French Republic Values and Symbols

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Course Outline

  1. Republic and Constitutional Framework
  2. Republican Values
  3. Republican Principles
  4. Constitutional Republican Symbols

1. Republic and Constitutional Framework

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Political regime: the way a country is governed
  • Republic: a political regime in which leaders are elected
  • Constitution: the text that defines the organization of a political regime

★ Must-know

  • The Constitution of the Fifth Republic, currently in force, dates from 1958.

Further detail

  • In France, the political regime has been a republic since 1870 almost without interruption, except during the Second World War.

2. Republican Values

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Republican values: ideals to achieve and moral guides that inspire choices; together, they form the national motto
  • Liberty: that people may act as they wish as long as they respect others and the law
  • Equality: that everyone has the same rights and the same duties
  • Fraternity: that people must show solidarity with one another because they are all brothers and sisters

Essential Points

  • The three fundamental values are:
    • liberty
    • equality
    • fraternity

Memory Hook

LÉF: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité

3. Republican Principles

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Practice quiz preview

1. Regarding the Republic and Constitutional Framework, select the exact statement(s):

2. Which statement(s) accurately describe the French republican and constitutional framework?

3. Concerning the constitutional framework of the Fifth Republic, check the exact statement(s):

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What is a political regime?

The way a country is governed.

What defines a republic as a political regime?

Leaders are elected.

Since when has France been a republic almost without interruption?

Since 1870.

What exception interrupted France's republican regime since 1870?

The Second World War.

What is a constitution?

The text that defines the organization of a political regime.

From which year does the current Constitution of the Fifth Republic date?

1958.

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