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Constitutional Council (France)The Constitutional Council (French: Conseil constitutionnel, ) is the highest constitutional authority in France. It was established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958 to ensure that constitutional principles and rules are upheld. It is housed in the Palais-Royal in Paris.

French Fifth RepublicGovernment of France since 1958 French RepublicRépublique française1958–present FlagMotto: "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité""Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"Anthem: "La Marseillaise"Location of France (dark green)in the European Union (green)Capitaland largest cityParis48°51.4′N 2°21.05′E / 48.8567°N 2.35083°E / 48.8567; 2.35083Official languageFrenchReligion Secular state In Alsace-Moselle Roman Catholicism Calvinism Lutheranism Judaism DemonymFrenchGovernmentUnitary semi-presidential constitutional republicPresident • 1959–1969 (first) Charles de Gaulle• 2017–present (current) Emmanuel Macron Prime Minister • 1959–1962 (first) Michel Debré• Sep 2025–present (current) Sébastien Lecornu LegislatureParliament• Upper houseSenate• Lower houseNational AssemblyEstablishment• Current constitution 4 October 1958 (67 years)• Independence of Algeria 5 July 1962• Direct presidential elections 28 October 1962• Decision on Freedom of Association 16 July 1971• First cohabitation 20 March 1986• Presidential term reduced to five years 24 September 2000• 2008 institutional reform 23 July 2008 Area • Total643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi) (42nd)GDP (PPP)2026 estimate• Total$4.74 trillionHDI (2026)0.920very highCurrencyEuro (EUR)CFP franc (XPF) (French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Wallis and Futuna)Date formatdd/mm/yyyy (AD)Calling code+33ISO 3166 codeFRInternet TLD.fr Preceded by French Fourth Republic Part of a series on the History of France Timeline Ancient Prehistory Greek colonies 600 BC – 49 BC Celtic Gaul until 50 BC Roman Gaul 50 BC – 486 AD Middle Ages Francia and the Frankish settlement Merovingians 481–751 Carolingians 751–987 West Francia 843–987 Kingdom of France 987–1792 Direct Capetians 987–1328 Valois 1328–1498 Early modernAncien Régime Valois-Orléans kings 1498–1515 Valois-Angoulême kings 1515–1589 Bourbon kings 1589–1792 Régence 1715–1723 Long 19th century French Revolution 1789–1799 Kingdom of France 1791–1792 First Republic 1792–1804 First Empire 1804–1814 Restoration 1814–1830 July Monarchy 1830–1848 Second Republic 1848–1852 Second Empire 1852–1870 Third Republic 1870–1940 Belle Époque 1871–1914 20th century Third Republic 1870–1940 Interwar period 1919–1939 Années folles 1920–1929 Free FranceVichy France 1940–1944 Provisional Republic 1944–1946 Fourth Republic 1946–1958 Fifth Republic 1958–present Topics Diplomacy Economy Health care Law LGBTQ Medicine Military Monarchs Consorts Politics Religion Taxation Territory France portal History portalvte The French Fifth Republic (French: Cinquième République Française) is France's current republican system of government.

French Constitution of 27 October 1946The Constitution of the French Republic of 27 October 1946 was the constitution of the French Fourth Republic. Adopted by the Constituent Assembly of 1946 on 29 September 1946, and promulgated by Georges Bidault, president of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, on 27 October 1946, it was published in the Official Journal of the French Republic the next day. The question of the effective date of the constitution is debated.

ReferendumA referendum, plebiscite, or ballot measure is a directvote by the electorate (rather than their representatives) on a proposal, law, or political issue. A referendum may be either binding, resulting in the adoption of a new policy, or consultive (or advisory), functioning like a large opinion poll.

Secularism in FranceLaïcité (; 'secularism') is the constitutional principle of secularism in France. Article 1 of the French Constitution is commonly interpreted as the separation of civil society and religious society. It discourages religious involvement in government affairs, especially in the determination of state policies as well as the recognition of a state religion.

1958 French constitutional referendumA constitutional referendum was held in France on 28 September 1958. Voters were asked whether they approved of the adoption of a constitution for the French Fifth Republic written by Charles de Gaulle. It was overwhelmingly approved, with 82.6% in favour. Voter turnout was 84.9% in metropolitan France and 79.8% overall.

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the CitizenThe Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen de 1789), set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human and civil rights document from the French Revolution; the French title can be translated in the modern era as "Declaration of Human and Civil Rights".

French constitutional law of 23 July 2008The Constitutional law on the Modernisation of the Institutions of the Fifth Republic (French: loi constitutionnelle de modernisation des institutions de la Ve République) was enacted into French constitutional law by the Parliament of France in July 2008, to reform state institutions.

Charles de GaulleCharles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and its puppet state of Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy back in France. Following the 1958 Algiers putsch, he came out of retirement at the request of President René Coty, who appointed him Prime Minister.

Michel DebréMichel Jean-Pierre Debré (French:; 15 January 1912 – 2 August 1996) was the first Prime Minister of the French Fifth Republic. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France. He served under President Charles de Gaulle from 1959 to 1962. In terms of political personality, Debré was intense and immovable and had a tendency for rhetorical extremism.

French languageFrench (français or langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, French and its closest relatives—the langues d'oïl, historically spoken in northern France and southern Belgium—descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. It was influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the GermanicFrankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders.

Constitutional amendments under the French Fifth RepublicThe French constitution of 4 October 1958 was revised many times in its early years. Changes to this fundamental law have become more frequent since the 1990s, for two major reasons: public projects for institutional modernization adaptation to European Union and other international law.