Popular Front (French: Front populaire) was an alliance of left-wing movements in France, including the French Communist Party (PCF), the socialist SFIO and the Radical-Socialist Republican Party. Popular Front won the May 1936 legislative election, leading to the formation of a government first headed by SFIO leader Léon Blum. However, the economy continued to stall, with 1938 production still not having recovered to 1929 levels, and higher wages had been neutralized by inflation. The Socialist Party reliably granted its confidence to these cabinets but disagreed with their budget cuts.