Hubert Lagardelle

Hubert Lagardelle ( born July 8, 1874 Haute- Garonne, † September 20, 1958 in Paris) was a French politician and economist. He began as a revolutionary syndicalist than socialist, then moved to the right until he worked as a minister in the Vichy regime.

The syndicalist stage

Hubert Lagardelle was of bourgeois origin. After studying law, completed with a thesis on trade unionism, Lagardelle began working as a journalist and to engage in political activities. He joined the socialist movement, said he was influenced by Pierre -Joseph Proudhon, Karl Marx and Georges Sorel. Since 1896 he was a member of the Parti Ouvrier français ( French Workers' Party ), which existed until 1902. In 1905 he joined the SFIO ( Section Française de l' International ouvrière, dt: French Section of the Workers' International ) at.

Founded in 1895 in Toulouse Lagardelle the magazine La Jeunesse Socialiste ( Socialist Youth), 1899 to 1914, then the existing Le Mouvement Socialiste ( Socialist Movement), theoretical organ of socialism first, then the revolutionary syndicalism. For elaboration of this ideology he wore - especially until 1908 - significantly.

In the socialist organizations, as well as in the Confédération générale du travail ( CGT General Confederation of Labour ), Lagardelle for militant actions entered, advertised specifically for the general strike. Here he was left opponent of Jean Jaurès. Conflicts there were, among others, in 1907 at the Congress of Nancy.

The fascist stage

During his time as a socialist learned Lagardelle Benito Mussolini, and became his friend. After the war he went the same route as this. In 1926 he joined, founded by Georges Valois party at Le Faisceau ( The fasces, symbol of Fascism ). This was the first fascist party in France, but it was only until 1928.

From 1932 worked Lagardelle at the embassy in Rome. He supported Henry de Jouvenel, to forge and 1934 dortiger ambassador to the unsuccessful attempt to create a Franco- Italian alliance against the German dominationism.

After the armistice in 1940, he was one of the theoreticians of the Révolution nationale. Having already worked in the Vichy government as secretary of state for work, he was on 18 April 1942 in the new government of Pierre Laval Minister of Labour. In this role Lagardelle tried to include the remaining workers' organizations (especially lower levels of CGT) in the system. However, this was rejected by both the representatives of corporatism, as well as trade unionists, he remained isolated. On November 21, 1943, he resigned from this post and was replaced by Jean Bichelonne.

As followers of René Chateau Lagardelle was in January 1944 editor of the journal La France Socialiste, later renamed La France au travail, which tried to gather with the occupiers collaborationist " Left ".

For his action during the occupation he was sentenced on July 17, 1946 to life in forced labor ( on July 31, 1946 commuted to prison ), to indignité national ( national unworthiness ) and the confiscation of its assets. After his release in 1947 he was no longer politically active.

Works

• Hubert Lagardelle: Le Parti Socialiste et la Confédération Générale du Travail. Rivière, Paris 1908.

• Hubert Lagardelle: Mission à Rome. Plon, 1955.