Bloc des gauches

Lefts Bloc
Bloc des gauches
PresidentFerdinand Sarrien (last)
FounderPierre Waldeck-Rousseau
Founded1899 (1899)
Dissolved1906 (1906)
Succeeded byLefts Cartel
HeadquartersParis
IdeologyRadicalism
Socialism
Anti-clericalism
Factions:
Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Liberal socialism
Social liberalism
Political positionLeft-wing (majority)
Colours  Red

The Lefts Bloc (French: Bloc des gauches, French pronunciation: [blɔk de ɡoʃ]) was a coalition of Republican political forces created during the French Third Republic in 1899 to contest the 1902 legislative elections.[1] It initially supported Emile Combes's cabinet (June 1902-January 1905), then Maurice Rouvier's cabinet (January 1905-March 1906) and finally Maurice Rouvier's cabinet (March 1906-October 1906).[2] The Republican Coalition dissolved itself after the International Socialist Congress of Amsterdam of 1904 and the subsequent withdrawal of Socialist ministers from the government. Although the Left won the 1906 legislative election, the Socialists did not repeat their alliances with the Radicals and the Radical-Socialists and other Republican forces.[3]

  1. ^ Winnacker, R. A. (1937). "The Delegation des Gauches: A Successful Attempt at Managing a Parliamentary Coalition". The Journal of Modern History. 9 (4): 449–470. ISSN 0022-2801. JSTOR 1899204.
  2. ^ Middleton, Wilfrid Lawson (1933). The French Political System. Ernest Benn. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-598-77887-1.
  3. ^ Stone, Judith F. (1996). Sons of the Revolution : radical democrats in France, 1862-1914. Internet Archive. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-8071-2020-0.