmond

https://theconversation.com/i-understood-you-may-1958-the-return-of-de-gaulle-and-the-fall-of-frances-fourth-republic-93510

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2024/06/17/what-s-a-cohabitation-in-french-politics-and-what-are-the-precedents_6674967_8.html

The current crisis and calls for a Sixth Republic:
https://www.euronews.com/2017/05/11/view-will-macron-introduce-france-to-the-sixth-republic

https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1422428/la-france-est-elle-a-laube-de-sa-sixieme-republique-.html

https://verfassungsblog.de/frances-shifting-constitutional-landscape/

The Perils of Presidentialism:
https://www.ir101.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Linz-The-Perils-of-Presidentialism.pdf

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