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The was a political party in France
founded in 1933 by Jean Hennessy
, a former cabinet minister. Hennessy, elected deputy for Nice
in the Alpes-Maritimes
was rarely active in the Independent Left
parliamentary group. However, Hennessy was part of The Vichy 80
in 1940 which refused to give full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
founded in 1933 by Jean Hennessy
Jean Hennessy
Jean Patrick Hennessy was a French politician.Hennessy was born at Cherves-Richemont in the Charente département, son of Maurice Hennessy and his wife Jeanne, née Foussat. His very wealthy family, of Irish origin, were the proprietors of the Hennessy cognac business, now part of LVMH...
, a former cabinet minister. Hennessy, elected deputy for Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
in the Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes is a department in the extreme southeast corner of France.- History : was created by Octavian as a Roman military district in 14 BC, and became a full Roman province in the middle of the 1st century with its capital first at Cemenelum and subsequently at Embrun...
was rarely active in the Independent Left
Independent Left
The Independent Left was a French parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies of France during the French Third Republic between 1932 and 1940...
parliamentary group. However, Hennessy was part of The Vichy 80
The Vichy 80
The Vichy 80 were a group of elected French parliamentarians who, on 10 July 1940, voted against the constitutional change that dissolved the Third Republic and established an authoritarian regime known as Vichy France....
in 1940 which refused to give full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain
Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain , generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain , was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France , from 1940 to 1944...