Popular Front (French: Front populaire, pronounced [f??? p?pyl??] 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.