Pourquoi l'alternance de 1981 est si importante ? - La Ve République, comment ça marche ? | Lumni

Lumni offers a collection of ten educational modules that retrace the major stages of the Fifth Republic. See more modules 👉 https://cutt.ly/5hBvpNk Subscribe! 👉 http://bit.ly/2QLeh5V #VeRépublique #Politics #Alternation May 1981. The first political change of government occurred 23 years after the start of the Fifth Republic. François Mitterrand was the first left-wing president to govern France since 1958. Michel Winock, historian “When François Mitterrand arrived in 1981, it was a significant event because it was the first time we had witnessed a change of government. The left came to power.” Alain Duhamel, political journalist and essayist “François Mitterrand was very hostile to institutions. He wrote “The Permanent Coup d’Etat,” which is the harshest pamphlet against institutions.” François Hollande, President of the Republic (2012-2017) “He always had a fairly strong opposition to both the Constitution and our institutions.” Michel Winock, historian “So we could expect the left and Mitterrand to change, to amend the Constitution.” Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister (2002-2005) “We expected the Fifth Republic to explode.” Michel Winock, historian “Well no! Mitterrand, who truly castigated and stigmatized the Constitution of the Fifth Republic, once he came to power, well, well, he took on the role of General de Gaulle, and it suited him very well.” Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister (2002-2005) “Mitterrand saved the Fifth Republic.” François Fillon, Prime Minister (2007-2012) “In his contact with power, managing the country day by day, François Mitterrand realized that it was a difficult country, a very divided, very unstable country, and therefore it was necessary to maintain this kind of ambiguity that exists in the Fifth Republic to absorb the blows, to smooth out the crises. I think François Mitterrand understood this intelligently, and he ensured that the Fifth Republic became uncontested.” Ségolène Royal, Minister of the Environment (1992-1993) “His theory was to say, within the framework of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic, ‘I am using all the democratic leeway within this Constitution.’ For example, economic and social rights, which had never been emphasized before him, by previous presidents.” Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister (2002-2005) “Mitterand’s management of the Fifth Republic shows that he ultimately adapted very easily to the Permanent Coup d’Etat, and that the Fifth Republic can very well withstand the change of government.” Ségolène Royal, Minister of the Environment (1992-1993) “In fact, what he meant was that the emergency powers granted in the Constitution could be misused or used well. And that, in the theory of the functioning of powers, as he had always done, he put forward the idea that he, himself, accepted checks and balances.” The first change of government in 1981, two cohabitations, in 1986 and 1993: François Mitterrand’s two seven-year terms demonstrated the flexibility and adaptability of institutions. Jean-Louis Debré, President of the Constitutional Council (2007-2016) “He understood that in opposition, it was necessary to criticize it, but that the Constitution of the Fifth Republic was the true legal tool that allowed the state to exist, the government to function, and France to be what it is.” Anne Levade, Legal Expert “Moreover, when in 1992 he considered launching a project to revise the Constitution, at no point did he envision a Sixth Republic, and his approach was clearly to improve the existing text. This demonstrates that for him, it was a text that ultimately allowed him to govern and was therefore satisfactory.” Manuel Valls, Prime Minister (2014-2016) “The Fifth Republic is fully legitimized by the change of government, by the victory of François Mitterrand.” Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Economy and Finance (2017-present) “I believe this is perhaps the most important stage of the Fifth Republic because it is the one that established its longevity. This Fifth Republic was not a monopoly of the right or the Gaullists; it was a Republic open to all.” Hubert Védrine, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997-2002) “The change of government is in itself a process of modernization and unblocking of this country. And it is the only way for a large segment of the French population to one day be represented in a change of government.” Follow Lumni on: Facebook ▶   / lumnifr   Twitter ▶   / lumni.fr   Instagram ▶   / lumnifr   Lumni.fr ▶ https://www.lumni.fr