Opportunist Republican
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Moderate Republicans
Républicains modérés |
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| Leaders |
Alphonse de Lamartine François Arago, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Émile Ollivier |
| Founded | 1848 |
| Dissolved | 1870 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Newspaper |
Le National L'Avenir national |
| Ideology |
Republicanism Radical liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation | None |
The Moderate Republicans were a large political group active from the birth of the French Second Republic (1848) to the collapse of the Second French Empire (1870).
Originally, the Moderate Republicans was a group of politicians, writers and journalists close to the newspaper Le National. After the February Revolution of 1848, they became the official majority group in the Provisional Government, led by Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, François Arago and Dupont de l'Eure, that became the official head of the government. Reputed the probably winners of the 1848 Constituent Assembly election, the Moderate Republicans were strategically allied to The Mountain, the left-wing group, against the monarchists.
During this time, the Moderate Republicans were also divided in two groups: the "Sleeping Republicans", actives until the February Revolution, and the "Morning after Republicans", that opportunistically endorsed the new regime. These last were the legitimists who hated the Orléanist "July Monarchy", and the Catholics who suffered until the Louis Philippe I's restrictions. After the 1848 election, the Moderate Republicans became the majority in the National Assembly, but this group was composed mainly of "Morning-after Republicans", with a temporary union.
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