France, to borrow the words of Alain Duhamel, the veteran political observer, βhas gone beyond a political crisisβ.
It is now flirting with regime change.
The tailor-made system that Charles de Gaulle built in 1958 to save the country from the chaos of 22 governments in 12 years established one of the most powerful presidencies in the Western world.
It is now in disarray, and Emmanuel Macron, the president, stands at the centre of a drama of his own making that some say could yet end the Fifth Republic.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/france-contemplates-end-fifth-republic-050000054.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90YWxrLm5ld2FndGFsay5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGW_inq_j3hJLXGDfzyxDwzYfdDyN2dEYR1nANI2CaPuB4A1sAUu2q5GS--dUVmPwhJIfvaH0G7Hx6n0xnCNNs3IgImw2V_iIFAMSe6h_ezXFpqRj5aTIf7dFwId3jmH3zIFr8P0tKFo26Sq8znYp6s0aIhqOOPlODzdN_j0x0tO
What does this mean? They're gonna redo their constitution?