This is very important for de Gaulle's view of France, is that he had freed France, in his mind, from the anarchy of political parties that were quarreling, a parliamentary government that he didn't think had worked, that was incapable of restoring the "grandeur" of France--a word to which he returned constantly; more about that in awhile--strengthening the French state under a new constitution that--written by Debré--that gave France a strong executive with a president who would be in power for seven years, and who had strong executive authority. 