To introduce the protection of the environment and biodiversity into article 1 of the Constitution, Emmanuel Macron must carry out a constitutional revision, which he has chosen to ratify by referendum.
In the history of the Fifth Republic, not all referendums relate to the Constitution;
and not all revisions went to a referendum.
Retail review.
10 referendums, including 5 organized by de Gaulle
The founding referendum of the Fifth Republic was that of September 29, 1958 by which 82.6% of the French approved the Constitution proposed to them by General de Gaulle.
This popular consultation was used only twice to revise the Constitution: by de Gaulle in October 1962, to establish the election of the President of the Republic by universal suffrage (62.3% of yes), and by Jacques Chirac in September 2000 to reduce the presidential term of office from seven to five years (73.2% yes).
A constitutional revision is carried out in application
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