>The Fifth French Republic
what the fuck happened?
did they go through 5 revolutions?
Oh sweet summer child
1st Republic- First revolution, Napoleon takes over, then Bourbons get restored
2nd republic- started from the 1848 revolution, ended with a coup from Louis Napoleon
3rd republic- starts in 1870 after Louis Napoleon got btfo by Prussia, ended in 1940 with Nazis
4th Republic- restored after WW2, collapsed because of retards and the Algerian war
>>1037848
>americans think having an outdated constitution from the 18th century is good
>americans cant understand the benefits of having a constitution that changes with the times
wew
>>1037876
>implying those implications
wew wew wew
a massive problem with american laws is that they're fucking impossible to change
>>1037866
Why wasn't the 4th republic just considered the same as the 3rd republic? Didn't the French government in exile just consider itself a continuation of the old establishment?
>people seriously think this isn't a troll thread
cmon, it isn't even good bait.
>>1037881
Yeah thats kind of the point anon was making there.
>>1037900
Because they changed the constitution. A particularity of the 4th republic was that the assembly was elected following proportional suffrage, causing quite a lot of instability, and was proven unable to solve the crisis in algeria which was its doomfall
>le "it's called revolution because it keeps happeing Xd" meme
wew
>>1037876
a constitution that changes with the times is by definition one that doesn't need to be replaced every 20 years
>>1037848
>only five