In December 1965, de Gaulle returned as president for a second seven-year term, but this time he had to go through a second round of voting in which he defeated François Mitterrand.
U prosincu 1965. de Gaulle je šponovo izabran za predsjednika Republike u novome sedmogodišnjem mandatu, ali je morao proći i kroz drugi krug glasovanja u kojem je pobijedio Françoisa Mitterranda.