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==== 1944 Elections ====
== In the 1944 elections, Dormoy was re-affirmed as the nation's president, narrowly beating his opponent. He supported and continued the efforts of the British to curb the influence of communardism. Along with this, he restored free speech in France and granted clemency to former political prisoners who were arrested during Laframboise's dictatorial regime. The ban of the National Republicanism in France was lifted in 1946. He was later known in history to be a weak and indecisive leader, contributing to France's political instability during the 1940s and 1950s. ==
==== Cavendish Affair (1945) & Monarchism in France ====
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==== The 1949 elections and the rise of the National Republican Party ====
The discovery of the Cavendish scandal paved the way for the disenfranchisement of the French people towards Britain and its allies. National Republicanism grew even more popular within the population as a result. By 1948, the National Republican Party of France (French: ''Parti National Républicain de France''; PNRF) had a huge following, mostly within the younger generation in the urban centers of France. In the 1949 elections, National-Republican candidate Jean-Jacques Caillat as president of France. Caillat declared himself to be a moderate National Republican, but held suspicions against Great Britain. This drew ire from Britain, and it was not long before Britain decided to intervene.
== Return to dictatorship (1950-19xx) ==
==== Charenton coup d’état (1950) and military dictatorship ====
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