What is French Community?
The '''French Community''' ({{lang-fr|Communauté française}}) was the body which replaced the [[French Union]] in 1958. Under the [[Constitution of France|1958 Constitution]], member territories, former French [[colonies]], had a lot of [[decolonization|independence]], but France controlled the currency, defence, foreign affairs and national security. When the Community was established, French President [[Charles de Gaulle|de Gaulle]] said that any country in the French Community could move to complete independence. Apart from [[Guinea]], which chose by [[referendum]] in 1958 not to join the Community, all French-ruled territories in [[sub-Saharan Africa]] joined the French Community. They obtained independence in 1960. ==Related pages== *[[Colonialism]] *[[Decolonization]] ==Other websites== * [http://cartoflash.free.fr/motcle/pages/Communautfr.htm Communauté française] {{in lang|fr}} {{France-stub}} [[Category:International organizations]] [[Category:France]]