The Liberalism of the French Government

i talked about france's readmission into the concert of europe during episodes on spanish american independence, you'll remember in a second. In september 18 18, the quadruple alliance of britain, russia, prussia and austria met with france to hammer out the final terms of the withdrawal of foreign troops. We actually touched on this meeting very briefly in episode five, point 23, because it did go as everyone hoped. Now, though prime minister richelieu had done a pretty good job navigating the stormy seas and securing the liberation of french territory, he was centre right in a regime that was going center left. The elections of 18 18