Popular Front (France)

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The Popular Front (France) was a left-wing coalition government formed in the mid-1930s that united socialists, radicals, and communists to oppose fascism and implement social and labor reforms.

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Surface form Occurrences
Popular Front movement 2
New Popular Front (France) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government of France
political coalition
associatedWithMovement Popular Front (France) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Popular Front movement
cameToPowerThrough 1936 French legislative election
coalitionType electoral alliance
parliamentary coalition
country France
countryGoverned French Third Republic
endTime 1938
followedBy governments of Édouard Daladier
foreignPolicyStance non-intervention in Spanish Civil War
formedInPeriod mid-1930s
goal implementation of labor reforms
implementation of social reforms
opposition to fascism
headOfGovernment Léon Blum
historicalContext interwar period
rise of European fascism
ideology communism
left-wing politics
radicalism
socialism
implementedPolicy 40-hour workweek
Matignon Agreements
collective bargaining rights expansion
creation of Office du blé
extension of social insurance
increases in wages
nationalization of arms industry
paid annual vacations
inspiredBy anti-fascist unity strategy of the Communist International
language French
legislativeBody Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
memberParty Communist Party of France
surface form: French Communist Party

French Section of the Workers' International
Radical-Socialist Party
notableLeader Léon Blum
Maurice Thorez
Édouard Daladier
opposedBy French employers' organizations
right-wing parties in France
politicalPosition left-wing
precededBy conservative governments of the French Third Republic
significantEvent 1936 French legislative election
significantStrikeWave May–June 1936 general strikes in France
startTime 1936
supportedByOrganization General Confederation of Labour (historical)
surface form: General Confederation of Labour

Referenced by (6)

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Communist Party of France alliedWith Popular Front (France)
this entity surface form: New Popular Front (France)
Popular Front (France) associatedWithMovement Popular Front (France) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Popular Front movement
Léon Blum movement Popular Front (France)
Popular Front (Italy) movement Popular Front (France)
this entity surface form: Popular Front movement
Jean Zay partOf Popular Front (France)
Jean Perrin supported Popular Front (France)