The current French constitution was written entirely from scratch in 1958. Saying it’s been modified a lot is a bit muddled. What actually happened is that the

The current French constitution was written entirely from scratch in 1958. Saying it’s been modified a lot is a bit muddled. What actually happened is that the old constitutions are no longer in force and entirely new ones came into effect. The 1958 constitution is France’s fifth (not counting constitutional monarchies), which is why the current French regime is called the “fifth Republic”.