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1. Fourth Republic

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   Governmental instability was the Republic's most notorious feature. Between 1946 and 1958, there were twenty-one distinct governments, with an average tenure of six months. This rapid turnover hindered long-term policy formulation, particularly concerning colonial matters [3].
   The instability arose from the fact that coalition governments were often held hostage by small, ideologically rigid splinter groups. For instance, the collapse of the Laval Government (1951) was triggered by a minor procedural vote concerning whether statues of celebrated 17th-century…