However some centrists refused to integrate into this group and joined the Gaullist Party, which became the Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic (UD5)
Because the Gaullist UDR was the largest party in the pro-Giscard majority in the Assembly, Giscard chose Jacques Chirac to lead the cabinet.
However, it was divided about the way forward for political institutions and the constitution for the Fourth Republic.
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However, most of Charles de Gaulle's followers were conservative, and after his death, traditional left-wing voters ceased voting Gaullist and figures identified with the Gaullist left such as Jacques Chaban-Delmas were gradually marginalised.
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He accused the Fourth Republic of being dominated by the "parliamentary fiddles" and to organize the state helplessness.
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A part of the Rally of the French People (RPF), the Gaullist party, joined the majority in opposing the leadership of Charles de Gaulle, who then retired.
However, conservative voters sanctioned the center-right parties, preferring to vote for the Gaullist party.
In order to end the May 1968 crisis, President Charles de Gaulle dissolved the National Assembly and his party, the Gaullist Party Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR), obtained the absolute majority of the seats.
One year later, a Gaullist party was founded under the name of Rally of the French People (Rassemblement du peuple français or RPF).