Resistance Party (France)
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Resistance Party
Parti de la Résistance |
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| Leader |
Casimir Périer Adolphe Thiers François Guizot |
| Founded | 1832 |
| Dissolved | 1848 |
| Merger of | Doctrinaires |
| Merged into | Party of Order |
| Newspaper |
Journal des débats La Presse |
| Ideology |
Orléanism Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
The Resistance Party (French: Parti de la Résistance) was a political group during the July Monarchy. It sat on the centre-right of the Chamber of Deputies, to the left of the Legitimists, but to the right of the republican opposition, the liberal Movement Party and the centrist Third Party.
The Resistance Party came to power with Casimir Perier in 1831 and would remain there essentially until the end of the reign. Perier, at the head of the government since March 1831, brought in the army against the Lyons canuts. This revolt took place in the working-class districts of Lyons. The rioters brandished the black flag by chanting "live by working or dying while fighting". After the death of Perier in 1832, his associate François Guizot became the party leader. It imposes a peaceful foreign policy and a conservative domestic policy. This government was unpopular in 1840 because to consolidate the regime, the government did not hesitate to corrupt Parliament. In the elections of 1842, the Guizot government imposed itself by a favorable economic situation.
However, the tension between workers and industrialists became too strong and revolts exploded. King Louis Philippe I removed Guizot from power in 1847. Louis-Mathieu Molé was appointed briefly as Prime Minister, attempting to repress the revolution, but failed. The monarchy was abolished and the new French Republic born in 1848. Many members of the Resistance Party, like other parliamentary groups under the July Monarchy, merged in the Party of Order, conservative expression in the new regime.
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