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Fifth Republic

Georges Pompidou Charles de Gaulle Government Tenure Tenure Records Government Collapse General de Gaulle Technocratic Government Former Prime Ministers Constitutional Changes Gabriel Attal

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Former French Prime Minister Édouard Balladur Dies at 97

His death closes a chapter on a technocratic leader whose austerity reforms reshaped France’s economy, followed by a 1995 presidential bid that fractured the centre‑right.

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Bayrou Opens Last-Ditch Talks as Sept. 8 Confidence Vote Threatens His Government