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Republican Union (France)

Republican Union
Union républicaine
PresidentLéon Gambetta
Founded1871 (1871)
Dissolved1885 (1885)
Preceded byModerate Republicans
IdeologyAnti-clericalism
Liberalism (faction)
Radicalism (faction)
Republicanism
Political positionLeft-wing
Colours  Red

Chamber(s): Chamber of Deputies and Senate
Legislature(s): 1st4th of the Third Republic
Constituency: Member of Parliament for Seine

The Republican Union (French: Union républicaine, UR), later known as the Progressive Union (French: Union progressiste, UP), was a French parliamentary group founded in 1871 as a heterogeneous alliance of moderate radicals, former Communards and opponents of the French-Prussian Treaty.


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