La puissance française sous le Front populaire : le regard des Belges francophones ; France’s power under the Popular Front : the vision of French-speaking Belgians

peer reviewed ; Did the French-speaking Belgian opinion, in close contact with France, perceive a decay of the French power under the Popular Front? Well-meaning analyses from a balanced point of view are met with inflammatory - though sometimes full of nuances - attacks from the most conservative wing and with the bitter disappointment of the socialist-communist fold (except the « socialistes nationaux »). Those judgements are conditioned by the turning point of October 1936: non-intervention in the Spanish conflict; improvement of the French internal conditions; Belgian choice for an indepen... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Lanneau, Catherine
Dokumenttyp: journal article
Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
Verlag/Hrsg.: Presses Univ France
Schlagwörter: French-Belgian relations / French foreign policy / Popular Front / Relations franco-belges / Politique étrangère française / Front populaire / Arts & humanities / History / Arts & sciences humaines / Histoire
Sprache: Französisch
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Link(s) : https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/2045

peer reviewed ; Did the French-speaking Belgian opinion, in close contact with France, perceive a decay of the French power under the Popular Front? Well-meaning analyses from a balanced point of view are met with inflammatory - though sometimes full of nuances - attacks from the most conservative wing and with the bitter disappointment of the socialist-communist fold (except the « socialistes nationaux »). Those judgements are conditioned by the turning point of October 1936: non-intervention in the Spanish conflict; improvement of the French internal conditions; Belgian choice for an independent foreign policy. However, one is aware that Paris is now blindly following the steps of the British diplomacy and will reach a climax of political non-existence: in March 1938, at the time of the Anschluss, France had no government. ; L’opinion belge francophone, intimement liée à la France, a-t-elle perçu un déclin de la puissance française à l’époque du Front populaire ? Aux attaques incendiaires mais parfois nuancées des plus conservateurs répondent les analyses pondérées voire bienveillantes des centristes et les désillusions de la gauche socialo-communiste, hors les socialistes nationaux. Ces jugements sont conditionnés par le tournant d’octobre 1936 : non-intervention dans le conflit espagnol, amélioration de la situation intérieure française, adoption par la Belgique d’une politique extérieure dite d’« indépendance ». Cependant, presque tous constatent que Paris démarque la diplomatie britannique et atteint le paroxysme de l’inexistence politique en mars 1938 : au moment de l’Anschluss, elle est en effet sans gouvernement.