Radical Movement

Radical Movement
Mouvement radical
President Laurent Hénart and Sylvia Pinel
Founded 10 December 2017
Merger of Radical Party and Radical Party of the Left
Headquarters 1, place de Valois
75001 Paris
Membership (2017) Increase 15,000 claimed adherents[1]
Ideology Liberalism[2]
Social liberalism[3]
Secularism[4]
Pro-Europeanism[5]
Political position Centre[6]
National affiliation none
European affiliation none
International affiliation none
European Parliament group Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Slogan "Ouverts, unis, indépendants"
(Open, United, Independent)
National Assembly
10 / 577
Senate
19 / 348
European Parliament
2 / 74
Presidency of Regional Councils
0 / 17
Presidency of Departmental Councils
0 / 101
Website
lemouvementradical.fr

The Radical Movement (French: Mouvement radical, MR), whose complete name is Radical, Social and Liberal Movement (Mouvement radical, social et libéral) is a social-liberal political party in France.

The party aims at being an "alternative to the right-left paradigm".[6][7]

History

The Radical Party (PR) was founded in 1901 as the Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party. In 1972, the left-wing of the party split and formed the Radical Party of the Left (PRG). The two parties were part of different political alliances, with the PR part of the centre-right, successively the Union for French Democracy, Union for a Popular Movement and Union of Democrats and Independents, while the PRG allied with the Socialist Party on the centre-left, with PRG leader Sylvia Pinel contesting the Socialist Party presidential primary in January 2017.

The idea for a united Radical Party was promoted in June 2017, after the 2017 presidential election in which Emmanuel Macron won the presidential election as the candidate for the centrist La République En Marche!.[8]

The two parties were merged into the MR on 10 December 2017.[6][7]

Ideology

There are eight core ideas that the party stated at the founding congress[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Quinault-Maupoil, Tristan (10 December 2017). "Les deux familles radicales scellent leur alliance" (in French).
  2. ↑ Bentz, Luc (19 December 2017). "Radicaux en mouvement: UDI en dérive ?" (in French).
  3. ↑ "Étiquette : Mouvement Radical Social Libéral la revue des vœux des leaders de toute la Droite" (in French). 6 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Étiquette : Mouvement Radical Social Libéral la revue des vœux des leaders de toute la Droite" (in French). 6 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Galiero, Emmanuel (8 June 2018). "Le Mouvement Radical prépare les Européennes" (in French).
  6. 1 2 3 "Après quarante-cinq ans de schisme, le Parti radical de gauche et le Parti radical valoisien se réunissent" (in French). 10 December 2017 – via Le Monde.
  7. 1 2 "Les radicaux se retrouvent après 45 ans de séparation" (in French). 9 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Hénart: "Construire un grand parti radical avec le PRG. Indépendant des Républicains et d'En Marche"". Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  9. ↑ "DECLARATION POLITIQUE" (PDF).
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