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A constitutional referendum was held in France on 27 April 1969. [1] The referendum proposed government decentralization and changes to the Senate. These reforms were rejected by 52.4% of voters, leading to President Charles de Gaulle's resignation.
General de Gaulle used the referendum in 1945 at the Liberation and made his mark on the Fifth Republic. However, General Charles de Gaulle reintroduced the use of referendum from the liberation of France in 1945 to end the Third Republic, and give the country a provisional plan.
President Charles de Gaulle in 1961. A referendum on the method of the election of the president was held in France on 28 October 1962. [1] The question was whether to have the President of the French Republic elected by direct popular vote, rather than by an electoral college. It was approved by 62.3% of voters with a 77.0% turnout. [2]
In 1969, Charles de Gaulle had a bill on the creation of the regions and on the renovation of the Senate. [PLC 1] Adopted by both houses, the referendum of 27 April 1969 rejected (52.4% no, Charles de Gaulle, taking note of the refusal of the French people, immediately resigned). Regionalization was finally put into place via legislation ...
On 21 October 1945 the French voters were called to make two choices: the election of their deputies and a referendum in order to authorize the elected National Assembly to prepare a new constitutional text. De Gaulle and the "Three parties alliance" called for a "Yes" vote, whereas the Radicals and the Conservatives campaigned for a "No".
After the Liberation of France in 1945, the provisional government led by Charles de Gaulle did not reinstate the 16th legislature of the French Third Republic.Instead, it organized legislative elections to establish a new Constituent Assembly, tasked with drafting a new constitution to ensure democratic representation and legitimacy in the institutions of a new Republic.
These laws followed the first failed attempt at decentralisation (referendum to reform the senate and regionalisation) in 1969 by General De Gaulle. In 2002 and 2004 the second stage of territorial decentralisation was set in motion by Jean-Pierre Raffarin. The 2003 change to the Constitution introduced the principle of financial autonomy of ...
Legislative elections were held in France on 18 November and 25 November 1962 to elect the second National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.. Since 1959 and the change of Algerian policy (Charles de Gaulle decided in favour of the "self-government" and "Algerian Algeria"), France had faced bomb attacks by the Secret Armed Organization (Organisation armée secrète or OAS) which opposed the ...