In 1921 the party changed its name to Catholic Union (Katholieke Unie / Union catholique) of Workers, Citizens, the Middle Class and Farmers. After Woeste's death in 1922 the party became less relevant and after the defeat at the polls of the 1936 general election it was renamed to Catholic Bloc (Katholieke Blok / Bloc catholique) and split into a French-speaking Parti catholique social and a Dutch-speaking Katholieke Vlaamse Volkspartij (KVV. The KVV approached the extreme right-wing fascist Vlaams Nationaal Verbond (VNV) in order to create a pooling of all Flemish and Catholic forces. This met the resistance of Flemish politicians like Frans Van Cauwelaert and Staf De Clercq, as well as the General Christian Employee Association and the Farmers Association. In the end the cooperation between the KKV and the VNV was prevented by Catholic bishops, which however did not exclude cooperation in local politics.