Politics of France
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 05:01:25
Category: / Law & Government / Military
Length: 6 pages (1662 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Military
Length: 6 pages (1662 words)
French politics under the Fifth Republic
After Charles de Gaulle had the constitution of the French Fifth Republic adopted in 1958, France was ruled by successive right-wing administrations until 1981. Throughout the 1960s, left-wing parties fared rather badly in national elections. The successive governments generally applied the Gaullist program of national independence, and modernization in a dirigiste fashion. The Gaullist government, however, was criticized for its heavy-handedness: while elections were free, the state had a monopoly on …
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…Travailleurs Chrétiens
* Solidaires Unitaires Démocratiques, the "Group of 10", a group of radical trade unions;
Employers' unions.
* Union of French Corporations (Mouvement des Entreprises de France or MEDEF, formally known as CNPF), sometimes referred to as patronat
Peasants' unions.
* Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d'Exploitants Agricoles
* Centre National des Jeunes Agriculteurs
* Confédération Paysanne
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