French voters ratified Evian out of war-weariness, not conviction

Evidence

On 8 April de Gaulle’s referendum for the French people to declare their opinion on the Evian Agreements returned a massive vote of ninety per cent of ouis among those who polled. It was a vote of sheer lassitude. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1611

Categorization

• QUESTION: What does ‘mere lassitude’ explain about how metropolitan France absorbed the loss of Algeria without wider political crisis?
• XREF: connects to: De Gaulle privately viewed Evian as merely an honourable exit; Even the architects of the Evian accords felt no satisfaction in them; France’s 90% yes vote on Evian expressed exhaustion, not endorsement (+1 more)

Related

• France’s 90% yes vote on Evian expressed exhaustion, not endorsement (similarity 0.95)
• Even the architects of the Evian accords felt no satisfaction in them (similarity 0.93)
• De Gaulle privately viewed Evian as merely an honourable exit (similarity 0.91)
• Algerians voted overwhelmingly for independence while European settlers abstained (similarity 0.81)
• Algeria’s independence had become irreversible by 1959 (similarity 0.81)
• Algerians ratified independence almost unanimously (similarity 0.81)
• Algerians voted heavily for de Gaulle despite FLN abstention orders (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle regarded the Evian settlement as an exit, not a victory. (similarity 0.79)
• Muslim abstention voided the referendum’s Algerian mandate while Europeans voted no. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The Evian peace abandoned up to 150,000 Algerian collaborators to massacre #expands (0.75) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1634