Pierre Boulat

De Gaulle and french politic

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Born in 1890 in Lille, General de Gaulle has always maintained a very special relationship with the French, both aggravating and admiring. The man of the call of June 18 in London, becomes president of the provisional government of France, restores the Republic and lays the foundations of a new France. In disagreement with the political parties, he resigned from the government in January 1946. He then began a long crossing of the desert, which ended in 1958. As a sole means of settling the Algerian conflict, he returned to power, endowed France of a new constitution and carried out profound reforms: decolonization, the construction of Europe and national independence. Following the crisis of May 1968, the general proposed a referendum on reforms to come. Rejected, he withdrew and died 18 months later in Colombey-les-deux-églises.