Left Radical Party
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The Left Radical Party (Parti Radical de Gauche or PRG) is a minor French centre-left, social-liberal party with moderate views, formed in 1972 by a split from the Radical Republicans and Radical Socialists Party, once the dominant party of the French left.
The PRG, originally known as the Movement of the Radical-Socialist Left (Mouvement de la Gauche Radicale-Socialiste) then as the Movement of Left Radicals (Mouvement des Radicaux de Gauche), retains some support among middle-class voters and in traditional Radical areas in the south-west, but it only gains parliamentary representation by courtesy of the Socialist Party, with which it has been in close alliance since 1982, often running joint lists. Its President is Jean-Michel Baylet and its Secretary-General is Elisabeth Boyer. Christiane Taubira was the PRG candidate during the 2002 presidential election, and she gained 2.32% of the voices. Taubira gave her name to the 2001 law which declared the Atlantic slave trade a crime against humanity.
See also
- Radicalism
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracy
- Liberalism and radicalism in France
- Bernard Tapie
External link
- [Left Radical Party] official site
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