TY - BOOK AU - Portelli,Hugues TI - The Fifth Republic and Political Parties PY - 2008///. N1 - 91 N2 - From the beginning, the relationships between the Fifth Republic and political parties have been characterized by a deep ambivalence: the new regime was built by General de Gaulle to get rid of the parties and reduce them to a secondary role. However, the adaptation of the parties to the presidential system — and the choice of this system in periods of cohabitation — has led to a consolidation of the regime and of its Gaullist understanding at the expense of a close interweaving between parties and the higher reaches of government UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-pouvoirs-2008-3-page-61?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -