Floréal coup

In the wake of the Fructidor Coup of September 1797 the Directors began to worry that having snuffed out the threat of Royalists they were opening the door to a Jacobin revival. This seemed to be borne out when the Jacobins performed reasonably well in the elections of spring 1798.  This despite the fact that the Directory had sought to rig various elections across the country.  By a law passed on the 11th of May 1798 eight departments would have no representatives and a total of one hundred and twenty seven deputies had their results declared void eighty three of these were seen as Jacobins.  François de Neufchâteau was removed as a Director to be replaced by Jean-Baptiste Treilhard.  It appeared that the Directory had removed all potential opponents.