Opportunist Republicans
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National Republican Association
Association nationale républicaine |
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|---|---|
| Abbreviation | ANR |
| Chairman |
Maurice Rouvier Jules Ferry Eugène Spuller Honoré Audiffred |
| Founded | 19 February 1888 |
| Dissolved | 1 November 1903 |
| Merged into | Republican Federation |
| Headquarters | 51, rue Vivienne, Paris |
| Ideology |
Progressivism Protectionism Fiscal conservatism Anti-nationalism |
| Political position |
Centre-left (de jure) Centre-right (de facto) |
The Moderates or Moderate Republicans (French: Républicains modérés), pejoratively called Opportunist Republicans, were a French political group active in the late 19th century, during the Third French Republic. The leaders of the group were Jules Ferry, Jules Grévy, Henri Wallon and René Waldeck-Rosseau. Also if they were considered leftist at their time, the "opportunists" progressively evolved into a centre-right, law and order and vaguely anti-labour political party. During his existence, the moderate republicans were present in the French Parliament first under the name of Republican Left (French: Gauche républicaine, GR), and after a fusion with radical rapublicans like Democratic Union (French: Union démocratique, UD).
The moderate republicans were a large and heterogenous group started after the French Revolution of 1848. However, the group lost the elections of 1849, finishing to be the minority group in the National Assembly. After the Louis-Napoléon's coup d'état in 1851 and the birth of the Second French Empire in 1852, the republicans took part in the parliamentary opposition (along with the monarchists), against the Bonapartist majority.
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