The National Council was a consultative assembly created on 22 January 1941 by the Vichy regime during World War II under the direction of Pierre-Étienne Flandin.
It aimed to replace representative democracy with a structure intended to provide policy advice to the regime.
Announced in January 1941,[1] the Council sought to serve as a forum for discussions and recommendations on administrative and constitutional reforms in a context of national reconstruction.
These included former parliamentarians, union representatives, professional leaders, and prominent figures from the social, cultural, and economic elites.
The National Council symbolized the Vichy regime's attempts to legitimize its governance while rejecting democratic institutions.