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.