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Movement Party Parti du mouvement | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Jacques Laffitte Odilon Barrot Adolphe Thiers |
| Founded | 1831; 195 years ago (1831) |
| Dissolved | 1848; 178 years ago (1848) |
| Preceded by | Doctrinaires |
| Merged into | Party of Order |
| Newspaper | Le National Le Siècle |
| Ideology | Liberalism (French)[1] Nationalism[2] Progressivism[2] Orléanism[2] |
| Political position | Centre-left[A] |
| Colours | Rose |
^ A: Movement Party, along withResistance Party, was a major monarchist party during theJuly Monarchy period. The Movement Party were more conservative compared to the progressive Republicans (left-wing), but were more progressive/moderate than the centre-right Resistance Party. | |
TheMovement Party (French:Parti du Mouvement) was a centre-left liberal monarchistpolitical group during theJuly Monarchy.[3][1]
The party sat on thecentre-left of theChamber of Deputies between the small leftistrepublican opposition and thecentristconservative-liberalThird Party, but to the left from theconservativeResistance Party.
The founder of the Movement Party wasJacques Laffitte, anOrléanist banker who supported theJuly Revolution of 1830. KingLouis Philippe I asked Lafitte to form a government, but it lasted only six months because the King became more conservative over time. The party members were Orléanists who believed that theCharter of 1830 was a step toward a moredemocratic regime and they actively supportedprogressive policies such as a strongparliamentary system, expandedsuffrage andself-determination against foreign interests.[4]
After the fall of Lafitte,Adolphe Thiers became party leader. Thiers was well connected to the King and becameMinister of the Interior inÉdouard Mortier's cabinet. As Minister of the Interior, Thiers was charged with repressing theCanut revolts of 1834. He also supported repressive laws afterGiuseppe Marco Fieschi's assassination attempt against Louis Philippe. Thiers was appointedPrime Minister briefly for two brief stints in 1836 and 1840, but his political fortune fell when his support toMuhammad Ali's independence claim from theOttoman Empire caused tensions withUnited Kingdom andPrussia.
Once confined to theopposition, the Movement Party united with the other groups hostile towards the conservative governments of Louis Philippe. The party launched severalCampagne des banquets to support expanded suffrage.[5] The party dissolved after thetensions of 1848–1849 exploded into theFebruary Revolution that brought to Louis Philippe's fall and birth of theSecond French Republic. Many members of the Movement Party becameModerate Republicans or merged in theParty of Order.
| Chamber of Deputies | ||||||
| Election year | No. of overall votes | % of overall vote | No. of overall seats won | +/– | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1834 | 21,073 (2nd) | 16.3 | 75 / 460 |  207 | ||
| 1837 | 46,426 (2nd) | 30.6 | 142 / 464 |  67 | ||
| 1839 | 87,352 (2nd) | 43.4 | 199 / 459 | 57 | ||
| 1842 | Unknown (2d) | 42.0 | 193 / 459 | 6 | ||
| 1846 | 90,282 (2nd) | 36.7 | 168 / 459 | 25 | ||
... For the first six months of the July Monarchy, the republicans remained an ill-defined faction within the "party of movement," and associated with the liberal monarchists in Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera." The new regime was at first ...
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