Pablo Picasso from the Catalan independence movement during his youth despite expressing general support and being friendly with activists within it. He did not join the armed forces for any side or country during World War I, the Spanish Civil War, and World War II. As a Spanish citizen living in France, Picasso was under no compulsion to fight against the invading Germans in either world war. However, in 1940, he did apply for French citizenship, but it was refused on the grounds of his "extremist ideas evolving towards communism". This information was not revealed until 2003. At the start of the
Alsace-Lorraine Regional Party did however retain a degree of independence towards the all-German Centre Party. For example, their Reichtag deputies did not join the Centre Party faction "en bloc". Alsace-Lorraine Regional Party The Alsace-Lorraine Regional Party () was a Catholic political party in the Imperial Province of Alsace-Lorraine, Germany in the early 1900s. The party was founded in March 1903. It was the first Catholic political organization in Alsace-Lorraine. Léon Vonderscheer, a lawyer by profession, was the president of the party, while Hauss was the party secretary. The party was founded in reaction to the advances of the SPD in Alsace-Lorraine. However, following