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The crisis of 16 May 1877 — The trial of strength between president and Chamber
MacMahon dismissed a premier the Chamber supported, dissolved, lost the elections — and submitted: never again would a Third Republic president dissolve. The regime became parliamentary through its president’s failure. (Editorial synthesis)
The crisis of 16 May 1877 ended in the president’s submission and the regime’s parliamentary reading. (source: Assemblée nationale)
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