Republican Union (France)
Republican Union Union républicaine | |
|---|---|
| President | Léon Gambetta |
| Founded | 1871 |
| Dissolved | 1885 |
| Preceded by | Moderate Republicans |
| Ideology | Anti-clericalism Liberalism (faction) Radicalism (faction) Republicanism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colours | Red |
Chamber(s): Chamber of Deputies and Senate Legislature(s): 1st–4th of the Third Republic Constituency: Member of Parliament for Seine | |
The Republican Union (French: Union républicaine, UR), later known as the Progressive Union (French: Union progressiste, UP), was a French parliamentary group founded in 1871 as a heterogeneous alliance of moderate radicals, former Communards and opponents of the French-Prussian Treaty.