When Charles de Gaulle created France’s Fifth Republic in 1958, the main priority was to establish a political system that ensured total stability. As if to prove the point, de Gaulle was the first of only eight presidents in the 67 years since ― and the new structure gave him powers on a par with those of a monarch. But the cracks are beginning to show. Now, with a beleaguered Emmanuel Macron overseeing the resignation of a prime minister after just 26 days in office, France looks anything but