French Union







































French Union


Union française

1946–1958


Flag of French Union

Flag



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National emblem



Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité"
"Liberty, equality, brotherhood"

Anthem: La Marseillaise
French Union.svg
Capital Paris
Common languages French
Historical era Cold War
• Fourth Republic
27 October 1946
• Fifth Republic
5 October 1958

Currency French franc
CFA franc
CFP franc
French Indochinese piastre











Preceded by
Succeeded by











Provisional Government of the French Republic

French colonial empire




























French Community

Kingdom of Laos

State of Vietnam

North Vietnam

Kingdom of Cambodia

French Guinea



The French Union (French: Union française) (1946–1958) was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial system, colloquially known as the "French Empire" (Empire Français). It was the formal end of the "indigenous" (indigène) status of French subjects in colonial areas.




Contents






  • 1 Composition


  • 2 History


  • 3 Withdrawals from the French Union


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 Further reading





Composition


The French Union had five components:




  1. Metropolitan France, which included French Algeria.

  2. 'Old' colonies, notably those of the French West Indies in the Caribbean that became overseas departments in 1946.

  3. 'New' colonies, renamed overseas territories.


  4. Protectorates of French Indochina. It had been expected that other protectorates would become part of the French Union, but the rulers of French Morocco and French Tunisia refused to become members and never belonged.[1]


  5. United Nations Trust Territories, such as French Cameroons and French Togoland, successors of the League of Nations mandates.



History


The French Union was established by the French constitution of October 27, 1946 (Fourth Republic). Under it, it was said that there were no French colonies, but that metropolitan France, the overseas departments, and the overseas territories combined to create a single French Union, or just one France.[2]


The goal of this union was "assimilation of the overseas territories into a greater France, inhabited by French citizens, and blessed by French culture".[3] Whereas the British colonial system had local colonial governments which would eventually evolve into separate national governments; France wanted to create a single government under a single French state.[3]


This French Union had a President, a High Council and an Assembly. The President was the President of the Republic. The Assembly of the Union had membership from the Council of the Republic, from the National Assembly and from regional assemblies of the overseas territories and departments but ultimately had no power.[4] The High Council ultimately met only three times, first in 1951.[5] The Assembly was the only actually functioning institution that could manage legislation within the overseas territories.[3]


In reality, the colonial areas had representation but all power remained in the French Parliament and thus was centralized.[3] The colonies had local assemblies but these had only limited local power.[3] Instead, various natives of the overseas territories in metropolitan France grew into a group of elites, known as evolués.[3]


On January 31, 1956, hoping to having peace in Algiers, the system changed, abandoning assimilation in favor of autonomy, allowing territories to develop their own local government and to eventually gain their independence.[6] This would not succeed however and in 1958 the French Union was replaced by the French Community by Charles de Gaulle's Fifth Republic wherein France was now a federation of states with their own self-government.[7]



Withdrawals from the French Union



  • Cambodia withdrew on 25 September 1955.[8]

  • South Vietnam withdrew on 9 December 1955.[9]

  • Laos withdrew on 11 May 1957 by amending its constitution.[10]



See also



  • Decolonization

  • First Indochina War

  • CEFEO

  • French Community

  • French colonial empire



References





  1. ^ Charles-Robert Argeron, La décolonisation française, Armand Colin, Paris, 1994, p. 73.


  2. ^ Simpson, Alfred William Brian (2004). Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention. Oxford University Press. p. 285. ISBN 0199267898..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ abcdef Simpson, Human Rights (2004), p. 286


  4. ^ Simpson, Human Rights (2004), p. 285–286


  5. ^ Simpson, Human Rights (2004), p. 286 fn. 33


  6. ^ Simpson, Human Rights (2004), p. 286-287


  7. ^ Simpson, Human Rights (2004), p. 287


  8. ^ [ Displaying Abstract ] (26 September 1955). "Cambodia severs tied with France; Declares Her Independence - Prince Norodom Takes the Post of Premier". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 June 2018.


  9. ^ "Pentagon Papers Part IV A 3" (PDF). National Archives and Records Administration. 1954–1960. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-05.


  10. ^ "Laos". Worldvisitguide.com.




Further reading



  • Cooper, Frederick. "French Africa, 1947–48: Reform, Violence, and Uncertainty in a Colonial Situation." Critical Inquiry (2014) 40#4 pp: 466-478. in JSTOR

  • Simpson, Alfred William Brian. Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention (Oxford University Press, 2004).

  • Smith, Tony. "A comparative study of French and British decolonization." Comparative Studies in Society and History (1978) 20#1 pp: 70-102. online

  • Smith, Tony. "The French Colonial Consensus and People's War, 1946–58." Journal of Contemporary History (1974): 217–247. in JSTOR








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