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What is the name of France's current Constitution?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
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Comment s’appelle la Constitution actuelle de la France ?
What is the name of France's current Constitution?
Answer. The Constitution of the Fifth Republic, of October 4, 1958.
La Constitution de la Ve République, du 4 octobre 1958.
France has lived under the Fifth Republic since 1958. Its reference text is the Constitution promulgated on October 4, 1958, after its approval by referendum on September 28. It is still in force today.
The official text that proves it
« La Constitution du 4 octobre 1958 est le texte fondateur de la Vème République . C'est la Constitution qui est appliquée actuellement. »
The Constitution of October 4, 1958 is the founding text of the Fifth Republic. It is the Constitution currently applied.
In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet
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