the annexation instrument was the Treaty of Turin and not the plebiscite, whose main purpose was to demonstrate favorable public opinion in Savoy for the annexation after the signature of the treaty. In an interview for the newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré, Sylvain Milbach, a historian at the University of Savoy, qualifies the vote as Napoleonic, but also argues that a completely free and fair vote would not have dramatically changed the outcome, as the majority of Savoyards wished to become French. This is today the official stance of the General Council of Savoie. See also House of Savoy Italian Savoyards Savoy States Notes References External links Universal Suffrage under Napoleon III by Adams, Charles Kendall Savoy Region Movement Ligue Savoisienne Francia Media: a territorial and genealogical disambiguation of Lorraine and Burgundy, with a section on Savoy The History of the Annexation of Savoy and Nice to France according to the United Kingdom, Switzerland and the others Allobroges Duchy of Savoy Historical regions