Progressive Party (Germany)

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The Progressive Party (Germany) was a 19th-century liberal political party in the Kingdom of Prussia and later the German Empire, advocating constitutionalism, civil liberties, and parliamentary democracy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf liberal party
political party
activeIn German Empire
North German Confederation
Prussia
basedIn Berlin
color light blue
country German Empire
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dissolved 1884
founded 1861
goal protection of civil rights and liberties
strengthening parliamentary democracy in Prussia and Germany
ideology civil liberties
classical liberalism
constitutionalism
liberalism
parliamentary democracy
keyFigure Eugen Richter
Franz August Schenk von Stauffenberg
Max von Forckenbeck NERFINISHED
Rudolf Virchow
language German
mergedInto German Free-minded Party
nativeLabel Deutsche Fortschrittspartei
notableFor advocacy of constitutional monarchy
opposition during the Prussian constitutional conflict
operatedIn Prussian Landtag
surface form: Prussian House of Representatives

Reichstag of the German Empire
opposed Otto von Bismarck
Prussian government military reforms of the 1860s
parliamentaryGroupIn Prussian Landtag
surface form: Prussian House of Representatives

Reichstag of the German Empire
surface form: Reichstag
politicalPosition centre-left
politicalSpectrum liberal
precededBy German National Association
shortName Fortschrittspartei
succeededBy German Free-minded Party
supported extension of suffrage
freedom of association
freedom of the press
parliamentary control of the budget
strengthening of the Prussian parliament
timePeriod 19th century

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Rudolf Virchow memberOf Progressive Party (Germany)