Popular Republican Movement Mouvement Républicain Populaire | |
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| President | Maurice Schumann (first) Jean Lecanuet (last) |
| Founder | Georges Bidault |
| Founded | November 25, 1944 |
| Dissolved | September 13, 1967 |
| Merger of | Popular Democratic Party Lorrain Republican Union Popular Republican Union |
| Merged into | Democratic Centre |
| Ideology | Christian democracy[1] Pro-Europeanism[1] |
| Political position | Centre[2] to centre-right[1][3] |
| Religion | Catholic Church |
| National affiliation | Tripartisme (1944–47) Third Force (1947–58) |
| European Parliament group | Christian Democratic Group |
| International affiliation | Christian Democrat International |
| Colours | White |
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The Popular Republican Movement (French: Mouvement Républicain Populaire, MRP) was a Christian-democratic[4][5][6] political party in France during the Fourth Republic. Its base was the Catholic vote and its leaders included Georges Bidault, Robert Schuman, Paul Coste-Floret, Pierre-Henri Teitgen and Pierre Pflimlin. It played a major role in forming governing coalitions, in emphasizing compromise and the middle ground, and in protecting against a return to extremism and political violence. It played an even more central role in foreign policy, having charge of the Foreign Office for ten years and launching plans for the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community, which grew into the European Union. Its voter base gradually dwindled in the 1950s and it had little power by 1954.[7]
- ^ a b c Startin, Nick (2005), "Maastricht, Amsterdam and beyond: The troubled evolution of the French right", French Relations with the European Union, Routledge, p. 64
- ^ de Boissieu, Laurent (1 March 2012). "Mouvement Républicain Populaire (MRP)". France Politique.
- ^ Gunlicks, Arthur B. (2011), Comparing Liberal Democracies: The United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the European Union, iUniverse, p. 123
- ^ David Hanley (1999). "France: Living with Instability". In David Broughton (ed.). Changing Party Systems in Western Europe. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-85567-328-1. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ Hans Slomp (2011). Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics: An American Companion to European Politics. ABC-CLIO. p. 395. ISBN 978-0-313-39181-1. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ Arthur B. Gunlicks (2011). Comparing Liberal Democracies: The United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the European Union. iUniverse. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-4620-5724-5.
- ^ Russell B. Capelle, The MRP and French Foreign Policy (1963) pp 3-4.