Union sacrée

As Union sacrée (about: sacred covenant ) is in France the suspension of internal political disputes in view of the defense of the nation in World War I referred.

The term was coined by President Raymond Poincaré in a speech that was read out in parliament on August 4, 1914, one day after the German declaration of war . Initially he referred to national military defense . The entry of socialist politicians into the bourgeois government of René Viviani also led to a political agreement from the end of August.

A similar "armistice" of the parties for the same period is described in Germany by the term Burgfrieden . In the first Portuguese Republic , the term governo da sagrada união was also used.

The term “Union sacrée” is now used in the French media to refer to other associations of originally opposing positions. For example, the German grand coalition between the CDU and SPD was also referred to as “Union sacrée” .