81-693: Maurice Jean Marie Bourgès-Maunoury ( French pronunciation: [mɔʁis buʁʒɛs monuʁi, moʁ-] ; 19 August 1914 – 10 February 1993) was a French Radical politician who served as the Prime Minister in the Fourth Republic during 1957. Bourgès-Maunoury was born in Luisant , Eure-et-Loir. He is best known for fulfilling a prominent ministerial role in the government during the 1956 Suez Crisis . He became Prime Minister in June 1957. While he
162-504: A Radical Party (France) politician is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Radical Party (France) Former Former The Radical Party ( French : Parti radical , pronounced [paʁti ʁadikal] ), officially the Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party ( French : Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste , pronounced [paʁti ʁepyblikɛ̃ ʁadikal e ʁadikal sɔsjalist] ),
243-556: A campaign focusing more on electing representatives of his party to the European Parliament , than campaigning for ALDE . Macron styled his campaign as "Renaissance", calling for a renaissance across Europe. The electoral slate which comprised Macron's LaREM , MoDem and other parties was subsequently named the Renaissance List . On 15 February, Challenges revealed that EELV MEP Pascal Durand would be on
324-625: A decade by disgust over the parliamentary system and its chronic instability (the système des partis which he severely criticized), now appeared as the only man able to reconcile the far-right and the European settlers, which were threatening a coup d'état, with the French Republic. Thus, he was called to power and proclaimed the end of the Fourth Republic (according to him too weak because of its parliamentarism) and replaced it by
405-494: A far-left of uncompromising anticlerical Radicals. Georges Clemenceau was the leader of the Radical parliamentary group, who criticized colonial policy as a form of diversion from "revenge" against Prussia and due to his ability was a protagonist of the collapse of many governments. In the 1890s, competition from the growing labour movement and concern for the plight of industrial workers prompted Léon Bourgeois to update
486-470: A moderate centre-left party faced with the governmental dominance of the socially-conservative liberal parties to its right (see Independent Radicals and Democratic Alliance ) and pressure from its left by the rise of support for the socialist French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and French Communist Party (PCF). With these political forces, Radical-Socialists shared anti-clericalism and
567-469: A national party immediately changed the political scene. Several Radical independents had already been presidents of the council ( Ferdinand Buisson , Emile Combes and Charles Floquet , among others) and the Radicals already benefited from a strong presence across the country. The party was composed of a heterogeneous alliance of personal fiefdoms, informal electoral clubs, masonic lodges and sections of
648-491: A non-interventionist policy. Following the failure of Blum's second government in April 1938, Daladier formed a new government in coalition with the liberal and conservative parties. After the 29 September 1938 Munich Agreement which handed over Sudetenland to Nazi Germany in exchange for what proved to be a temporary peace, Daladier was acclaimed upon his return to Paris as the man who had avoided war. However, two days after
729-791: A political campaign entity for ultra-conservatives and monarchists. At 1902 legislative election , the Radical-Socialists and the Independent Radicals allied themselves with the conservative-liberals of the Democratic Alliance (to their immediate right) and the Socialists (to their left) in the Bloc des gauches (Coalition of the Left), with the Radicals emerging the main political force. Émile Combes took
810-694: A socialist party unwilling to join in active government followed by disillusionment and alliance with the centre-right seemed to be broken in 1936, when the Popular Front electoral alliance with the Socialists and the Communists led to the accession of Socialist leader Léon Blum as President of the Council in a coalition government in which the Radical-Socialist leaders Édouard Daladier and Camille Chautemps (representing left and right of
891-687: Is a liberal and social-liberal political party in France . Since 1971, to prevent confusion with the Radical Party of the Left (PRG), it has also been referred to as Parti radical valoisien , after its headquarters on the rue de Valois . The party's name has been variously abbreviated to PRRRS , Rad , PR and PRV . Founded in 1901, the PR is the oldest active political party in France. Coming from
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#1732797799334972-552: Is a liberal political coalition in France created by Emmanuel Macron . Formed in November 2021 as Ensemble Citoyens , it makes up the presidential majority and includes Renaissance (RE, formerly known as En Marche), Democratic Movement (MoDem), Horizons , En commun , and the Progressive Federation. The coalition included the parties Agir and Territories of Progress (TDP) until they were merged into
1053-529: The Ligue des droits de l'homme (Human Rights League) and the Ligue française de l'enseignement (French League of Education, an association dedicated to introducing, expanding and defending free, compulsory and non-religious primary education). The secularising cause was championed by Émile Combes ' cabinet start of the 20th century. As the political enemy, they identified the Catholic Church, seen as
1134-531: The 2022 French legislative election . In May 2022, Ferrand indicated their commitment for "a stable majority in the National Assembly", while Philippe specified that the program of Ensemble "is that of the Macron". Bayrou indicated that the parties would form a joint parliamentary group in the National Assembly, however Renaissance, MoDem, and Horizons each formed separate parliamentary groups following
1215-520: The Algerian War (1954–1962), led to his resignation as party leader and the party's move in a distinctly conservative direction. The Fourth Republic was characterized by constant parliamentary instability because of divisions between major parties over the Algerian War, which was officially called a "public order operation" until the 1990s. Mendès-France opposed the war and colonialism while
1296-630: The Angers Congress , the left-wing of the party obtained the withdrawal of the Radical-Socialists from the cabinet and the return to a policy of alliance with the Socialists. Édouard Daladier was elected party leader. However, a section of the party's right-wing defected to form a second centre-right Independent Radical party (the Social and Radical Left) which opposed alliance with the Socialist Party and preferred close cooperation with
1377-549: The December 1848 presidential election , which was won by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte , who launched a coup , ending parliamentary democracy in favour of a Second Empire . From opposition, Radicals criticized Bonaparte's autocratic rule and attacks on civil liberties. At the end of the 1860s, they advocated with the Belleville Programme (supported by Léon Gambetta ) the election of civil servants and mayors ,
1458-852: The Democratic Party in Italy, as well as parties outside of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). Pieyre-Alexandre Anglade was delegated with the task of forming contacts with potential European partners. On 9 September 2018, Guy Verhofstadt , leader of the ALDE group , claimed that La République En Marche would ally with ALDE, which Castaner denied. Reports in October indicated Macron and Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte reached an agreement in principle for an alliance, though Anglade emphasized that ALDE parties would merely serve as
1539-529: The Ensemble Citoyens coalition. After the collapse of Napoleon 's empire in 1815, a reactionary Bourbon Restoration took place. The left-wing opposition was constituted by the broad family of Republicans, but these differed over whether and how far to cooperate with liberal-constitutional monarchists in pursuit of their common adversary . In contrast to the Republicans' right wing (then
1620-589: The European People's Party Group (EPP) along with the UMP. On 7 April 2011, Borloo announced the creation of a centrist coalition. During a party congress on 14–15 May, the Radicals decided to cut their ties with Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), of which they had been an associate party since 2002. During a convention on 26 June, the party officially joined The Alliance (ARES) alongside New Centre and other centrist parties as an alternative to
1701-492: The Fifth Republic , a hybrid presidential-parliamentary system tailored for himself. The Radical Party supported de Gaulle at this crucial moment, leading Mendès-France to quit the party. Opposed to the proposed constitution, Mendès-France campaigned for the "no" on 28 September 1958 referendum. However, the new Constitution was finally adopted and proclaimed on 4 October 1958. Popular figure Pierre Mendès-France quit
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#17327977993341782-664: The Liberal Democratic Party while the Radical Party remained a member of the UDF. During the 2002 presidential election , François Bayrou presented himself as a candidate for the UDF while the Radical Party supported his rival Jacques Chirac (RPR). After Chirac's re-election in 2002, most radicals participated to the creation of his new party, the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). The Radical Party then quit
1863-476: The Moderate Republicans . After the installation of the constitutional July Monarchy (1830–1848), the term Republican was outlawed and the regime's remaining Republican opponents adopted the term Radical for themselves. Following the monarchy's conservative turn, Alexandre Ledru-Rollin and Louis Blanc formulated a Radical doctrine. At this time, radicalism was distinct from and to the left of
1944-719: The Movement of the Left Radicals (MRG) and at the 1974 presidential election , supported Mitterrand, the candidate of the left-wing. Henceforth, the Radical Party began to be known as valoisien , from the location of its national headquarters at the Place de Valois in Paris, in order to distinguish it from the MRG. Opposed to an electoral alliance with the PCF, which was the foundation of
2025-605: The Radical Republican tradition, the PR upheld the principles of private property , social justice and secularism . The Radicals were originally a left-wing group, but, starting with the emergence of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1905, they shifted gradually towards the political centre . In 1926, its right-wing split off to form the Unionist (or National) Radicals. In 1971
2106-570: The Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) in 2012. After the 2017 presidential and legislative elections, negotiations to merge the PR and the PRG began. The refounding congress to reunite the parties into the Radical Movement was held in December 2017. However, the union proved short-lived and, by 2021, both the PR and PRG returned to be independent parties. The PR was then part of
2187-543: The invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 the French government led by Daladier made good on its guarantees to Poland by declaring war alongside Britain. Following the 23 August 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, Daladier engaged in an anti-communist policy, prohibiting the Communists activities and the party's newspaper, L'Humanité . Furthermore, Daladier moved increasingly to
2268-725: The 1972 Common Programme , the Radicals were still anti-Gaullists. They allied with the Christian Democrats in the Reforming Movement in order to propose another way between the Common Programme's parties and the Presidential Majority led by Gaullists. Finally, they joined it after the election of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to the presidency of France in 1974. They supported most reforms of Giscard d'Estaing's presidency (in particular
2349-598: The Algerian War. The Radical Party returned from support of the government to opposition in 1959 and declined throughout all the 1960s. Allied with the SFIO in the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left , it supported François Mitterrand for the 1965 presidential election . This federation later split in 1968. Under the leadership of Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber , President since 29 October 1969 issued from
2430-592: The July Monarchy's doctrinal liberalism . Radicals defended traditional peasant farmers and small craftsmen against the new rival economic projects of the 19th century, socialist collectivism and capitalist big business alike. The Radicals took a major part in the 1848 Revolution and the foundation of the Second Republic , sitting in parliament as the Montagne legislative group. Fifty years later,
2511-808: The Nazi Blitzkrieg , the French government declared Paris an open city on 10 June and flew to Bordeaux . The same month, Daladier escaped to Morocco in the Massilia . Thus, he was not there during the controversial 10 July 1940 vote of full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain which opened the door to the Vichy regime . Daladier was arrested and tried in 1942 by the new regime (see the Riom Trial ) which accused him as well as other political leaders such as Socialist Léon Blum and conservative Paul Reynaud of being morally and strategically responsible for
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2592-512: The Radical Party was held in June 1901. Delegates represented 476 election committees, 215 editorial boards of Radical newspapers and 155 Masonic lodges as well as lawmakers, mayors and municipal councillors. However, it was not until 1914 that the Radical-Socialist Party imposed strict discipline on its parliamentary deputies, requiring them to sit exclusively in a single Radical-Socialist legislative caucus . The existence of
2673-647: The Radical Party, which had crossed the threshold to the centre-right, as early moderate Republicans did at the beginning of the Third Republic, when the Radical Party, appearing to their left, pushed them over the border between the left-wing and the right-wing, a process dubbed sinistrisme . Mendès-France then founded the Centre d'Action Démocratique (CAD), which would later join the Autonomous Socialist Party (PSA, which had split from
2754-441: The Radical-Socialist Party would consider this group its direct forefather. For a few months, Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin was Interior Minister in the provisional government. However, the conservatives won the 1848 legislative election , the first election by universal suffrage. The repression of the June 1848 workers' demonstrations disappointed the left-wing supporters of the new regime. Ledru-Rollin obtained only 5% of votes at
2835-522: The Radical-Socialist Party, respectively) took important roles. For the first time in its history, the Radical-Socialist Party obtained fewer votes than the SFIO. Over the tempestuous life of the coalition, the Radical-Socialists began to become concerned at the perceived radicalism of their coalition partners. Hence, they opposed themselves to Blum's intention to help the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), forcing him to adopt
2916-664: The SFIO led by Prime Minister Guy Mollet supported it. Because of the start of the Cold War , all political parties, even the SFIO, opposed the French Communist Party (PCF), which was very popular due to its role during the Resistance (it was known as the parti des 75,000 fusillés , "party of the 75,000 executed people"). The PCF was also opposed to French rule in Algeria and supported its independence. In
2997-582: The SFIO), which in turn fused into the Unified Socialist Party (PSU) on 3 April 1960. This new socialist party gathered all the dissidents from the Radical Party and the SFIO who were opposed to both the Algerian War and the proclamation of the new presidential regime. Mendès-France would officially become a member of the PSU in 1961, a year before the 18 March 1962 Evian Accords which put an end to
3078-449: The SFIO. The Cartel des Gauches (Coalition of the Left) won the 1924 legislative election and Herriot formed a government. However, the Radical-Socialists gradually drifted to the right, moving from left-Republican governments supported by the non-participating Socialists to a coalition of "Republican concentration" with the centre-right Independent Radicals and the more socially-conservative liberal parties in 1926. Two years later at
3159-598: The Socialist Party gradually peeled away, labelling themselves the Independent Radicals and sitting in their own loose-knit parliamentary party ( Radical Left ) to the right of the Radical-Socialists. The Radical-Socialist and Radical Republican Party was the first large political party established at a national level in France, which contrasted with previous parliamentary groups that were formed spontaneously by likeminded independent lawmakers elected through purely local electoral committees. The first congress of
3240-430: The UDF to associate itself with the UMP, sharing its memberships and budget with the latter. However, some members such as Thierry Cornillet continue to be part of UDF. It was then headed by Jean-Louis Borloo and André Rossinot . After the rise of Nicolas Sarkozy to the leadership of the UMP, Radicals launched a sort of re-foundation of their party in order to create a counterbalancing moderate and social wing within
3321-510: The UMP. The Alliance was replaced with the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) in September 2012. During the 8th European Parliament , the single Radical MEP Dominique Riquet sat with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group as part of the UDI. Party presidents: Ensemble Citoyens Ensemble ( lit. ' Together ' , stylised in all caps )
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3402-436: The UMP. The party soon started to attract other centrists (as Jean-Louis Borloo, Renaud Dutreil , Véronique Mathieu and Françoise Hostalier ) and even some anti-Sarkozy neo-Gaullists (as Serge Lepeltier and Alain Ferry ). As a result, the Radical Party had a comeback in French politics. It then had 21 deputies (four more from those elected in 2002), 6 senators (two more from 2002), 4 MEPs and 8,000 members. Jean-Louis Borloo
3483-402: The agreement for French withdrawal from Tunisia . Mendès-France, a very popular figure who helped renew the Radical-Socialist Party after its discredit, was indeed elected on the pledge to stop Indochina War (1946–1954). Mendès-France hoped to make the Radicals the party of the mainstream centre-left in France, taking advantage of the difficulties of the SFIO. The more conservative elements in
3564-428: The authorization of the contraceptive pill and recognition of women's rights ). This evolution brought by Servan-Schreiber's influence would end with the latter's failure during the 1979 European elections . Following the left-wing scission in 1971, the Radical Party valoisien maintained the judicial rights to the official name of Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party and is its legal continuation. After
3645-428: The cabinet again from 1917 to 1919. He appeared as the "architect of victory", but his relationship with the Radical-Socialist Party deteriorated. The Radical-Socialists and the Independent Radicals entered the 1919 legislative election in opposing coalitions, thus Clemenceau's alliance of the right emerged victorious. By the end of World War I, the Radical-Socialist Party, now led by Édouard Herriot , were generally
3726-476: The centre-left of the political spectrum), who were more inclined to accept a socially conservative constitutional monarchy as the first stage to a republic, the Republicans' left wing took a hard line in advocating progressive reforms such as universal manhood suffrage , civil liberties (such as press freedom and right to assembly, among others), and the immediate installation of a republican constitution. They came to be termed Radical Republicans by opposition to
3807-412: The centre-right liberals of the Democratic Alliance . The party claimed 120,000 members in the 1930s, however, these figures were inflated by competitors purchasing party memberships in bulk to influence inner-party votes. The second Cartel des gauches won the 1932 legislative election , but its two main components were not able to establish a common agenda and consequently the SFIO chose to support
3888-480: The coalition on 14 January 2022, although, four days later he had announced that his party was reinstated into the coalition. In April, LREM announced that it would change its party name to "Renaissance", and a month later, the name of the coalition was shortened to just Ensemble. The Progressive Federation joined the coalition in May 2022. The coalition aimed to bring the presidential majority of Emmanuel Macron together in order to present its joint candidates for
3969-451: The failure of the alliance with the Christians Democrats into the Reforming Movement, the Radical Party maintained its influence by participating in the foundation of Giscard d'Estaing's Union for French Democracy (UDF) in 1978. The Radical Party was one of its six components, along with the centrists of the Centre of Social Democrats , the liberals of the Republican Party and of the National Federation of Perspectives and Realities Clubs ,
4050-423: The fifty-year-old Radical doctrine to encompass social reforms such as the progressive income tax and social insurance schemes, hence the term Radical-Socialist, a social-democratic synthesis of reformist socialism with traditional radicalism. After the Dreyfus Affair , Radicals joined forces with conservative Republicans and some Socialists in Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau 's cabinet (1899–1902). In 1901, an Act on
4131-457: The foundation, with EPP parties on the right such as Civic Platform in Poland and New Democracy in Greece as well as PES parties on the left including the Democratic Party in Italy and the Social Democratic Party of Austria in consideration. The party considered recruiting MEPs to form a group after the election. Following the airing of a report on France 2 on 11 March about ALDE's financial backing from Monsanto , manufacturer of glyphosate ,
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#17327977993344212-422: The head of the Bloc des gauches cabinet and led a resolute anti-clerical policy culminating in the 1905 laic law which along with the earlier Jules Ferry laws removing confessional influence from public education formed the backbone of laïcité , France's policy of combatting clericalism by actively excluding it from state institutions. From then on, the Radical-Socialist Party's chief aim in domestic policy
4293-453: The largest single party in parliament, but with their anti-clerical agenda accomplished the party lost their driving force. Its leader before World War I Joseph Caillaux was generally more noted for his advocacy of better relations with Germany than for his reformist agenda. During World War I (1914–1918), the Radical-Socialist Party was the keystone of the Sacred Union while the most prominent Independent Radical Georges Clemenceau led
4374-406: The leader of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) has previously proposed the formation of a coalition that would include centrist and centre-right parties. In November 2021, president of the National Assembly , Richard Ferrand , accepted his proposal and together they had formed Ensemble Citoyens for the upcoming 2022 legislative elections . Besides the Democratic Movement and Renaissance , Agir
4455-447: The left-wing, the party again made tentative moves to the left in the 1970s, but stopped short of an alliance with Socialist Party (PS) leader François Mitterrand and his Communist allies, leading to a final split in 1972 when the remaining centre-left Radicals left the party and eventually became the Movement of the Radical-Socialist Left . This group, which wanted to be a part of the left-wing Common Programme , broke away to create
4536-468: The list in an electable position and Séjourné in the top 25 places. The centre-right party Agir proposed several candidates for the list, including two in electable position: Nicolas Barnier (the son of Michel Barnier and a parliamentary assistant), as well as Fabienne Keller , Gilles Boyer , Élisabeth Morin-Chartier , and Xavier Fournier. In an interview published in Challenges on 6 February, Radical Movement co-president Laurent Hénart indicated that
4617-463: The list, though confirmed on 19 March 2018 that he would not stand, and his appointment to the Constitutional Council precluded his participation in the campaign, but he indicated he would have supported Macron's list. LaREM was expected to sign a cooperation agreement with the ALDE group for the 2019 European Parliament election . However, owing to the Gilets Jaunes protests and the rise of national populism within France, Macron opted to run
4698-407: The loss of the Battle of France. After World War II, the Radicals, like many of the other political parties, were discredited by the fact that many of their members had voted to grant emergency powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain , although senior Radical leaders as Édouard Herriot, then President of the Chamber of Deputies (the parliamentary Speaker), had been ambivalent. The Radical-Socialist Party
4779-401: The midst of this parliamentary instability and divisions of the political class, Charles de Gaulle took advantage of the May 1958 crisis to return to power. On 13 May, European colonists seized the Governor-General's building in Algiers while Opération Résurrection was launched by the right-wing insurrectionary Comité de Salut Public . De Gaulle, who had deserted the political arena for
4860-464: The movement would likely vote to join a common list, sparking dissent among some ex-PRG members including co-president Sylvia Pinel , who announced her departure from the party to resurrect the PRG on two days later. The candidates it proposed included outgoing MEP Dominique Riquet , Olga Johnson, and Mélanie Fortier. One outgoing MEP, Jean Arthuis , announced that he would not seek to run again in 2019, and Agir MEP Tokia Saïfi also retired, as did
4941-442: The nomination for lead candidate following her debate with Marine Le Pen on the set of L'Émission politique on 14 March, while Les Échos and Le Parisien later reported that Buzyn withdrew her name from consideration. Loiseau was officially designated as lead candidate on 26 March as the list of the first 30 candidates was unveiled. Alain Juppé was the subject of early speculation regarding his potential candidacy to lead
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#17327977993345022-432: The parliamentary majorities and of the governments. The cabinet led by the Independent Radical Georges Clemenceau (1906–1909) introduced income tax and workers' pensions, but is also remembered for its violent repression of industrial strikes. For the latter part of the Third Republic (1918–1940), the Radical-Socialists, generally representing the anti-clerical segment of peasant and petty-bourgeois voters, were usually
5103-403: The party announced that it would not join the ALDE, leading the latter to announce it would no longer accept corporate donations. Verhofstadt later announced on 2 May that the ALDE group would be dissolved after the elections to ally and create a new group. Following the election, the ALDE parliamentary group reformed into Renew Europe , incorporating Macron's Renaissance. François Bayrou ,
5184-427: The party led by Edgar Faure resisted these policies, leading to the fall of Mendès-France's government in 1955. They split and transformed the RGR in a centre-right party distinct from the Radical Party. Under Pierre Mendès-France 's leadership, the Radical Party participated to a centre-left coalition, the Republican Front , which won the 1956 legislative election . Another split, this time over France's policy about
5265-426: The party's left-wing split off to form the PRG. The PR then affiliated with the centre-right , becoming one of the founder parties of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) in 1978. In 2002, the party split from the UDF and became an associate party of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and were represented on the Liaison Committee for the Presidential Majority prior to launching The Alliance (ARES) in 2011 and
5346-448: The party's other MEP Élisabeth Morin-Chartier after learning she would not be in electable position on the list. Foreign nationals were also on the list, including former Italian undersecretary for European affairs Sandro Gozi . After declining to run as a lead candidate, Canfin ultimately appeared in second on the list. La République En Marche considered alliances with similar European political parties including Citizens in Spain and
5427-503: The proclamation of the so-called "great liberties", free public teaching and the separation of church and state. After the collapse of the Second French Empire following the 1870 Franco-Prussian War , the Third Republic was proclaimed in September 1870. The first elections in February 1871 returned a majority of monarchists belonging to two distinct factions, conservative-liberal Orléanists and Catholic-traditionalist Legitimists , but these were too divided to reach an agreement over
5508-611: The rebranded Renaissance. Ensemble has mainly been described as being centrist , and sometimes as centre-right on the political spectrum. On 17 December 2017, at the congress of the Democratic Movement (MoDem), Christophe Castaner said he supported an "enlarged list" for the European elections based on their alliance, and on 26 September 2018, the movement officially announced the opening of applications for prospective candidates from civil society, receiving 2,673 in total, winnowed by an investiture committee chaired by Jean-Marc Borello . Former Élysée advisor Stéphane Séjourné
5589-424: The right of association was voted and the various individual Radicals organised themselves into a political party in order to defend their governmental achievements from the Catholic Church 's influence and the traditionalist opposition. However, not all Radicals accepted the change in doctrine and alliance. While retaining their doctrines, those show rejected the new turn towards social-democracy and partnership with
5670-417: The right, notably repealing the 40-hour work week which had been the Popular Front's most visible accomplishment. Daladier would eventually resign in March 1940 and take part in the new government of Paul Reynaud (leader of the main centre-right liberal party, the Democratic Alliance ) as minister of National Defense and of War. After the defeat of the Battle of France , the French army being overwhelmed by
5751-477: The second government led by Herriot without participation. The coalition fell on 7 February 1934 following riots organized by the far-right leagues the night before. The Radical-Socialist Camille Chautemps 's government had been replaced by a government led by his popular rival Édouard Daladier in January after accusations of corruption against Chautemps' government in the wake of the Stavisky Affair and other similar scandals. This pattern of initial alliance with
5832-636: The social democrats of the Socialist-Democratic Movement and of the new members of the UDF. Through the UDF, the Radical Party participated to all of the governments issued from parliamentary majorities of the Rally for the Republic (RPR). An important split took place after the 1998 regional elections , during which some members of the party composed electoral alliances with the far-right National Front party. Those members created
5913-658: The split of the governmental coalition it participated to the Third Force coalition with the SFIO, the Christian-democratic Popular Republican Movement and the conservative-liberal National Centre of Independents and Peasants . In the early years of the Fourth Republic, the party returned to the moderate left under the leadership of Pierre Mendès-France , a strong opponent of French colonialism , whose premiership from 1954 to 1955 saw France's withdrawal from Indochina and
5994-592: The struggle for "social progress", but unlike the other left parties the Radical-Socialists defended the principle of strict parliamentary action and the defence of private property, at least that of smallholders and small business. Additionally, the Radical-Socialist Party had thought before 1914 that its old adversaries among the Catholic , monarchist and traditionalist right had been weakened once and for all, instead these emerged reinvigorated by World War I. In 1924, Radical-Socialists formed electoral alliances with
6075-409: The type of monarchy they wanted to restore. Their division allowed time for the Republicans to win the 1876 elections , leading to the firm establishment of a Republican republic. Like the monarchists, the Republicans were divided into two main factions, namely a centre-left formed of socially-conservative yet liberal and secular Moderate Republicans (pejoratively labeled "Opportunist Republicans") and
6156-741: Was Prime Minister, the French Government achieved Parliamentary ratification of the Treaty of Rome , which led to the creation of the European Economic Community . He was succeeded as Prime Minister in November 1957 by Félix Gaillard . As minister of Interior, he nominated the controversial Maurice Papon at the head of the Prefecture of Police in 1958, functions which he kept during the 1961 Paris massacre . He died in Paris in 1993. This article about
6237-557: Was a high-ranking minister in François Fillon 's second government as Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Transport and Minister of State from 2007 to 2010, when he chose not take part to Fillon's third government. It was the first time since 1974 that Radicals were not represented in a centre-right government. During the 7th term of the European Parliament , three Radical MEPs sat with
6318-447: Was also its founding member. In the following month, they were joined by the Radical Party , Horizons , Territories of Progress , and En Commun . From its foundation in November, the coalition has been headed by Ferrand as its leader, Bayrou and Édouard Philippe as vice-presidents, and Stanislas Guerini as secretary-general. Jean Castex has also affiliated himself with the coalition. Philippe suspended its participation in
6399-524: Was designated campaign director on 29 October, tasked with creating a list alongside Agir , and seeking a lead candidate with a "green profile". For the MoDem, Bayrou selected Régis Lefebvre to serve as deputy campaign director. In March 2019, Les Échos reported that the choice of lead candidate was to be made internally between either health minister Agnès Buzyn or European affairs minister Nathalie Loiseau . Loiseau officially announced she would seek
6480-488: Was reconstituted and formed one of the important parties of the Fourth Republic (1946–1958), but never recovered its dominant pre-war position. It failed to prevent the adoption of the projects of the three-parties coalition (nationalizations and the welfare state). Along with Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance , it set up an electoral umbrella-group, the Rally of Republican Lefts (RGR). From 1947, after
6561-552: Was to prevent its wide-ranging set of reforms from being overturned by a return to power of the religious right. After the withdrawal of the Socialist ministers from the government following the International Socialist Congress of Amsterdam in 1904, the coalition dissolved and the Radicals went alone into the 1906 legislative elections . Nevertheless, the Radical-Socialist Party remained the axis of
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