Les Trente Glorieuses: France's Postwar Economic Boom (1945–1975)

1. Ordonnance creates France’s Social Security system

   Oct 4, 1945Labels: S curit, French government

   • S curit sociale

2. Commissariat général du Plan is created

   Jan 3, 1946Labels: Commissariat g, Jean Monnet

   • France Strat gie

3. INSEE is founded to strengthen economic statistics

   Apr 27, 1946Labels: INSEE, French state

   • INSEE history

4. Fourth Republic constitution is promulgated

   Oct 27, 1946Labels: Fourth Republic, French constitution

   • lys e 1946

5. First Monnet Plan is adopted to modernize industry

   Jan 23, 1947Labels: Monnet Plan, French industry

   • INA archive
   • France Strat gie

6. SMIG law introduces a national minimum wage

   Feb 11, 1950Labels: SMIG, French labor

   • Cit co

7. Treaty of Paris creates the ECSC

   Apr 18, 1951Labels: ECSC, Treaty of

   • France Diplomacy
   • EurParl Archives

8. Treaty of Rome is signed, launching the EEC

   Mar 25, 1957Labels: EEC, Treaty of

   • Britannica
   • EU Parliament

9. 1958 referendum approves Fifth Republic constitution

   Sep 28, 1958Labels: Fifth Republic, French constitution

   • lys e 1958
   • 1958 referendum

10. The new franc becomes legal tender

    Jan 1, 1960Labels: New franc, French currency

    • Jan 1960

11. Grenelle agreements negotiated during May 1968 crisis

    May 27, 1968Labels: Grenelle agreements, May 1968

    • Britannica May 68
    • Grenelle

12. First oil shock marks the boom’s turning point

    Oct 1, 1973Labels: Oil shock, Global oil

    • Oil crisis

13. 1975 becomes the conventional end date of the era

    Jan 1, 1975Labels: Trente Glorieuses, Periodization 1975

    • Trente Glorieuses

14. Jean Fourastié coins the term “Trente Glorieuses”

    Jan 1, 1979Labels: Jean Fourasti, Trente Glorieuses

    • Trente Glorieuses