Footnote

c Confirmatory of this is the later article appearing in the New York Times Magazine under date of May 29, 1966, under the title “France is No Longer a Democracy.” as written by François Mitterand. With regard to government stability, Mitterand says: “We see it as part and parcel of a democratic framework, with the powers of decision in the hands of the people. This is not the case today: now the voters are merely called upon once every seven years to vote on whether or not they want to keep their leader.”—Page 56.