Front Populaire

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Front_Populaire
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:dissolved 1938
gptkbp:founded 1936
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Paris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Front Populaire
gptkbp:ideology communism
left-wing
socialism
radicalism
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Léon_Blum
gptkbp:member gptkb:French_Communist_Party_(PCF)
gptkb:Radical_and_Socialist_Party
gptkb:French_Section_of_the_Workers'_International_(SFIO)
gptkbp:notableAchievement gptkb:Matignon_Agreements
collective bargaining rights
40-hour work week
introduction of paid holidays
reforms in education
nationalization of arms industry
increased social welfare
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:French_general_strike_of_1936
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Vincent_Auriol
gptkb:Irène_Joliot-Curie
gptkb:Jean_Zay
gptkb:Pierre_Cot
gptkb:Marcel_Cachin
gptkb:Édouard_Daladier
gptkb:Maurice_Thorez
gptkb:Roger_Salengro
gptkbp:notableWinner gptkb:French_legislative_election,_1936
gptkbp:opposedBy right-wing parties
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Cartel_des_Gauches
gptkbp:successor Popular Republican Movement (MRP)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Aubervilliers–Front_Populaire_(2012)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7