After the crisis on the 6th of February 1934, the French Parliament is favorable to major constitutional and electoral reforms to save the IIIrd Republic. In OTL Gaston Doumergue was chosen as new Président du Conseil (Prime Minister) to implement those reforms, but he wasted the opportunity and submitted those too late.
This thread is based on the POD that Doumergue, or another Président du Conseil immediately submits the electoral reform (new Parliament is to be elected with proportionnal elections at the regional level to reduce it to 400 seats) and dissolves the Parliament once it is accepted. After elections in the summer, the new Parliament now discusses the other constitutional reforms. (Author's note: this was actually suggested by many politicians at the time)
From then on, now that greater political stability has been achieved and reforms are ongoing, what do you guys suggest as sanity options to improve French economics and military (the latter on the technical side, you can assume whatever changes in doctrine suit you), to recover from the economic crisis and start facing the emergent German and Italian threats ?
This thread is based on the POD that Doumergue, or another Président du Conseil immediately submits the electoral reform (new Parliament is to be elected with proportionnal elections at the regional level to reduce it to 400 seats) and dissolves the Parliament once it is accepted. After elections in the summer, the new Parliament now discusses the other constitutional reforms. (Author's note: this was actually suggested by many politicians at the time)
From then on, now that greater political stability has been achieved and reforms are ongoing, what do you guys suggest as sanity options to improve French economics and military (the latter on the technical side, you can assume whatever changes in doctrine suit you), to recover from the economic crisis and start facing the emergent German and Italian threats ?