# France resumes final nuclear test series (1995)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1995-france-resumes-final-nuclear-test-series
Location: French Polynesia

A controversial test campaign preceded France’s commitment to a comprehensive test ban. Within the broader Fifth Republic period, The 1958 Constitution created a stronger presidency and a durable Fifth Republic. Decolonization, European integration, social change, economic shocks and recurring debates over identity, secularism and the role of the state have shaped contemporary France. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Jacques Chirac (President of the French Republic). France resumes final nuclear test series mattered because it changed material life, state capacity, economic networks or France’s ability to project power. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
France resumes final nuclear test series mattered because it changed material life, state capacity, economic networks or France’s ability to project power.

Ruler at the time: [Jacques Chirac](https://history-france.com/rulers/jacques-chirac)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — France resumes final nuclear test series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=France+resumes+final+nuclear+test+series&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — France resumes final nuclear test series](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=France+resumes+final+nuclear+test+series)
- [Élysée — Institutions of the Fifth Republic](https://www.elysee.fr/en/french-presidency/the-institutions)