French Radical Party
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Radical Party
Parti radical |
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| President | Laurent Hénart |
| Founded | 23 June 1901 |
| Dissolved | 9 December 2017 |
| Merged into | Radical Movement |
| Headquarters | 1, place de Valois 75001 Paris |
| Youth wing | Young Radicals |
| Membership (2014) | 7,925 |
| Ideology |
Liberalism Social liberalism Historical: Radicalism |
| Political position |
Centre-right From 1958 to 1972: Centre Before 1958: Centre-left |
| National affiliation |
UDF (1978–2002) UMP (2002–11) ARES (2011–12) UDI (2012–17) |
| European affiliation | none |
| International affiliation | none |
| European Parliament group |
EPP (2009–14) ALDE (2014–17) |
| Website | |
| www.partiradical.net | |
The Radical Party (French: Parti radical, also Parti radical valoisien, abbreviated to Rad.) was a liberal and social-liberalpolitical party in France.
Founded in 1901 as Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste), it was the oldest active political party in France at the time of its dissolution. Coming from the Radical Republican tradition, the Radical Party upheld the principles of private property and secularism. The Radicals were originally a left-wing group, but with the emergence of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1905, the Radicals shifted towards the political centre. In 1972 the left wing of the party split off to form the centre-left Radical Party of the Left (PRG). The Radical Party 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 the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) in 2012.
After the 2017 presidential and legislative elections, negotiations to merge the Radicals and the PRG began. The refounding congress to reunite the parties into the Radical Movement has been held on 9 and 10 December 2017.
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