# Locarno Treaties (1925)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1925-locarno-treaties
Location: Locarno

France joined agreements guaranteeing Germany’s western borders and easing postwar tensions. Within the broader Third Republic period, The Third Republic survived war, the Commune, constitutional crises and fierce ideological conflict. It expanded mass schooling and empire, faced the Dreyfus Affair, fought World War I and entered the troubled interwar era. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Gaston Doumergue (President of the French Republic). Locarno Treaties mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Locarno Treaties mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems.

Ruler at the time: [Gaston Doumergue](https://history-france.com/rulers/gaston-doumergue)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Locarno Treaties](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Locarno+Treaties&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Locarno Treaties](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Locarno+Treaties)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)