Legally, the federation ceased to exist after the September 1958 referendum to approve this French Community.

The 6 September 1987 referendum allowed him to return to active politics.

The September referendum put two questions to voters:

The vote had been called after the failure of a September referendum on the coalition's proposal to introduce direct elections for the presidency.

When the territories voted in the September 1958 referendum to become autonomous within the French Community, the federation was dissolved.

But in a September referendum, a reduction of the president's term to five years passed with an overwhelming majority.

But the ban was supported in a September referendum.

The decision came after the republic overwhelmingly approved a September referendum on seceding from Yugoslavia.

If voters approve the change in a September referendum, it will go into effect next January.