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Re:Romanian court annuls result of presidential election fir... by HideousKojima on Friday December 06, 2024 @01:51PM (#42342877)
France under de Gaulle is hardly a bastion of freedom and liberal democracy, I have a hard time taking anything he said or did post-WW2 seriously
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Re:Romanian court annuls result of presidential election fir... by georgeecollins on Friday December 06, 2024 @05:19PM (#42345185)
By "France under de Gaulle" do you mean the French Fifth Republic which was proposed by de Gaulle? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Fifth_Republic

Hint: That's the current government of France to this day. To me, that is a liberal democracy.

I would recommend reading "When France Fell" for more context on de Gaulle. You are talking about a complicated figure. I also would point out that he faced attempts on his life for getting France out of the former colony of Algeria.

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