Radical Left (France)

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The Radical Left (French: Gauche radicale) was a French parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies during the French Third Republic. The Radical Left was formed by members of the Independent Radicals.

Originally, the group gathered most parliamentarians of the Radical-Socialist Party. Other Radicals sat in the Radical-Socialist Left group. However, in 1914, the party forced all members to join the latter group. The remaining Senators were Radicals who did not join or left the Radical-Socialist Party or centrist secular deputies not part of the Democratic Alliance.

In 1936, Pierre-Étienne Flandin attempted to rally the group to the Democratic Alliance by replacing the AD's group, the Left Republicans, by the Alliance of Left Republicans and Independent Radicals (Alliance des républicains de gauche et des radicaux indépendants). This failed however, since the Radical Left group became the Democratic and Independent Radical Left (Gauche démocratique et radicale indépendante), merging with the smaller Left Independents group (another centrist group).

The group disappeared in 1940 and was not re-created post-war. Most members joined the post-war PRI or the RGR.