= Radical Party = The '''Radical Party''' is a [[France/PoliticalParties|political party]] in [[France/Democratization#Fifth_Republic|France]]. Officially its name is the '''Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party''' (''Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste''). <> ---- == History == After the [[WorldHistory/NapoleonicWars|Napoleonic Wars]], Republicanism began to fragment. So-called '''Moderate Republicans''' participated in the monarchic system established by the [[France/Democratization#July_Revolution|July Revolution]], the disorganized '''Radical Republicans''' opposed the monarchy in absolute terms. During the [[France/Democratization#Second_Republic|Second Republic]], the Radicals largely organized through the [[France/Montagne1848|Montagne]]. During the [[France/Democratization#Third_Republic|Third Republic]], Republicanism again fragmented between moderates and radicals. There still was no formal party structure, which served the extremely unstable politics of the time. For example, despite winning a clear majority in the May 1898 elections, the [[France/ProgressiveRepublicans|Progressive Republicans]] abandoned [[France/JulesMeline|Méline's]] government and supported a (short-lived) Radical government under [[France/HenriBrisson|Brisson]]. [[France/PierreWaldeckRousseau|Waldeck-Rousseau]] assembled a coalition government of Radicals and Socialists, and in the course of his term in leadership, a formal '''Radical-Socialist Party''' emerged. The Radicals who objected to formal organization became known as either '''Radical Left''' or '''Independent Radicals'''. ---- CategoryRicottone