Le Faisceau was a short-lived French fascist political party. It was founded on 11 November 1925 as a far right league by Georges Valois. It was preceded by its newspaper, Le Nouveau Siècle, which had
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Leaders of the Faisceau; Maurice Langlois-Longueville, Georges Valois and Jacques Arthuys, before the XI Criminal Chamber (1927).
The far-right tradition in France finds its origins in the Third Republic with Boulangism and the Dreyfus affair. In the 1880s, General Georges Boulanger, called "General Revenge", championed demands
Le Faisceau
…1928 Preceded by Cercle Proudhon Succeeded by Republican Syndicalist Party Newspaper Le Nouveau Siècle Paramilitary Wing Légions Ideology Fascism (French) Political position Far-right Politics of France Political parties Elections Leaders of the Faisceau; Maurice Langlois-Longueville, Georges Valois and…
Georges Ernest Boulanger (1837–1891)
Degradation of Alfred Dreyfus, 1895
Jean-Marie Le Pen founded the Front National in 1972 and led it until 2011
Marine Le Pen succeeded her father as Front National leader in 2011