Republican Federation

Republican Federation
Fédération républicaine
PresidentPhilippe Henriot (last)
FounderJules Méline
Founded1 November 1903 (1903-11-01)
Dissolved1945 (1945)
Merger ofNational Republican Association
Liberal Republican Union
Succeeded byRepublican Party of Liberty (not legal successor)
HeadquartersParis
Membership (1926)30,000
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
National affiliationNational Bloc
(1919–1924)
Freedom Front
(1937–1940)
Colours  Blue

The Republican Federation (French: Fédération républicaine, FR) was the largest conservative party during the French Third Republic, gathering together the progressive Orléanists rallied to the Republic.

Founded in November 1903, the party competed with the more secular and centrist Alliance démocratique (Democratic Alliance). Later, most deputies of the Fédération républicaine and of Action libérale (which included Catholics rallied to the Republic) joined the Entente républicaine démocratique right-wing parliamentary group.[1]

  1. ^ René Rémond, Les Droites en France, Aubier, 1982.

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