Front paysan
French political group, 1934 to 1936
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The Farmers' Front (French: Front paysan) was a group representing the French agrarian movement founded in 1934[1]: 171 consisting of the French Agrarian and Peasant Party, the Comités de défense paysanne, and the Union nationale des syndicats agricoles.
Henry Dorgères
Jacques Le Roy Ladurie
Farmers' Front Front paysan | |
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 Report in L'Ouest-Éclair on a demonstration held by the Farmers' Front in Rennes, October 1934 | |
| General Secretary | Jacques Le Roy Ladurie |
| Leaders | Fleurant Agricola Henry Dorgères Jacques Le Roy Ladurie |
| Founder | Henry Dorgères |
| Founded | 22 June 1934 |
| Dissolved | 1 March 1936 |
| Newspaper | Syndicats paysans |
| Ideology | Agrarian corporatism |
| Political position | Far-right to fascist |
| Members | PAPF Comités de défense paysanne UNSA |
History
Jacques Le Roy Ladurie served as its general secretary. It published the journal Syndicats paysans.
In the 1935 Loir-et-Cher by-election Henry Dorgères, the founder of the Comités de défense paysanne, stood unsuccessfully for the Loir-et-Cher department under the Farmers' Front banner, where he was narrowly defeated in the second round of voting by the Radical-Socialist Party candidate Émile Laurens.[2]
The Farmers' Front's ambiguous attitude towards Republican institutions meant that it did not have support from the Croix de Feu.[3]
The Farmers' Front fell apart in 1936 due to differences in political strategy.[1]: 176
