 Despite this the membership of the EdF reached 50,000 Scouts in 1948.The "Eclaireurs de France" and the "Fédération des Eclaireuses" started a process of mutual approach in 1949.This led to joint national jamborees and finally led to the merger of the EdF, the EF and the FEE in 1964 under the name "Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France".