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The Constitution of October 5, 1958 did not mention Europe, although it had been created in Rome, on March 25, 1957. For 35 years, the construction of Europe was the domain of diplomats and civil servants, until the lack of democratic process drew the attention of Parliaments (in 1979) and the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 made its inevitable entry into the Constitution. Europe appeared to strengthen the dominant traits of the Fifth Republic: a two-headed executive, a weaker parliament, and a centralization of power. But reality is quite different: power resides elsewhere due to the endless cycle of transfer of office and of sovereignty, as well as the emergence of a European society and, more recently, the rise of globalization. One may therefore consider that the belated and limited institutional inscription of Europe in the Fifth Republic does not give a true account of its real place in the new Republic. Today, Europe represents the future of France in the world.