Social-National Party (France)

The Social-National Party (French: Parti social-national, PSN) was a political party in France founded in the spring of 1933 by Jean Hennessy,^[1][2] a former cabinet minister. Hennessy, elected deputy for Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes was rarely active in the Independent Left parliamentary group. However, Hennessy was part of The Vichy 80 in 1940 which refused to give full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain.

The Social-National Party dissolved in 1936.^[3]

References

1. Julian Wright (2003). The Regionalist Movement in France, 1890-1914: Jean Charles-Brun and French Political Thought. Clarendon. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-19-926488-9. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
2. Eugen Weber (1962). Action Française: Royalism and Reaction in Twentieth Century France. Stanford University Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-8047-0134-1. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
3. François Dubasque (2007). "Jean Hennessy (1874-1944). Itinéraire militant d'un politique entre milieux réformateurs et réseaux d'influence". Parlement(s), Revue d'histoire politique (in French). 1 (7). Retrieved 7 May 2016.