Who can capture the heritage of General De Gaulle?

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General Charles de Gaulle, during the recording of his "appeal", from the BBC studios in London, June 18, 1940. Photo: BBC / AFP

By: Guillaume Naudin Follow

We are on June 18 and 80 years ago, General De Gaulle pronounced on the BBC waves his famous call to resistance. The day is therefore a day of commemoration all over France and London. Especially since the year also corresponds to the 130th anniversary of the birth of Charles De Gaulle and the fiftieth anniversary of his death. And the least we can say is that there is a crowd of French political personnel to pay homage to the general and even to claim their political and historical lineage. And this does not only concern the members of the party historically associated with Gaullism, far from it. Who can capture the heritage of General De Gaulle? This is the question of the day.

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To discuss it: 

- Serge Berstein, historian, professor emeritus. Author of numerous books, among others "Histoire du Gaullisme", Perrin editions, "La République gaullienne (1958-1969)", Seuil editions

- Eric Roussel , writer and historian, author of numerous books on the presidents of
the Fifth Republic, author of a biography, "Charles De Gaulle" released in 2002 by Gallimard, republished by Poche Tempus / Perrin 2007 editions. And new republication in August 2020 Tempus / Perrin

- Olivier Rouquan , political scientist , constitutional expert . Associate research professor at the Center for Studies and Research in Administrative Sciences (CERSA)

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