Breton National Party

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The Breton National Party (French Parti National Breton, abbreviated to PNB) was a nationalist party in Brittany which existed from 1931 to 1944.

It was created when the Breton Autonomist Party (PAB) split between supporters of federalism and nationalism, following the Congress of Guingamp in August 1931. While the federalists led by Morvan Marchal formed the Federalist League of Brittany, the nationalists led by Olier Mordrel decided to found a new party with a clearly nationalist orientation, seeking Breton independence from France. This revived the programme of the previous Breton Nationalist Party, which had existed from 1911-1914. A congress was held in Landerneau on December 27 1931. The following year, activists led by Célestin Lainé bombed a sculpture in Rennes representing Breton unity with France. The creation of this sculpture had spurred the foundation of the earlier party in 1911.

They published the newspaper The Breton Nation.

The party was influenced by international Celticist ideas, and modelled its aspirations on Irish independence movements. It was also closely associated with fascist ideology. Because of its connections with Nazi Germany the party was banned in France on the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, but after the defeat of France it was revived, becoming closely associated with Breton collaborationism. An explicitly Nazi faction broke away in 1941 under the name Breton Social-National Workers' Movement.

After the liberation of France it was disbanded.