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French civic exam 2026, Rights and duties
What is the founding text that establishes the rights and duties of every citizen?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Naturalisation no. 100
Quel est le texte fondateur établissant les droits et les devoirs de chaque citoyen ?
What is the founding text that establishes the rights and duties of every citizen?
Answer. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789.
La Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen de 1789.
The Declaration of 1789 reminds everyone of their rights and duties. Today it is part of the bloc of constitutionality, together with the Constitution of 1958.
The official text that proves it
« afin que cette déclaration, constamment présente à tous les membres du corps social, leur rappelle sans cesse leurs droits et leurs devoirs »
so that this declaration, constantly present to all members of the social body, may ceaselessly remind them of their rights and their duties
In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet
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