# CNR social and political program adopted (1944)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1944-cnr-social-and-political-program-adopted
Location: France
Categories: main-event

Resistance groups agreed on postwar democratic and social reforms. Within the broader Occupation, Liberation & Fourth Republic period, Defeat in 1940 divided France between Vichy, occupation and resistance. Liberation restored republican government, followed by reconstruction, welfare-state building, European integration and violent decolonization under the Fourth Republic. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Philippe Pétain / Charles de Gaulle (Vichy French State / Free France and provisional republican authority). CNR social and political program adopted mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated. 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
CNR social and political program adopted mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated.

Ruler at the time: [Charles de Gaulle](https://history-france.com/rulers/charles-de-gaulle-1940)

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