Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire - Année 1989 - Volume 21 - Numéro 1 - Pages 57-70André Tardieu and the crisis of liberal constitutionalism (1933-1934), Nicolas Roussellier. Symbol and leader of a powerful current which demanded a reform of the State in the France of the early 1930s, André Tardieu never crossed the threshold of a break with the republican tradition. But his plan for strengthening the executive power led to a double impasse, threoretical and practical. How was it possible to renew the Third Republic's institutions without forsaking the postulates on which they were based ? This accounts for the paradoxes of an itinerary which led him to the apparent summit of his career after the events of 6 February 1934, and then in less than one year to retirement and definitive silence. 14 pages Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.