The Radical Movement (, MR), officially the Radical, Social and Liberal Movement, was a liberal, radical and social-liberal political party in France.
Country
France
Inception
December 9, 2017
Overview
The Radical Movement (, MR), officially the Radical, Social and Liberal Movement, was a liberal, radical and social-liberal political party in France.
The party aimed at being an "alternative to the right–left paradigm".
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 presidential election in which Emmanuel Macron won the presidential election as the candidate for the centrist La République En Marche!.
