Socialist Republican Union

Socialist Republican Union
Union socialiste républicaine
Leader Marcel Déat
Founded 1935 (1935)
Dissolved 1940 (1940)
Ideology Reformism
Neosocialism
Social democracy
Political position Centre-left
National affiliation Popular Front (1936–38)

The Socialist Republican Union (French: Union socialiste républicaine, USR) was a political party in France founded in 1935 during the late Third Republic which united the right-wing of the French Section of the Workers' International.

The USR was founded by the following parties:

The USR participated in the Popular Front but was effectively killed by World War II. Most of its members returned to the French Section of the Workers' International or participated in the Rally of Republican Lefts.

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