President Coty’s threat to resign broke the impasse for de Gaulle’s return.

Evidence

In November 1957 the thirty-five days without a government preceding Gaillard had shown the nation rising to greater heights of ungovernability at home and its prestige sinking to all-time depths abroad. From then on the plotting and counter-plotting had redoubled. The new period of parliamentary instability following the fall of Gaillard on 15 April had added a fresh fillip to the conspiracies, of which there were basically two kinds: those that were specifically for the return of General de Gaulle, and those that were not. Only the former knew precisely what, and whom, they wanted, but were disunited as to how and when. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 837 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Parliamentary instability at home drove plotting for de Gaulle’s return. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 837; Algeria’s military ultimatum pressured a French president into inviting de Gaulle.; De Gaulle’s move to form a government defused the planned putsch from Algiers. (+2 more)

Related

• Parliamentary instability at home drove plotting for de Gaulle’s return. (similarity 0.94)
• Algeria’s military ultimatum pressured a French president into inviting de Gaulle. (similarity 0.87)
• De Gaulle’s delayed return secured legitimacy and independence from the army (similarity 0.84)
• Paris-based parachutist plotting bent de Gaulle toward seizing power. (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle restructured Algerian governance into a two-tier hierarchy to tighten control. (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle took power in June 1958 offering no Algerian solution. (similarity 0.81)
• Challe’s loyalty to the republic collapsed only when de Gaulle shifted toward Algerian self-determination (similarity 0.81)
• The Algiers leaders planned a para airborne coup against Paris in May 1958. (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle was willing to shed blood to preserve the state (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle privately favored negotiating with the Algerian rebels as early as 1957 (similarity 0.80)
• The bazooka plot aimed to install a government of national unity behind de Gaulle (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle refused to repudiate the army’s force while denying dictatorial intent (similarity 0.80)
• Dissident colonels threatened to replace de Gaulle with Challe. (similarity 0.80)
• The Algerian army command openly threatened to replace de Gaulle over self-determination. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle may have countenanced a military takeover as a fallback. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Algeria’s military ultimatum pressured a French president into inviting de Gaulle. #corroborates (0.75)
• Parliamentary instability at home drove plotting for de Gaulle’s return. #expands (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 837
• De Gaulle’s move to form a government defused the planned putsch from Algiers. #corroborates (0.60)
• Paris-based parachutist plotting bent de Gaulle toward seizing power. #complicates (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 899
• De Gaulle’s delayed return secured legitimacy and independence from the army #complicates (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 911