Much of its early membership came from the neofascist New Order movement, and a key early figure, Victor Barthélémy, had served as lieutenant to Jacques Doriot, head of the wartime fascist and ...

Similarly, a socialist-converted-to-fascism, Jacques Doriot, led the Parti Populaire Français, with both parties advocating an anti-capitalist stance. Speaking of the Communists, led by Maurice Thorez ...