Fourt.... Fifth? I think this is the 6th republic?
The Third Republic fell with the invasion of France. Vichy France isn't considered a Republic. Then DeGaul was the Fourth Republic. Then there was a coup... I think it failed, but I can't remember if that was then the 5th Republic afterwards?
Just in the interest of nailing it down for posterity and future knowledge, looking it up it is:
1st Republic (aka: Revolutionary France): 1792-1804, Starts with the overthrow of King Louis XVI, ends with the defeat of Napoleon and the forced reintroduction of the Bourbon monarchy.
2nd Republic: 1848-1852, starts with the overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy, and ends with Napoleon III taking power and forming the 2nd French Empire.
3rd Republic: 1870-1940, starts with the collapse of the 2nd French Empire in the Franco-Prussian War, ends with the Nazi invasion and occupation of France.
4th Republic: 1946-1958, starts from the continuation of the French Provisional Government (established in the aftermath of Frances liberation in WW2), was dissolved by a popular referendum and the passage of a new constitution (that mostly empowered the President) after being marked by extreme instability for the duration of its existence (there were 21 different administrations in 12 years).
5th Republic: 1958-Present, starts with the popular referendum of a new constitution, ends with Macron being a power mad tyrant in hock to the Globalist order.
Do note that the Paris Commune took place during the collapse of the 2nd French Empire. The Communists have been re-living that moment ever since. CHAZ is literally a less violent version of Paris in 1870
While true, the Paris Commune was also an anomaly that only controlled...well, Paris. Meanwhile, the government that would become the 3rd Republic controlled the rest of the country, and were the ones actually negotiating with the Prussians after Napoleon III was captured at Verdun and forced to abdicate. And they were the ones that got put into power after Paris was brought to heel with help from the Prussians, and ruled until Nazi occupation.
I am definitely not denying that the Communist pine for the Commune, but ironically it is a fairly large scale case model that shows just how unpopular their ideals actually are to real people, even at a time when they were at their strongest in terms of power.
To be honest, it wasn't much different from the French Revolution. Most of the Revolution was centered in Paris. The rest of France, particularly the peasant and rural areas of France wanted a Bourbon Restoration. Paris has always been weird, it's not really the rest of France at all, but it thinks it's almost the total encapsulation of France, while being totally disconnected from it.
...might need to make some 'sixth Republic' merch now, get ahead of the curve as I bet THAT will happen before the French establishment lets the populists take power.
Fourt.... Fifth? I think this is the 6th republic?
The Third Republic fell with the invasion of France. Vichy France isn't considered a Republic. Then DeGaul was the Fourth Republic. Then there was a coup... I think it failed, but I can't remember if that was then the 5th Republic afterwards?
Just in the interest of nailing it down for posterity and future knowledge, looking it up it is:
1st Republic (aka: Revolutionary France): 1792-1804, Starts with the overthrow of King Louis XVI, ends with the defeat of Napoleon and the forced reintroduction of the Bourbon monarchy.
2nd Republic: 1848-1852, starts with the overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy, and ends with Napoleon III taking power and forming the 2nd French Empire.
3rd Republic: 1870-1940, starts with the collapse of the 2nd French Empire in the Franco-Prussian War, ends with the Nazi invasion and occupation of France.
4th Republic: 1946-1958, starts from the continuation of the French Provisional Government (established in the aftermath of Frances liberation in WW2), was dissolved by a popular referendum and the passage of a new constitution (that mostly empowered the President) after being marked by extreme instability for the duration of its existence (there were 21 different administrations in 12 years).
5th Republic: 1958-Present, starts with the popular referendum of a new constitution,
ends with Macron being a power mad tyrant in hock to the Globalist order.Do note that the Paris Commune took place during the collapse of the 2nd French Empire. The Communists have been re-living that moment ever since. CHAZ is literally a less violent version of Paris in 1870
While true, the Paris Commune was also an anomaly that only controlled...well, Paris. Meanwhile, the government that would become the 3rd Republic controlled the rest of the country, and were the ones actually negotiating with the Prussians after Napoleon III was captured at Verdun and forced to abdicate. And they were the ones that got put into power after Paris was brought to heel with help from the Prussians, and ruled until Nazi occupation.
I am definitely not denying that the Communist pine for the Commune, but ironically it is a fairly large scale case model that shows just how unpopular their ideals actually are to real people, even at a time when they were at their strongest in terms of power.
To be honest, it wasn't much different from the French Revolution. Most of the Revolution was centered in Paris. The rest of France, particularly the peasant and rural areas of France wanted a Bourbon Restoration. Paris has always been weird, it's not really the rest of France at all, but it thinks it's almost the total encapsulation of France, while being totally disconnected from it.
Apparently we're on the fifth...
...might need to make some 'sixth Republic' merch now, get ahead of the curve as I bet THAT will happen before the French establishment lets the populists take power.
It would be entertaining to watch the French military to just start handing out battle axes.
Anyone else thinking about the song Hallelujah while reading this?