Free-minded People's Party Freisinnige Volkspartei | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1893 |
| Dissolved | 6 March 1910 |
| Preceded by | German Free-minded Party |
| Merged into | Progressive People's Party |
| Ideology | Liberalism Radicalism Social progressivism Parliamentarism Laicism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Yellow |
The Free-minded People's Party (German: Freisinnige Volkspartei) or Radical People's Party[1][2][3] was a social liberal party in the German Empire, founded as a result of the split of the German Free-minded Party in 1893. One of its most notable members was Eugen Richter, who was party leader from 1893 to 1906. The party advocated liberalism, social progressivism and parliamentarism.
On 6 March 1910, the party merged with the Free-minded Union and the German People's Party to form the Progressive People's Party.
See also
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberal democracy
- Liberalism
- Liberalism in Germany
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
| Preceded by German Free-minded Party | liberal German parties 1893-1910 | Succeeded by Progressive People's Party (Germany) |
References
- ^ Kurlander, Eric (2007). The Landscapes of Liberalism: Particularism and Progressive Politics in Two Borderland Regions. Localism, Landscape, and the Ambiguities of Place: German-speaking Central Europe, 1860–1930. University of Toronto Press. p. 125.
- ^ Sperber, Jonathan (1997). The Kaiser's Voters: Electors and Elections in Imperial Germany. Cambridge University Press. p. 212.
- ^ Zucker, Stanley (1975). Ludwig Bamberger: German Liberal Political and Social Critic, 1823-1899. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 239.