July 10, 1940 is submitted to the National Assembly (then form | Forteresse Europe

July 10, 1940 is submitted to the National Assembly (then formed by the meeting of the Chamber of Parliament and the Senate) a proposal for the revision of the constitutional laws governing French Third Republic, with the aim of attributing full constituent powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain, Chairman of the Board:

"Single article.
The National Assembly gives full power to the government of the Republic, under the authority and signature of Marshal Pétain, to promulgate by one or more acts a new constitution of the French state. This constitution will have to guarantee the rights of Labor, Family and Fatherland. It will be ratified by the Nation and applied by the Assemblies to be created. This constitutional law, deliberated and adopted by the National Assembly, will be executed as law of the State" -

Vichy, July 10, 1940
By the President of the Republic, Albert Lebrun
Marshal of France, Chairman of the Board, Philippe Pétain

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