Rexism

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Rexism (French: Rexisme) is the far-right, nationalist movement in Belgium associated with the Rexist Party, active during the interwar period and World War II. It was founded between 1930 and 1935 by Léon Degrelle, a Catholic activist and journalist, out of the publishing house Christus Rex ("Christ the King"), which served as its ideological and organizational foundation. At its electoral peak in 1936 the Rexist Party won 21 of 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives before collapsing into open collaboration with Nazi Germany during the occupation of Belgium. Initially emerging from Catholic youth activism, Rexism developed into a distinctly Belgian form of fascism, combining authoritarian nationalism, corporatism, monarchism, and populist anti-establishment rhetoric, before radicalising into outright Nazi collaboration after 1940.

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