Popular Republican Movement
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The Popular Republican Movement (French: Mouvement Républicain Populaire, MRP) was a Christian-democratic[4][5][6] political party in France during the Fourth Republic. Its base was the Catholic vote and its leaders included Georges Bidault, Robert Schuman, Paul Coste-Floret, Pierre-Henri Teitgen and Pierre Pflimlin. It played a major role in forming governing coalitions, in emphasizing compromise and the middle ground, and in protecting against a return to extremism and political violence. It played an even more central role in foreign policy, having charge of the Foreign Office for ten years and launching plans for the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community, which grew into the European Union. Its voter base gradually dwindled in the 1950s and it had little power by 1954.[7]
Popular Republican Movement Mouvement Républicain Populaire | |
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President | Maurice Schumann (first) Jean Lecanuet (last) |
Founder | Georges Bidault |
Founded | November 25, 1944 (1944-11-25) |
Dissolved | September 13, 1967 (1967-09-13) |
Merger of | Popular Democratic Party Lorrain Republican Union Popular Republican Union |
Merged into | Democratic Centre |
Ideology | Christian democracy[1] Pro-Europeanism[1] |
Political position | Centre[2] to centre-right[1][3] |
National affiliation | Tripartisme (1944–47) Third Force (1947–58) |
International affiliation | Christian Democrat International |
European Parliament group | Christian Democratic Group |
Colours | White |