Radical Party of the Left

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Parti radical de gauche




Leader	Jean-Michel Baylet

Founded	1971 (GEARS) 1972 (MGRS) 1973 (MRG) 1994 (Radical) 1996 (PRS) 1998 (PRG)
Headquarters	15, rue Duroc 75007, Paris

Political Ideology	Radicalism, Social liberalism
European Affiliation	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (observers)
International Affiliation	None
Colours	Yellow, Blue

National Assembly	7 (PS)
Senate	7 (RDSE)
EU Parliament	0

Website	Planeteradicale.org

See also	Constitution of France France Politics French Parliament French Government French President Political parties Elections

The Radical Party of the Left (Parti Radical de Gauche, PRG) is a minor French centre-left, social-liberal party with moderate views, formed in 1972 by a split from the Radical, Republican 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 Radicals of the Left (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.

In 2007 the former minister Bernard Tapie, who had been a leading figure in the PRG, supported the Gaullist Nicolas Sarkozy in the Presidential elections. In the 10 and 17 June 2007 French National Assembly elections, the party won 7 out of 577 seats.

[edit] Presidents

Robert Fabre (1972-1978)
Michel Crépeau (1978-1981)
Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg (1981-1983)
Jean-Michel Baylet (1983-1985)
François Doubin (1985-1988)
Yvon Collin (1988-1989)
Émile Zuccarelli (1989-1992)
Jean-François Hory (1992-1996)
Jean-Michel Baylet (1996-...)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Left Radical Party official site

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