Extrait du discours dit de Bayeux prononcé par le général De Gaulle, le 16 juin 1946, après son abandon du pouvoir au mois de janvier précédent. Il y pose les fondements de ce qu'il souhaite être les nouvelles institutions pour la France. Il présente un projet de Constitution fondé sur un régime présidentiel fort dans lequel le chef de l'Etat est la clé de voûte du pouvoir exécutif.
Continuation of the seventh stage of General de Gaulle’s trip to South America. In Argentina, in an estancia de la pampa a few kilometres from the capital, a reception is organized in honor of the French president, his wife and the entire French delegation including journalists including Jean LANZI who is offered a generous barbecue.
On the steps of the Vichy Town Hall, General de Gaulle delivers a speech in which he evokes the collaboration of the Vichy regime while affirming that the past is behind us and that France is one and the same people.
Summary of the inauguration day of President Charles de Gaulle, first President elected under the Fifth Republic. In his inauguration speech, the new President declared: "I need the support of those who serve the Republic. The support of the men who are now responsible in Africa, the support of the French people and the people of the overseas countries. This assistance, this support, it was previously granted to me in the anguish of national peril. I ask them now, where on the horizon appears the light of our great hopes"
From the Elysée Palace, President Charles de Gaulle delivers a speech on the "renewal" of French institutions. He says, "A great national movement and your massive trust have enabled me to do what is necessary ... We have the institutions, and our affairs are dealt with. I have appointed a government that I consider worthy and capable of fulfilling its harsh mission. On the other hand, Parliament will devote itself to its legislative task. I also have confidence ... Effectiveness, stability is what is needed for the leaders who lead the Nation’s effort ... You feel that a very young France resumes the course of history. But for it to find the solid foundation on which to build its power, we need to put finance, money, economy in order widely and profoundly."
Jean Bertaud, Senator-Mayor of Saint-Mandé and Vice-President of the Senate, speaks on the composition of the electoral body for the next presidential election.
Raymond Janot, Secretary General of the Council of State and elected local, speaks about the role of the President of the Republic as specified in the new constitution, approved by the French people after the referendum of September 28, 1958. It also addresses the question of the enlargement of the electoral body in the framework of the future presidential election by indirect suffrage.
Microtrottoir in Paris on the announcements made by President de Gaulle during his televised speech, during which he called on French soldiers and civilians to mobilize against the putschists of Algiers...
General de Gaulle’s first speech on television since his return to "business" in May 1958. It deals in particular with the question of the referendum of 28 September 1958 on the constitutional reform of the State. The draft Constitution prepared by the Constitutional Consultative Committee and Parliament under the aegis of Michel Debré and the President of the Council, General de Gaulle, will lay the foundations of the Fifth Republic. He ends his speech with this little sentence: "It was very dark yesterday! But, tonight, there is light. French, French, help me!"
Handover ceremony between the new President of the Republic (the first of the 5th) Charles de Gaulle and outgoing President René Coty. The latter says: "The first of the French is now the first in France. I am proud to entrust him with this capital house ... Before history, General de Gaulle acquired the eternal glory of calling him to the fight for honour and freedom"j then addressing directly to Charles de Gaulle: "This people so divided on the surface, has found around you its deep unity".
General de Gaulle was elected the first President of the Fifth Republic by the College of Electors. During his televised speech, he said: "I will exercise the supreme power in all the extent that it now comprises, and following the new spirit that made me attribute it"
During the ceremony of transfer of powers, Charles de Gaulle, the first President elected under the Fifth Republic, declared: "Thus enter into force the renovated institutions of the French Republic and the new institutions of the Community. Thus takes up his functions, the one to whom both have once again assigned the task of leading them towards their destiny..."
André Bas (elected from Haut-Rhin and member of Parliament), André Voisin (municipal councillor of Neuilly-sur-Seine and general secretary of the Mouvement national des élus locaux), and Irène de Lipkowski (deputy mayor of Orly, president of the Amicale des élues municipales and former member of Parliament), give their opinion on the enlargement of the electoral college and on the "non-choix" of universal suffrage, for the future presidential election.
On an official trip to the Southwest, President de Gaulle delivers a speech at the University of Toulouse to enthusiastic students. It pays tribute to the spirit of innovation and research of French scientists and those who will replace them in the future and is addressed directly to the students: "I see you all and I see you all, and I am fixed!".
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