English Translation

-12 - 29 KPF was not represented in the government itself, but was only to be addressed as a ruling party. The well-managed unity in trade union org- nisation, which, as described above, was created by the CPF in l935, allowed the communist representatives to attack the People's Front government through their radical social demands through the trade union association, without being held accountable as a ruling party. The general strike in the year l937, which was due to the bloody incident in the Paris suburb of Clichy in March l937 and which was to be seen as a popular demonstration by the radical union federation against the French radical socialist party, broke the French people's front government to a capitulation on the whole line. The strong position of power of the Communists in France was further expressed by the smaller strikes following the general strike. Under the skilful exploitation of the trade union demands, the KPF continued to exert its influence in the popular front. On the other hand, the aversion of the ideologically heavily burdened socialist party, the radical socialists and the middle parties to the hated communists towards the outside became more and more noticeable, especially in the serious crises to which the popular front was subjected and which was characterized by a series of changes of government in the spring of l938. With the following