Editing Leon Trotsky (section)

=== France ===
{{See also|Trotskyism in France}}
In July 1933, Prime Minister [[Édouard Daladier]] offered Trotsky asylum in France. Trotsky accepted but was forbidden to live in [[Paris]] and was soon under French police surveillance. From July 1933 to February 1934, Trotsky and his wife lived in [[Royan]]. Philosopher and activist [[Simone Weil]] arranged for them and their bodyguards to stay briefly at her parents' house.<ref name="marxists.org" /> Following the [[6 February 1934 crisis]], French Minister of Internal Affairs [[Albert Sarraut]] signed a decree to deport Trotsky.<ref name="marxists.org" /> However, no foreign government would accept him. French authorities then instructed Trotsky to move to a residence in the village of [[Barbizon]] under strict police surveillance, where his contact with the outside world became even more restricted than in Turkey.<ref name="marxists.org" /> In May 1935, soon after France agreed to the [[Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance]], Trotsky was officially told he was no longer welcome. He applied to move to Norway.