Charles de Gaulle: "Efficiency, stability is what is needed"

Charles de Gaulle: "Efficiency, stability is what is needed"

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."

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Publication date : 30 January 1959