Gaullist 4th Republic

What would postwar France look like if it was politically restructured more to de Gaulle's liking and under his leadership? How likely is this to happen?
 
Pretty unlikely. In 1945-1946, De Gaulle was a national hero, but he was alone. His constitutional views (as expressed in his famous speach in Bayeux, Normandy, on June 16th, 1946) were not shared by any of the post-war Parties. It's only the collapse of the Fourth Republic in 1958 that gave him the opportunity to impose his views (and even then he had to be carefu). He had to wait until 1962 to impose the direct popular election of the President (and he did so by going around the political establishment and by taking liberties with his own Constitution - and to this day there are still disagreements betwen the scholar as to whether the 1962 Referendum was constitutional).

So, unless you imagine a gigantic crisis in the late Forties, I fail to see how De Gaulle could have had his way with the institutions.

Let's not forget also that, for all his faults and weaknesses, the Fourth Republic managed to reconstruct the country, to launch the French nuclear programme, to contribute to the early European communities.
 
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