Draft:Défense de la langue française

Défense de la langue française is a French organization whose objective is the defense and promotion of the French language at national and international level.

Founded in 1958, among others by Paul Camus2, Maurice Rat and others [Who?], it is the continuation and extension of the "Cercle de presse Richelieu" created in 1952 by the same Paul Camus, with Georges Duhamel, Jules Romains and Jean Cocteau with a view to stopping the degradation of language in the press3.

The French Academy awarded him the prize for the French language in 1964.

The association now has more than 3,000 members [ref. necessary], in France and outside France. Independent of any current of religious, philosophical or political thought [ref. necessary], it therefore operates essentially with the help of its members' contributions. This allows him to have links with public bodies concerned with the French language, in particular, the French Academy, of which the president of the association is a member, and also with the General Delegation for the French language and languages. from France4.

In 1994, the association joined the Right to Understand group, of which Avenir de la langue française, the Association for the Safeguarding and Expansion of the French Language, the Association of Railway Writers and the Alliance Champlain are also members.