Free-minded Union
Free-minded Union Freisinnige Vereinigung | |
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Founded | 1893 |
Dissolved | 6 March 1910 |
Split from | German Free-minded Party |
Merged into | Progressive People's Party |
Ideology | Liberalism Economic liberalism Social liberalism National liberalism |
Political position | Centre to centre-left |
Colours | Yellow |
The Free-minded Union (German: Freisinnige Vereinigung; FVG) or Radical Union[1][2] was a liberal party in the German Empire that existed from 1893 to 1910.
Emergence
Inside its predecessor, the
The new party focused on
Merger with the National-Social Association
In 1903, the electoral unsuccessful
Merger into the Progressive People's Party
From 1905 onward, the Free-minded Union cooperated increasingly with the other left liberals, namely the Free-minded People's Party and the German People's Party. In 1907, the three parties drafted a common electoral program for the elections to the Reichstag. Afterwards, they formed a common parliamentary group, which was part of the pro-government imperialist Bernhard von Bülow bloc together with the Conservatives and National Liberals. The party's own left-wing and pacifist faction, including Theodor Barth, Hellmut von Gerlach, Rudolf Breitscheid and feminist Helene Lange, were discontent with this step and left to form the Democratic Union.
In 1910, the Free-minded Union, Free-minded People's Party and German People's Party merged into the Progressive People's Party.
References
- ^ Kurlander, Eric (2007). The Landscapes of Liberalism: Particularism and Progressive Politics in Two Borderland Regions. University of Toronto Press. p. 125.
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ignored (help) - ^ Zucker, Stanley (1975). Ludwig Bamberger: German Liberal Political and Social Critic, 1823-1899. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 239.
External links
- Freisinnige Vereinigung 1893-1910. Website of the Deutsches Historisches Museum(German Historical Museum) (in German).