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4 unusual facts about Rally of the French People


European Coal and Steel Community

Consequently, de Gaulle and his followers in the RPF voted against ratification in the lower house of the French Parliament.

Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert

From 1951 until 1955, Monsabert served as a deputy in the Rassemblement du Peuple Français political party in the National Assembly of France, representing the region Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Maurice Clavel

That did not prevent him from being a fervent activist in the Rally of the French People (RPF) whose acerbic criticism of communism got him to be accused by the French Communist Party (PCF) of being "Goebbel's voice".

Popular Republican Movement

One year later, a Gaullist party was founded under the name of Rally of the French People (Rassemblement du peuple français or RPF).


French legislative election, 1951

In the same time, Charles de Gaulle, symbol of the Resistance, founded his Rally of the French People (RPF) which campaigned for constitutional reform and criticized the "parties' regime" as a rebirth of the defunct Third Republic.

French legislative election, 1956

A part of the Rally of the French People (RPF), the Gaullist party, joined the majority in opposing the leadership of Charles de Gaulle, who then retired.


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