Liberal Union (Netherlands)

Liberal Union
Liberal Unie
Founded4 March 1885[1]
Dissolved16 April 1921[1]
Merged intoLiberal State Party
IdeologyConservative liberalism[2][3]
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Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. [The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".)
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The Liberal Union (Dutch: Liberale Unie) was a conservative liberal[2] and progressive liberal political party in the Netherlands. A major party in its time, the Liberals were one of the historic predecessors of the Liberal State Party, and therefore of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.

  1. ^ a b "Liberale Unie". Documentatiecentrum Nederlandse Politieke Partijen (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b David Broughton (4 January 1999). Changing Party Systems in Western Europe. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 166–. ISBN 978-1-85567-328-1. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Liberale Unie". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 March 2020.