Opportunist Republicans
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Opportunist Republicans were a moderate French republican political faction of the late 19th century that supported gradual reform, parliamentary democracy, and secular republican institutions during the Third Republic.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Opportunist Republican | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French political party faction
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political faction ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| alignedWith | moderate bourgeois electorate ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Opportunist Republicans (France)
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Opportunists ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jules Ferry governments
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ⓘ
Léon Gambetta government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| declinedInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| emergedAfter | fall of the Second French Empire ⓘ |
| favored |
anticlerical policies
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colonial expansion ⓘ compromise with moderate conservatives ⓘ economic liberalism ⓘ incremental social reforms ⓘ parliamentary supremacy over the executive ⓘ secular public education ⓘ |
| governedWith | coalitions of moderate republicans ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Franco-Prussian War France ⓘ |
| ideology | moderate republicanism ⓘ |
| influenced | development of stable republican institutions in France ⓘ |
| influentialDuring | early French Third Republic ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainOpponents |
Boulangists
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Radical Republicans NERFINISHED ⓘ monarchist right ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Charles de Freycinet
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Ferdinand Sarrien NERFINISHED ⓘ Henri Brisson NERFINISHED ⓘ Jules Ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ Jules Grévy NERFINISHED ⓘ Léon Gambetta NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice Rouvier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedInLegislature | Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed |
Bonapartism
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monarchism ⓘ radical socialism ⓘ |
| partOf | French Third Republic politics ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
centre-left
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centrist ⓘ |
| politicalSystemContext | multi-party parliamentary system ⓘ |
| soughtTo |
avoid revolutionary upheaval
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build a stable republican majority in parliament ⓘ consolidate the Third Republic ⓘ |
| supported |
constitutional laws of 1875
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gradual reform ⓘ parliamentary democracy ⓘ secular republican institutions ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Opportunist Republican