French Social Party
French Social Party French: Parti Social Français | |
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| President | François de La Rocque |
| Founded | 10 January 1936 |
| Dissolved | 10 July 1940 |
| Preceded by | Croix-de-Feu |
| Succeeded by | Republican Social Party of French Reconciliation |
| Headquarters | Rue de Milan, Paris |
| Newspaper | Le Petit Journal Le Flambeau |
| Membership (1940) | 350,000 |
| Ideology | French nationalism Social Catholicism National conservatism Corporatism Right-wing populism Anti-communism Crypto-fascism |
| Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
| Colours | Black |
The French Social Party (French: Parti social français, PSF) was a French nationalist political party led by François de La Rocque from 1936 to 1940. La Rocque established the PSF after the dissolution of his Croix-de-Feu, a fascist league banned by the Popular Front government, with a more moderate and democratic ideology. The PSF was France's first right-wing mass party and experienced considerable initial success until it disappeared in the wake of the Fall of France in 1940. The PSF was not refounded after the Second World War, but the Republican Social Party of French Reconciliation was established in 1945 as a spiritual successor by former PSF members and it prefigured the rise of Gaullism after the war.