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Never has the Fifth Republic been more like the Fourth,
but worse.
political impotence, ministerial instability, backroom negotiations, the decisive places of political parties in the formation of the government.
Nevertheless, the shortcomings of the Fourth Republic were offset by the culture and rhetoric of politicians and the strength of representative political parties.
Today, these two elements of rebalancing have disappeared.
It is skeletal political parties and defeated or discredited politicians who divide up the functions.
Never have the general interest and the national interest seemed to be such incongruous values. It is the entire legacy of General de Gaulle that has been squandered.
The Fifth Republic is made for exceptional men.
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