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When did democracy in France originate?
French democratic politics originated from the contradiction between classes in society and appeared in the revolutionary struggle of the lower class against the upper class.

Looking at the development history of western capitalist democracy, we can see that western democracy originated from the political struggle and class struggle in European and American history, and is the product of historical practice, rather than the "civilization gene" and some ideological theories advocated by some western academic circles.

The full name of France is the Fifth Republic of France. From the words "the Fifth Republic", we can see the hardships of French democracy.

In the third year after the French Revolution, that is, 1792, the First Republic of France was founded, and Napoleon became emperor in 1804, with a short history of 12 years; After almost half a century of Napoleonic monarchy and dynasty restoration, the revolution broke out in February of 1848, and the Second Republic of France was established. 1870, France was defeated by the rising Prussia, and the third republic appeared, until 1940 was defeated by Germany again; After the end of World War II, the Fourth Republic was born; 1958, France fell into a full-scale crisis. In the face of all-out civil war, the venerable General Charles de Gaulle came out again, formulated a new constitution and established the Fifth Republic. At this point, after more than 200 years of exploration and setbacks, France's democracy and democracy have finally become mature and stable.