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When did Daladier expand the French welfare state?

  • 1939

  • 1936

  • 1940

  • 1938

Answer

In 1939, Édouard Daladier, then Prime Minister of France, expanded the French welfare state by introducing a series of social reforms known as the "Daladier Decrees." These decrees included provisions for family allowances, old-age pensions, and paid vacations for workers. The expansion of the welfare state was a response to the growing social and economic problems facing France in the interwar period, including high unemployment and poverty.
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