National Resistance Council (CNR)
국민저항위원회(CNR)
The National Resistance Council (CNR) was a clandestine body that brought together and coordinated the principal French internal Resistance movements, political parties, and trade unions opposed to the Vichy regime during the Second World War. Founded in May 1943 under Jean Moulin's direction, it adopted a programme in March 1944 outlining social and economic reforms for the post-liberation period.
In depth
The CNR first met in Paris on 27 May 1943, bringing together representatives of eight major Resistance movements, six political parties, and the CGT and CFTC trade unions. After Jean Moulin's arrest, it ended plenary sessions for security reasons and operated through a smaller executive office, while continuing to negotiate a political direction for reconstruction after liberation. Adopted on 15 March 1944, its programme distinguished immediate resistance action from measures for the post-liberation period and proposed universal social security, independent trade unions, and nationalisation of major industries, banks, and insurers. Not every proposal was implemented unchanged, but the programme became an important political reference for social security and nationalisation during the Liberation.
Sources
- fr.wikipedia.org (CNR was constituted on 27 May 1943, coordinated French internal Resistance movements, and adopted its programme in March 1944)
- Wikipedia (EN) (composition, founding meeting, and programme provisions including nationalisations and social security)
- fondationresistance.org (archival and documentary resource identifying the 27 May 1943 founding meeting, participating movements, parties and unions, and the March 1944 programme)