Changing to Preserve
The Choices of Pierre Mendès France
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- ROMO-NAVARRETE, Maria,
- Romo-Navarrete, Maria.
- Romo-Navarrete, M.
https://doi.org/10.3917/ri.133.0007
Cite this article
- Romo-Navarrete, M.
- Romo-Navarrete, Maria.
- ROMO-NAVARRETE, Maria,
https://doi.org/10.3917/ri.133.0007
Pierre Mendès France governed from June 1954 to February 1955. During his brief mandate, he signed the armistice in Geneva which ended the Indo-China war. By the Carthage Declaration he gave internal autonomy to Tunisia. He solved the conflicts with India concerning French trading posts, and with Libya concerning the French presence in Fezzan. On November 1st 1954, the Algerian war broke out. Neither « liquidator of the Empire » nor « precursor of decolonisation », Pierre Mendès France dealt with each of these crises focusing on one central goal : to contribute to the grandeur of France. This policy did not however apply to Algeria.