Federation of the Lefts

The Federation of the Lefts (French: Fédération des gauches) was a French electoral coalition during the French Third Republic.[1] It was founded in January 1914, by members of the Democratic Republican Alliance such as Aristide Briand, Alexandre Millerand and Louis Barthou to provide a centrist alternative to the left's coalition, led by the Radical-Socialist Joseph Caillaux.[2][3] However, the federation failed to attract the most moderate radical voters and the left won the 1914 election which saw the centre fall back. The federation was a failure.[4]

However, a parliamentary group under the name Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Union (Union républicaine radicale et radicale-socialiste) was formed in the new legislature and held a relatively important position in the legislature.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Keiger, John F. V. (1983). France and the origins of the First World War. The making of the twentieth century. London: Macmillan. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-333-28551-0.
  2. ^ Krumeich, Gerd; Krumeich, Gerd (1984). Armaments and politics in France on the eve of the First World War: the introduction of the three-year conscription 1913 - 1914. Leamington Spa: Berg. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-907582-15-1.
  3. ^ Sanson, Rosemonde (2003). L'Alliance républicaine démocratique: une formation de centre, 1901-1920 (in French). Presses universitaires de Rennes. p. 403. ISBN 978-2-86847-825-2.
  4. ^ Binion, Rudolph (1960). defeated leaders : the political fate of caillaux, jouvenel, and tardieu. New York: Columbia Press. p. 65.
  5. ^ Hamon, Léo (1987). Du Jansénisme à la laïcité: Le jansénisme et les origines de la déchristianisation (in French). Les Editions de la MSH. p. 207. ISBN 978-2-7351-0239-6.


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