Liberal Union (Germany)
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Liberal Union
Liberale Vereinigung |
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| Leader | Eduard Lasker |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Dissolved | 1884 |
| Split from | National Liberal Party |
| Merged into | German Free-minded Party |
| Ideology |
Liberalism, Parliamentarism, Classical liberalism, Economic liberalism, Free trade |
| Political position | Centre-right |
The Liberal Union (German: Liberale Vereinigung) was a short-lived liberal party in the German Empire. It was founded as a break-away from the National Liberal Party, therefore also called Secession, in 1880, and merged with the left liberal German Progress Party to form the German Free-minded Party in 1884.
The leftist faction of the National Liberal Party were discontent with the party leadership's support for Otto von Bismarck's conservative government. Most importantly, they supported free trade whereas National liberal leaders Rudolf von Bennigsen and Johann von Miquel sustained, against classically liberal principles, Bismarck's prohibitive tariffs strategy ("Schutzzollpolitik"). Other contentious points were the Anti-Socialist Laws ("Sozialistengesetze"), the "Kulturkampf" against the Catholic Church and the septennial military budget ("Septennat").
The Secession was led by Eduard Lasker. Other notable members were Ludwig Bamberger, Berlin's mayor Max von Forckenbeck, Nobel laureate historian Theodor Mommsen,Friedrich Kapp, Theodor Barth, and Georg von Siemens.
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