The Redressement Français (French Resurgence) was a French anti-parliamentarian movement founded in 1926 by the electricity magnate

Ernest Mercier Ernest Mercier (1878 – 1955) was a French industrialist, director of the French Petroleum Company (CFP), the forerunner of the French petroleum conglomerate Total. His father, Jean Ernest Mercier, was an historian and the mayor of Constantine ...

. It advocated

technocratic Technocracy is a form of government in which the decision-maker or makers are selected based on their expertise in a given area of responsibility, particularly with regard to scientific or technical knowledge. This system explicitly contrasts wi ...

corporatism - a "government of authority" - instead of a government of

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

s.Richard F. Kuisel (1967), ''Ernest Mercier: French Technocrat'', p. 49, University of California Press Among its newspapers was the ''

Revue Hebdomadaire ''Revue Hebdomadaire'' was a newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fie ...

''.

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Political parties of the French Third Republic {{France-party-stub