Jeune Nation | |
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| Leader | Pierre Sidos |
| President | François Sidos |
| Founded | October 22, 1949 |
| Dissolved | May 15, 1958 |
| Succeeded by | Parti Nationaliste (1958–1959) |
| Newspaper | Jeune Nation (1958–1960) |
| Membership | 3,000–4,000 (at its height) |
| Ideology | French nationalism Neo-fascism |
| Political position | Far-right |
Jeune Nation (French: [ʒœn nɑsjɔ̃]; English: Young Nation) was a French nationalist, neo-Pétainist and neo-fascist far-right movement founded in 1949 by Pierre Sidos and his brothers. Inspired by Fascist Italy and Vichy France, the group attracted support from many young nationalists during the Algerian war (1954–62), especially in the French colonial army. Promoting street violence and extra-parliamentarian insurrection against the Fourth Republic, members hoped the turmoils of the wars of decolonization would lead to a coup d'état followed by the establishment of a nationalist regime. Jeune Nation was the most significant French neo-fascist movement during the 1950s;[1] it gathered at its height 3,000 to 4,000 members.[2]
Suspected of a bomb attack in the National Assembly, Jeune Nation was dissolved by official decree during the May 1958 crisis. The organization nonetheless survived through the 1960s under the shape of several other nationalist organizations, primarily the Federation of Nationalist Students (1960–1967), the Organisation Armée Secrète (1961–1962), Europe-Action (1963–1966), Occident (1964–1968) and L'Œuvre Française (1968–2013), all established by former Jeune Nation members.
- ^ Shields 2007, p. 94.
- ^ D'Appollonia 1998, pp. 289–291.