Opportunist Republicans

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Opportunist Republicans were a moderate French republican political faction of the late 19th century that supported gradual reform, parliamentary democracy, and secular republican institutions during the Third Republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French political party faction ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeInPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
alignedWith moderate bourgeois electorate ⓘ
alternativeName Opportunist Republicans (France) ⓘ
Opportunists ⓘ
associatedWith Jules Ferry governments ⓘ
linked to: Jules Ferry

Léon Gambetta government ⓘ
country France ⓘ
declinedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
emergedAfter fall of the Second French Empire ⓘ
favored anticlerical policies ⓘ
colonial expansion ⓘ
compromise with moderate conservatives ⓘ
economic liberalism ⓘ
incremental social reforms ⓘ
parliamentary supremacy over the executive ⓘ
secular public education ⓘ
governedWith coalitions of moderate republicans ⓘ
historicalContext post-Franco-Prussian War France ⓘ
ideology moderate republicanism ⓘ
influenced development of stable republican institutions in France ⓘ
influentialDuring early French Third Republic ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mainOpponents Boulangists ⓘ
Radical Republicans ⓘ
monarchist right ⓘ
notableMember Charles de Freycinet ⓘ
Ferdinand Sarrien ⓘ
Henri Brisson ⓘ
Jules Ferry ⓘ
Jules Grévy ⓘ
Léon Gambetta ⓘ
Maurice Rouvier ⓘ
operatedInLegislature Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic ⓘ
opposed Bonapartism ⓘ
monarchism ⓘ
radical socialism ⓘ
partOf French Third Republic politics ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-left ⓘ
centrist ⓘ
politicalSystemContext multi-party parliamentary system ⓘ
soughtTo avoid revolutionary upheaval ⓘ
build a stable republican majority in parliament ⓘ
consolidate the Third Republic ⓘ
supported constitutional laws of 1875 ⓘ
gradual reform ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
secular republican institutions ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marie François Sadi Carnot → memberOfPoliticalParty → Opportunist Republicans ⓘ
Jules Ferry → memberOfPoliticalParty → Opportunist Republicans ⓘ
Charles de Freycinet → politicalAlignment → Opportunist Republican ⓘ
linked to: Opportunist Republicans
Eugène Étienne → memberOfPoliticalParty → Moderate Republicans ⓘ
linked to: Opportunist Republicans
Eugène Étienne → memberOfPoliticalParty → Opportunist Republicans ⓘ
Marie François Sadi Carnot → memberOfPoliticalParty → Opportunist Republicans ⓘ
subject linked to: Sadi
Opportunist Republicans → alternativeName → Opportunist Republicans (France) ⓘ
linked to: Opportunist Republicans
Félix Faure → memberOfPoliticalParty → Opportunist Republicans ⓘ
subject linked to: Faure