Does France need a Sixth Republic?

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Background on the Fourth and Fifth Republics:
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.elysee.fr/en/french-presidency/constitution-of-4-october-1958 

France’s current crisis:
https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/10/06/frances-fifth-republic-is-in-unprecedented-turmoil
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-10-08/end-to-france-s-fifth-republic-edges-closer-on-macron-s-budget-woes?srnd=phx-economics-v2
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/macron-sebastien-lecornu-prime-minister-resignation-france-crisis-b2840020.html 
https://verfassungsblog.de/the-fifth-republic-under-strain/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/world/europe/france-government-turmoil-sebastien-lecornu.html 

Sixth Republic debates:
https://theconversation.com/quel-serait-le-bon-moment-pour-changer-de-constitution-246083
https://theconversation.com/debat-sortir-de-la-v-republique-une-fausse-bonne-idee-175162 

Ipsos polling:
https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2025-04/ipsos-journee-livre-politique-2025-rapport-complet.pdf 
https://www.ipsos.com/fr-fr/les-francais-attaches-aux-institutions-et-la-constitution-de-la-ve-republique-mais-en-quete-de-changements

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