Movement Party (France)
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Movement Party
Parti de mouvement |
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| Leader |
Jacques Laffitte Odilon Barrot Adolphe Thiers |
| Founded | 1832 |
| Dissolved | 1848 |
| Preceded by | Doctrinaires |
| Merged into | Party of Order |
| Newspaper |
Le National Le Siècle |
| Ideology |
Orléanism Nationalism Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
The Movement Party (French: Parti du Mouvement) was a political group during the July Monarchy. It sat on the centre-left of the Chamber of Deputies, between the small republican opposition and the centrist Third Party, but to the left from the conservative Resistance Party.
The founder of the Movement Party was Jacques Laffitte, a Orléanist banker who supported the July Revolution of 1830. For his role in the King Louis Philippe I's coronation, Lafitte was charged to form a government, last only 6 months, like the King became more conservative over time. The party members were Orléanists who believed that the Charter of 1830 was a step toward a more democratic regime, and they actively supported progressive policies such as a strong parliamentary system, expanded suffrage and self-determination against foreign interests. After fall of Lafitte, Adolphe Thiers became the party leader. Thiers was well linked with the King, and was Minister of the Interior in the Édouard Mortier's cabinet. As Minister, Thiers was charged to repress the Canut revolts of 1834 and also supported repressive laws after the Fieschi assassination attempt against Louis Philippe. Thiers was also appointed as Prime Minister briefly in 1836 and 1840, but his political fortune lost when his support to Muhammad Ali's independence claim from the Ottoman Empire caused tensions with United Kingdom and Prussia.
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