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Bloc des gauches

Alliance of French parties (1899-1906)

Alliance of French parties (1899-1906)

FieldValue
colorcode#FF0000
nameLefts Bloc
native_nameBloc des gauches
leader1_titlePresident
leader1_nameFerdinand Sarrien (last)
leader2_titleFounder
leader2_namePierre Waldeck-Rousseau
foundation
dissolution
successorLefts Cartel
ideologyRadicalism
Socialism
Anti-clericalism
**Factions**:
Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Liberal socialism
Social liberalism
headquartersParis
positionLeft-wing (majority)
coloursRed
countryFrance

Socialism Anti-clericalism Factions: Democratic socialism Social democracy Liberal socialism Social liberalism

The Lefts Bloc ( ) was a coalition of Republican political forces created during the French Third Republic in 1899 to contest the 1902 legislative elections. It initially supported Emile Combes's cabinet (June 1902-January 1905), then Maurice Rouvier's cabinet (January 1905-March 1906) and finally Maurice Rouvier's cabinet (March 1906-October 1906). The Republican Coalition dissolved itself after the International Socialist Congress of Amsterdam of 1904 and the subsequent withdrawal of Socialist ministers from the government. Although the Left won the 1906 legislative election, the Socialists did not repeat their alliances with the Radicals and the Radical-Socialists and other Republican forces.

History

Following the Dreyfus Affair, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau assembled a "Republican Defense Cabinet" (gouvernement de défense républicaine) in June 1899, which was supported by a parliamentary majority composed of Radicals, Radicals-Socialists and Socialists. This majority decided to ally themselves for the 1902 elections, which they won. The Bloc des gauches was thus represented in the Chamber of Deputies by four parliamentary groups: the Democratic Alliance (Alliance démocratique, AD), the Radical Left and the Radical-Socialists and the Socialists. Under Emile Combes's leadership, the new government enacted an anti-clerical policy, passing the 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State, and opposed itself to the nationalist movement.

"Opportunist Republicans" who opposed the alliance with the Radicals, the Radicals-Socialists and the Socialists, and, for some of them, the defense of the Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus, founded in November 1903 the Republican Federation (Fédération républicaine), which represented the Republican bourgeoisie, closely connected to business circles and opposed to social reform.

Following the International Socialist Congress of Amsterdam in 1904, the Socialists were called by Jules Guesde's Socialist Party of France (Parti socialiste de France) to quit the government. The Socialist ministers thereafter withdrew themselves from the Republican Coalition, which dissolution was completed in October 1906 with the coming of Georges Clemenceau to power.

List of leaders

  • 1899-1902 – Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau
  • 1902-1905 – Émile Combes
  • 1905-1906 – Maurice Rouvier
  • 1906 – Ferdinand Sarrien

Composition

PartyMain ideologyLeader/s
Radical Party (France)}}"Radical-Socialist PartyRadicalism
Democratic Alliance (France)}}"Democratic Republican AllianceLiberalism
Socialist Party}}"French Socialist PartySocialism
Independent Radicals}}"Independent RadicalsSocial liberalism

Electoral results

Election year# of
overall votes% of
overall vote# of
overall seats won+/–Leader[1902](1902-french-legislative-election)
4,051,535 (#**1**)47.98

References

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