Claude Jeantet

Claude Jeantet (; 12 July 1902 – 16 May 1982) was a French journalist and far-right politician.

Biography Jeantet was born in Pomponne, Seine-et-Marne, the son of poet Félix Jeantet and brother of fellow far-right activist Gabriel Jeantet.

He studied under philosopher Léon Brunschvicg at the Sorbonne. He joined the student movement of Action Française in 1919, taking over the editorship of their eponymous paper in 1923, although he severed his ties with the group in 1930. His main writing topics were his opposition to democracy and his desire for a rapprochement with Nazi Germany and indeed in 1936 he attended the Nuremberg Rally. He was added to the Politburo of the party in 1938 as one of a number of anti-communist new members. He also served as diplomatic editor of their paper L'Émancipation nationale, which was under the overall control of Maurice-Yvan Sicard.

Following the establishment of Vichy France Jeantet served that regime as head of their Foreign Press Service and as editor of Le Petit Parisien, which by then was the mouthpiece of the government. He fled to Germany in 1944 and attempted to continue publishing Le Petit Parisien, but was soon captured and sent back to France where he was sentenced to hard labour for life for his collaborationism.

Despite his life sentence Jeantet was released after a few years and he returned to political involvement. Taking up his pen once again he wrote for a number of far right journals, including the monarchist papers La France Réelle from 1951 and Aspects de la France from 1956 to 1965. He also became a vocal supporter of Poujadism.