 The "Action Française", founded in 1898 during the Dreyfus affair, remained an influential far right movement throughout the 1930s, taking part in the February 6, 1934 riots.Some monarchists, such as Georges Valois who founded the "Faisceau", became involved in fascism after the 1926 Papal condemnation of the "Action Française" by Pius XI.Monarchists were then active under the Vichy regime, with the leader of the "Action Française" Charles Maurras qualifying as "divine surprise" the overthrow of the Republic and the arrival to power of Marshal Pétain.