trates on the history of the Union Nationale des Etudiants de France (U.N.E.F.). The U.N.E.F. is not the only channel for French students' political action. Indeed, it is constitutionally non-political, although this has come to mean that it is not affiliated to any political party rather than not concerned with political issues. Until recently, the U.N.E.F. was by far the most influential student organization in the French political sphere.