Radical Party of the Left

Radical Party of the Left
Parti radical de Gauche
AbbreviationPRG
President Guillaume Lacroix
FounderMaurice Faure
Founded1971 (1971) (GEARS)
1972 (1972) (MGRS)
1973 (1973) (MRG)
1994 (1994) (Radical)
1996 (1996) (PRS)
1998 (1998) (PRG)
2019 (2019) (PRG, refoundation)
Dissolved9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) (1998 PRG)
Split fromRadical Party
Radical Movement (2019 PRG)
Merged intoRadical Movement (majority)
Headquarters3, Avenue Constant Coquelin
F - 75007, Paris
Youth wingYoung Radicals of the Left
Membership (2022)3,500[1]
IdeologySocial liberalism
Radicalism
Political positionCentre-left[2][3][4]
European Parliament groupERA (1994–1999)
S&D (2014–2017)
Colours  Yellow   Blue
National Assembly
1 / 577
Senate
2 / 348
European Parliament
0 / 79
Presidency of Regional Councils
0 / 17
Presidency of Departmental Councils
2 / 95
Website
www.partiradicaldegauche.fr

The Radical Party of the Left (French: Parti radical de gauche, PRG) is a social-liberal[5][6] political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG was a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the Socialist Party (French: Parti socialiste, PS).[7] After the 2017 presidential and legislative elections, negotiations to merge the PRG with the Radical Party (from which the PRG emerged in 1972) began and the refounding congress to reunite the parties into the Radical Movement was held on 9 and 10 December 2017.[8][9] However, a faction of ex-PRG members, including its last president Sylvia Pinel, split from the Radical Movement in February 2019 due to its expected alliance with La République En Marche in the European elections and resurrected the PRG.[10]

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  2. ^ Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko; Matti Mälkiä (2007). Encyclopedia of Digital Government. Idea Group Inc (IGI). p. 389. ISBN 978-1-59140-790-4. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. ^ Aurélien Mondon (2013). The Mainstreaming of the Extreme Right in France and Australia: A Populist Hegemony?. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4724-0526-5. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  4. ^ Nicolas Hubé (2013). "France". In Nicolò Conti (ed.). Party Attitudes Towards the EU in the Member States: Parties for Europe, Parties Against Europe. Routledge. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-317-93656-5.
  5. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "France". Parties and Elections in Europe.
  6. ^ Udo Kempf (2007). Das politische System Frankreichs. Springer DE. p. 190. ISBN 978-3-531-32973-4.
  7. ^ David S. Bell (2002). French Politics Today. Manchester University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7190-5876-9. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  8. ^ Marion Mourgue (17 September 2017). "Les radicaux font un pas de plus vers l'unité... et l'indépendance". Le Figaro. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  9. ^ Charline Hurel (16 September 2017). "Les radicaux de gauche et de droite en voie de réunion pour peser au centre". Le Monde. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  10. ^ Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (11 February 2019). "À gauche, les échéances électorales divisent les radicaux". Le Figaro. Retrieved 18 February 2019.

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