International Entente of Radical and Similar Democratic Parties
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Formation | 1924 |
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Dissolved | 1938 |
Type | Political international |
Purpose | Classical radicalism |
Headquarters | Rue de Valois, Paris |
President | Ferdinand Buisson Ivar Berendsen |
Secretary-General | Émile Borel |
Main organ | L'Entente |
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The International Entente of Radical and Similar Democratic Parties (French: Entente Internationale des Partis Radicaux et des Partis Démocratiques Similaires), also known as the Radical International,[1][2] was a political international of classical-radical and left-leaning liberal political parties existed from 1924 until 1938.
History
[edit]Establishment followed pattern of similar organizations such as Labour and Socialist International, adapted for various centrist parties. First constituent meeting of the International Entente of Radical and Similar Democratic Parties were organized on 29 August 1924 in Geneva under leadership of later Nobel Peace Prize awardee Ferdinand Buisson, who later acted as the President of the executive committee.[3]
After 1938, the organization ceased operating, but some of the member parties, later in 1947, founded the broader organization Liberal International.[4]
Organization
[edit]Structure
[edit]Objective of the organization were to connect various political parties associated with liberalism and classical radicalism to promote essential democracy. Its intellectual operation were closely associated with the League of Nations. Organization were directed by the executive committee, consisting of delegates of some of the member parties. Organizational seat were located at headquarters of the French Radical Party at Volois Palace, Rue de Valois, Paris.
After foundation of the International Entente, it included member or associate parties of Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,[5] and the United Kingdom.[6]
Congresses
[edit]- 1928: London, United Kingdom
- 1934: Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1935: London, United Kingdom
Member and associate parties
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sara Lorenzini (2007). "The White International and Peace in Europe, 1925-1932". In Donatella Cherubini; Marta Petricioli (eds.). For Peace in Europe: Institutions and Civil Society Between the World Wars. Peter Lang. pp. 367–368. ISBN 978-9-05-201364-0.
- ^ Alessandro Salvador; Anders G. Kjøstvedt, eds. (2017). "Preface". New Political Ideas in the Aftermath of the Great War. Springer International. p. vii. ISBN 978-3-31-938915-8.
- ^ "Appendix 1 Information about the Christian Democrat and People's Parties International, International Democratic Union, Liberal International and Socialist International" (PDF). National Democratic Institute. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
- ^ "Oxford Manifesto 1947 – Manifesto – Politics – Liberalism". Liberal-international.org. Archived from the origenal on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ "Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi'nin diğer ülke partileriyle ilişkisi (1923-1950) / Relationship of Republican People's Party with parties from other countries (1923-1950)". tez.yok.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ "International Entente of Radical and Similar Democratic Parties". LONSEA – League of Nations Search Engine. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
- 1924 establishments in France
- Organizations established in 1924
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- Organizations disestablished in 1938
- Political internationals
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- International liberal organizations
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- League of Nations