[Publius]

In 1958, a similar series of riots and disturbances over a collapsing franc led to the French military coming out of the barracks to overthrow the Fourth Republic. The army created the Fifth Republic, and Charles DeGaulle, the war hero who had been biding his time since the end of World War II, was the unifying figure chosen to lead the nation.

I suspect we are witnessing the preliminary signs of the fall of the Fifth Republic.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

But who will be de Gaulle in the Sixth Republic?

[hinckley buzzard]

I suspect we are witnessing the preliminary signs of the fall of the Fifth Republic.

But what comes after? I don't think France has any more Charles DeGaulles up their sleeve.