The General Confederation of Agriculture (CGA) was a short lived national association of syndicats agricoles to replace the Vichy regime's Corporation Paysanne after the Liberation of France.
[1] The CGA originated from the Confédération nationale paysanne (CNP), a socialist-leaning underground union comprising mainly SFIO (socialist) and radical activists.
[2] The CGA was officially established in March 1945 to unite agricultural sectors, including unions, mutual aid organizations, and cooperatives.
[3] In March 1946, the Fédération nationale des syndicats d'exploitants agricoles (National Federation of Farmers' Unions or FNSEA) was created as a CGA branch, but it soon dominated the confederation.
[6] The CGA's six-year struggle ended with the FNSEA absorbing its representative union functions, while cooperative and mutual aid federations returned to their independent operations.