Radical Left (France)
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The Radical Left was a French parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies of France
during the French Third Republic
. The Radical Left was formed by members of the Independent Radicals
.
Originally, the group gathered most parliamentarians of the Radical-Socialist Party. Other Radicals sat in the Radical-Socialist Left group. However, in 1914, the party forced all members to join the latter group. The remaining Senators were Radicals who did not join or left the Radical-Socialist Party or centrist secular deputies not part of the Democratic Alliance
.
In 1936, Pierre-Étienne Flandin attempted to rally the group to the Democratic Alliance
by replacing the AD
's group, the Left Republicans, by the Alliance of Left Republicans and Independent Radicals (Alliance des républicains de gauche et des radicaux indépendants). This failed however, since the Radical Left group became the Democratic and Independent Radical Left (Gauche démocratique et radicale indépendante), merging with the smaller Left Independents group (another centrist group).
The group disappeared in 1940 and was not re-created post-war. Most members joined the post-war PRI
or the RGR
.
Chamber of Deputies of France
Chamber of Deputies was the name given to several parliamentary bodies in France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries:* 1814–1848 during the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy, the Chamber of Deputies was the Lower chamber of the French Parliament, elected by census suffrage.*...
during the French Third Republic
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed due to the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, to 1940, when France was overrun by Nazi Germany during World War II, resulting in the German and Italian occupations of France...
. The Radical Left was formed by members of the Independent Radicals
Independent Radicals
The Independent Radicals were a center-right French political current during the French Third Republic, which refused the Radical-Socialist Party's alliance to the Left. It was formed after the fall of the first Cartel des gauches, in 1926. Starting in 1928, the group of the Independent Radicals...
.
Originally, the group gathered most parliamentarians of the Radical-Socialist Party. Other Radicals sat in the Radical-Socialist Left group. However, in 1914, the party forced all members to join the latter group. The remaining Senators were Radicals who did not join or left the Radical-Socialist Party or centrist secular deputies not part of the Democratic Alliance
Democratic Republican Alliance
The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s...
.
In 1936, Pierre-Étienne Flandin attempted to rally the group to the Democratic Alliance
Democratic Republican Alliance
The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s...
by replacing the AD
Democratic Republican Alliance
The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s...
's group, the Left Republicans, by the Alliance of Left Republicans and Independent Radicals (Alliance des républicains de gauche et des radicaux indépendants). This failed however, since the Radical Left group became the Democratic and Independent Radical Left (Gauche démocratique et radicale indépendante), merging with the smaller Left Independents group (another centrist group).
The group disappeared in 1940 and was not re-created post-war. Most members joined the post-war PRI
Independent Radicals
The Independent Radicals were a center-right French political current during the French Third Republic, which refused the Radical-Socialist Party's alliance to the Left. It was formed after the fall of the first Cartel des gauches, in 1926. Starting in 1928, the group of the Independent Radicals...
or the RGR
Rally of Republican Lefts
The Rally of Republican Lefts was an electoral alliance during the French Fourth Republic composed of the Radical Party, the Independent Radicals, the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance and several conservative groups...
.
See also
- Democratic and Radical UnionDemocratic and Radical UnionThe Democratic and Radical Union was a French parliamentary group in the French Senate during the French Third Republic. The Democratic and Radical Union was formed by members of the Independent Radicals and other Radical Senators who did not join or left the Radical-Socialist Party.The group...
- Radical Party (France)
- Independent RadicalsIndependent RadicalsThe Independent Radicals were a center-right French political current during the French Third Republic, which refused the Radical-Socialist Party's alliance to the Left. It was formed after the fall of the first Cartel des gauches, in 1926. Starting in 1928, the group of the Independent Radicals...
- SinistrismeSinistrismeSinistrisme is a neologism invented by Albert Thibaudet in Les idées politiques de la France . He referred to the progressive substitution of left wing parties by new, more radical parties, which in turn pushed each party towards the center Sinistrisme is a neologism invented by Albert Thibaudet in...