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Popular Liberal Action Action libérale populaire | |
|---|---|
| President | Jacques Piou |
| Deputy President | Adrien Albert Marie de Mun |
| Founded | 1901 |
| Dissolved | 1919 |
| Merged into | Republican Federation |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Membership (1914) | 250,000 |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Social Catholicism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Sacred Union (1914–1918) |
| Colours | Light blue |
The Popular Liberal Action (French: Action libérale populaire, ALP), simply called Liberal Action (Action libérale), was a political party that represented Catholic supporters of the French Third Republic. It operated in the center-right, primarily to oppose the left-wing Republican coalition led by Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau and Émile Combes who pursued an anti-clerical agenda designed to weaken the Catholic Church, especially its role in education. The ALP between 1901 in 1914 had its best election in 1902, with 78 deputies. It built a nationwide newspaper and propaganda network, had excellent funding. There were 1200 local committees, with 200,000 dues paying members in 1906.