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Le Populaire was asocialistdaily newspaper published in France. It was the main organ of theFrench Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and, briefly, of theSocialist Party (PS).
Le Populaire was founded in 1918.[1] When SFIO split at the 1920Tours Congress, the Communists took control of the main socialist dailyL'Humanité, while the Socialists retained control ofLe Populaire, which became the official SFIO publication. In 1927 the paper began to be published daily.[2]
Le Populaire was significantly weaker than its communist rivall'Humanité. Only during the period of 1936–1937 did the circulation ofLe Populaire exceed 100,000.[1] With the German invasion of France in 1940,Le Populaire suspended publication. Although it was resumed after the war, it never regained its prominence of the late 1930s and went into a strong decline during the 1960s, ceasing publication in 1970, a few months after the SFIO had merged into the newly-established Socialist Party (PS).
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