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Luxembourg Commission

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France
The Second Republic, 1848–52
…and social council called the Luxembourg Commission was created to study programs of social reform; Blanc was named its president. The principle of universal manhood suffrage was proclaimed—a return to the precedent of 1792 that increased the electorate at a stroke from 200,000 to 9,000,000. In matters of foreign policy,…
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…and social council called the Luxembourg Commission was created to study programs of social reform; Blanc was named its president. The principle of universal manhood suffrage was proclaimed—a return to the precedent of 1792 that increased the electorate at a stroke from 200,000 to 9,000,000. In matters of foreign policy,…
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Louis Blanc
Politics.
The celebrated Luxembourg Commission, of which Blanc had been made chairman, became an arbiter in trade disputes and a centre of socialist propaganda; it was unable, however, to win acceptance of its recommendations for the reorganization of labour and industry.
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The celebrated Luxembourg Commission, of which Blanc had been made chairman, became an arbiter in trade disputes and a centre of socialist propaganda; it was unable, however, to win acceptance of its recommendations for the reorganization of labour and industry.
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