Radical Movement

{{expand French|Mouvement radical, social et libéral|date=December 2017|topic=gov}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = Radical Movement

| native_name = Mouvement radical

| logo = Logo - Mouvement Radical.png

| colorcode = {{party color|Radical Movement}}

| foundation = 10 December 2017

| merger = Radical Party
Radical Party of the Left

| dissolved = 12 September 2021

| successor = Radical Party

| headquarters = 1, place de Valois
75001 Paris

| youth_wing =

| membership_year = 2017

| membership = {{increase}} 15,000 claimed adherents{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2017/12/10/01002-20171210ARTFIG00159-les-deux-familles-radicales-scellent-leur-alliance.php|title=Les deux familles radicales scellent leur alliance|last=Quinault-Maupoil|first=Tristan|date=10 December 2017|language=fr|website=Lefigaro.fr}}

| ideology = Social liberalism

| position = Centre

| colours = {{color box|{{party color|Radical Movement}}|border=darkgray}} Mauve

| slogan = Ouverts, unis, indépendants
"Open, United, Independent"

| national =

| country = France

}}

The Radical Movement ({{langx|fr|Mouvement radical}}, MR), officially the Radical, Social and Liberal Movement ({{langx|fr|link=no|Mouvement radical, social et libéral}}), was a liberal,{{cite web|url=http://blogs.lexpress.fr/etudiant-sur-le-tard/radicaux-en-mouvement-udi-en-derive/|title=Radicaux en mouvement: UDI en dérive ?|last=Bentz|first=Luc|date=19 December 2017|language=fr|website=Blogs.lexpress.fr}} radical and social-liberal{{cite web|url=https://dtom.fr/tag/mouvement-radical-social-liberal/|title=Étiquette : Mouvement Radical Social Libéral la revue des vœux des leaders de toute la Droite|date=6 January 2018|language=fr|website=Dtom.fr}} political party in France.

The party aimed at being an "alternative to the right–left paradigm".{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2017/12/10/apres-quarante-cinq-ans-de-schisme-le-parti-radical-de-gauche-et-le-parti-radical-valoisien-se-reunissent_5227518_823448.html|title=Après quarante-cinq ans de schisme, le Parti radical de gauche et le Parti radical valoisien se réunissent|date=10 December 2017|language=fr|newspaper=Le Monde}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lejdd.fr/politique/les-radicaux-se-retrouvent-apres-45-ans-de-separation-3516185|title=Les radicaux se retrouvent après 45 ans de séparation|date=9 December 2017|language=fr|website=Lejdd.fr}}

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!.{{cite news|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/meurthe-et-moselle/nancy/henart-construire-grand-parti-radical-independant-independant-republicains-marche-1275729.html|title=Hénart: "Construire un grand parti radical avec le PRG. Indépendant des Républicains et d'En Marche"|website=France3-regions.francetvinfo.fr|access-date=3 February 2018}}

The two parties were officially merged into the MR on 10 December 2017.

The party joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe on 9 November 2018.{{Cite web|date=2018-11-09|title=Four new member parties join the ALDE Party|url=https://www.aldeparty.eu/news/four-new-member-parties-join-alde-party|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526231015/https://www.aldeparty.eu/news/four-new-member-parties-join-alde-party|archive-date=2019-05-26|access-date=2021-05-04|website=ALDE Party}} The LGBT association GayLib joined the party on 18 June 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://lemouvementradical.fr/actualite/le-mouvement-radical-social-liberal-sassocie-avec-gaylib/|title=Le Mouvement Radical / Social-Libéral s'associe avec GayLib – Mouvement Radical|website=lemouvementradical.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-10-21}}

In February 2019, faction of ex-PRG members, including its last president Sylvia Pinel, split from the Radical Movement due to its expected alliance with La République En Marche in the European elections and plans to resurrect the PRG,{{cite news|author=Tristan Quinault-Maupoil|title=À gauche, les échéances électorales divisent les radicaux|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2019/02/11/01002-20190211ARTFIG00283--gauche-les-echeances-electorales-divisent-les-radicaux.php|newspaper=Le Figaro|date=11 February 2019|access-date=18 February 2019}} who will meet on 16 March to move toward the reconstitution of the old party.{{cite news|author=Anne-Laure Dagnet|title=Le brief politique. Le PRG implose entre "pro" et "anti" Macron|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/le-brief-politique/le-brief-politique-le-prg-implose-entre-pro-et-anti-macron_3168495.html|website=Franceinfo|date=14 February 2019|access-date=18 February 2019}}

In 2021 its president Laurent Hénart announced that the Radical Movement would "become again" the Radical Party.

Ideology

There were eight core ideas that the party stated at the founding congress.{{Cite web|url=http://www.partiradical.net/files/parti_radical/contenu/Actualites/Evenements/117e%20congres/Declaration%20Politique.pdf|title=Declaration Politique|website=Partiradical.net}}

Election results

= European Parliament =

class="wikitable" ! Election year ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/−
2019 \| 5,079,015 (Renaissance) \| 22.42 \| {{composition bar\|1\|79\|{{party color\|Radical Movement}}}} \| {{decrease}} 1

class="wikitable"

! Election year

! Votes

! %

! Seats

! +/−

2019

| 5,079,015 (Renaissance)

| 22.42

| {{composition bar|1|79|{{party color|Radical Movement}}}}

| {{decrease}} 1