Breton Autonomist Party - Federalism

Federalism

Maurice Duhamel became editor of Breiz Atao and attempted to steer the party to establish links to wider French politics, particularly with the French left. Having more political experience than the other leaders, he guided the PAB to a broadly leftist and federalist position with the intention to forge an alliance with the French Communist Party, which, under the leadership of Marcel Cachin, supported the struggles of national minorities in France up until 1932.

In August 1928, at the second party congress, in Châteaulin, a statement was drafted which proclaimed that Brittany has all "the characteristics of a nationality to meet the modern definitions", and that the Breton people should have "the right to self-determination".

In 1929 Duhamel wrote the PAB's manifesto, The Question of Brittany in its European Framework.

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