Editing Radical Party of the Left

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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Radical Party of the Left
| native_name      = Parti radical de Gauche
| logo             = Logo - PRG, le centre gauche.svg
| colorcode        = {{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}
| abbreviation     = PRG
| leader1_title    = President
| leader1_name     = [[Guillaume Lacroix]]
| leader2_title    = Founder
| leader2_name     = [[Maurice Faure]]
| foundation       = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
 |{{start date and age|1971}} (GEARS)
 |{{start date and age|1972}} (MGRS)
 |{{start date and age|1973}} (MRG)
 |{{start date and age|1994}} (Radical)
 |{{start date and age|1996}} (PRS)
 |{{start date and age|1998}} (PRG)
 |{{start date and age|2019}} (PRG,<br>refoundation)
}}
| dissolved        = {{end date and age|2017|12|9|df=yes}} (1998 PRG)
| merged           = [[Radical Movement]] (majority)
| split            = [[Radical Party (France)|Radical Party]]<br />[[Radical Movement]] (2019 PRG)
| headquarters     = 3, Avenue Constant Coquelin <br />F - 75007, [[Paris]]
| youth_wing       = [[Young Radicals of the Left]]
| ideology         = [[Social liberalism]]<br>[[Classical radicalism|Radicalism]]
| position         = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]{{refn|<ref name="AnttiroikoMälkiä2007">{{cite book|author1=Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko|author2=Matti Mälkiä|title=Encyclopedia of Digital Government|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDrTMazYhdkC&pg=PA389|access-date=19 July 2013|year=2007|publisher=Idea Group Inc (IGI)|isbn=978-1-59140-790-4|page=389}}</ref><ref name="Mondon2013">{{cite book|author=Aurélien Mondon|title=The Mainstreaming of the Extreme Right in France and Australia: A Populist Hegemony?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7OSuKXwUr5YC&pg=PP27|access-date=27 July 2013|year=2013|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4724-0526-5|page=27}}</ref><ref name="Hubé2013">{{cite book|author=Nicolas Hubé|chapter=France|editor=Nicolò Conti|title=Party Attitudes Towards the EU in the Member States: Parties for Europe, Parties Against Europe|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lpKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA24|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-93656-5|page=24}}</ref>}}
| membership_year  = 2022
| membership       = 3,500<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2022/09/11/en-occitanie-les-radicaux-de-gauche-campent-sur-leur-position-10536931.php | title=En Occitanie, les Radicaux de gauche campent sur leur position }}</ref>
| seats1_title     = [[National Assembly of France|National Assembly]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|0|577|hex={{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[Senate (France)|Senate]]
| seats2           = {{composition bar|4|348|hex={{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[European Parliament]]
| seats3           = {{composition bar|0|79|hex={{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Regional councils of France|Presidency of Regional Councils]]
| seats4           = {{composition bar|0|17|hex={{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| seats5_title     = [[Departmental councils (France)|Presidency of Departmental Councils]]
| seats5           = {{composition bar|2|95|hex={{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| international    = 
| national         =
| european         = 
| europarl         = [[European Radical Alliance|ERA]] (1994–1999)<br />[[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats|S&D]] (2014–2017)
| colours          = {{color box|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|border=darkgray}} [[Yellow]] {{Color box|#34495e|border=darkgray}} [[Blue]]
| website          = {{url|www.partiradicaldegauche.fr}}
| country          = France
}}
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The '''Radical Party of the Left''' ({{langx|fr|Parti radical de gauche}}, PRG) is a [[Social liberalism|social-liberal]]<ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/france.html |title=France|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|date=2017}}</ref><ref name="Kempf2007">{{cite book|author=Udo Kempf|title=Das politische System Frankreichs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7BVfgYBUSwsC&pg=PA190|year=2007|publisher=Springer DE|isbn=978-3-531-32973-4|page=190}}</ref> [[List of political parties in France|political party in France]]. A party in the [[Classical radicalism|Radical]] tradition, since 1972 the PRG has been a close ally of the major party of the [[centre-left]] in [[France]], the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] ({{langx|fr|link=no|Parti socialiste}}, PS).<ref name="Bell2002">{{cite book|author=David S. Bell|title=French Politics Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s2lIt4ssdQMC&pg=PA65|access-date=27 July 2013|year=2002|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-5876-9|page=65}}</ref> After the 2017 [[2017 French presidential election|presidential]] and [[2017 French legislative election|legislative]] elections, negotiations to merge the PRG with the [[Radical Party (France)|Radical Party]] (from which the PRG emerged in 1972) began and the refounding congress to reunite the parties into the [[Radical Movement]] was held on 9 and 10 December 2017.<ref>{{cite news|author=Marion Mourgue|title=Les radicaux font un pas de plus vers l'unité... et l'indépendance|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/2017/09/17/25001-20170917ARTFIG00012-les-radicaux-font-un-pas-de-plus-vers-l-unite8230-et-l-independance.php|newspaper=Le Figaro|date=17 September 2017|access-date=27 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Charline Hurel|title=Les radicaux de gauche et de droite en voie de réunion pour peser au centre|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2017/09/16/separee-depuis-1972-la-famille-radicale-fait-universite-d-ete-commune_5186613_823448.html|newspaper=Le Monde|date=16 September 2017|access-date=27 October 2017}}</ref> However, a faction of ex-PRG members, including its last president [[Sylvia Pinel]], split from the Radical Movement in February 2019 due to its expected alliance with [[La République En Marche]] in the [[2019 European Parliament election in France|European elections]] and resurrected the PRG.<ref>{{cite news|author=Tristan Quinault-Maupoil|title=À gauche, les échéances électorales divisent les radicaux|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2019/02/11/01002-20190211ARTFIG00283--gauche-les-echeances-electorales-divisent-les-radicaux.php|newspaper=Le Figaro|date=11 February 2019|access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>

== History ==
The party was formed in 1972 by a split from the [[Radical Party (France)|Republican, Radical, and Radical-Socialist Party]], once the dominant party of the [[French Left]]. It was founded by Radicals who opposed [[Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber]]'s [[centrist]] direction. They chose to join the [[Union of the Left (France)|Union of the Left]] and agreed to the [[Programme commun|Common Programme]] signed by the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] (PS) and the [[French Communist Party]] (PCF). At that time, the party was known as the '''Movement of the Radical Socialist Left''' ({{langx|fr|link=no|Mouvement de la gauche radicale-socialiste}}, MGRS), then as the '''Movement of Radicals of the Left''' ({{langx|fr|link=no|Mouvement des Radicaux de Gauche}}, MRG) after 1973.

Led by [[Robert Fabre]] during the 1970s, the party was the third partner of the Union of the Left. Nevertheless, its electoral influence did not compare with those of its two allies, which competed for the leadership over the left. [[Robert Fabre]] sought to attract [[left-wing]] [[Gaullism|Gaullists]] to the party and gradually became close to President [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]], who nominated him as Mediator of the Republic in 1978. He and his followers were excluded from the party by those who strongly supported the alliance with the PS.

[[Michel Crépeau]] was nominated by the party for the [[1981 French presidential election|1981 presidential election]] and obtained a disappointing 2.09% in the first round. He and his party in the runoff endorsed PS candidate [[François Mitterrand]], who eventually won. The MRG won 14 seats in the subsequent [[1981 French legislative election|1981 legislative election]] and participated in PS-led governments between 1981 and 1986 and again between 1988 and 1993.

In the [[1984 European Parliament election in France|1984 European elections]], the MRG formed a common list with [[Brice Lalonde]]'s environmentalists and [[Olivier Stirn]], a [[centre-right]] deputy. The list styled as the Radical and Ecologist Agreement won 3.32%, but no seats.<ref name="ColeDoherty2006">{{cite book|author1=Alistair Cole|author2=Brian Doherty|chapter=France: Pas come les autres – the French Greens at the crossroads|editor1=Dick Richardson|editor2=Chris Rootes|title=The Green Challenge: The Development of Green Parties in Europe|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=doiJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA36|year=2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-84403-6|page=36}}</ref> The party resumed its customary alliance with the PS in the [[1986 French legislative election|1986 legislative election]] and supported President Mitterrand's 1988 reelection bid by the first round.

At the beginning of the 1990s, under the leadership of the popular businessman [[Bernard Tapie]] the party benefited from an ephemeral upswing in its popularity while the governing SP was in disarray. The list led by Tapie won 12.03% and 13 seats<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dev.ulb.ac.be/cevipol/en/elections_france_europeennes_1994.html|title=CEVIPOL - Electoral results: France - European elections of 1994|publisher=Dev.ulb.ac.be|access-date=12 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725204639/http://dev.ulb.ac.be/cevipol/en/elections_france_europeennes_1994.html|archive-date=25 July 2012}}</ref> of the votes in the [[1994 European Parliament election in France|1994 European Parliament election]]. However, Tapie retired from politics due to his legal problems and the party, renamed the '''Radical Socialist Party''' ({{langx|fr|link=no|Parti radical-socialiste}}, PRS), returned to its lowest ebb.

After the [[Radical Party (France)|Radical Party]] opened legal proceedings against the PRS, it was forced to change its name to the '''Radical Party of the Left''' ({{langx|fr|link=no|Parti radical de gauche}}, PRG). Between 1997 and 2002, it was a junior partner in [[Lionel Jospin]]'s [[Plural Left]] coalition government. In the [[2002 French presidential election|2002 presidential election]], the PRG nominated its own candidate, former MEP and [[French Guiana]] deputy [[Christiane Taubira]], for the first time since 1981. However, some members of the party including [[Émile Zuccarelli]] and PRG senator [[Nicolas Alfonsi]] supported [[Jean-Pierre Chevènement]]'s candidacy. Taubira won 2.32% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dev.ulb.ac.be/cevipol/en/elections_france_presidentielles_2002.html|title=CEVIPOL - Electoral results: France - Presidential elections of 2002|publisher=Dev.ulb.ac.be|access-date=12 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725175546/http://dev.ulb.ac.be/cevipol/en/elections_france_presidentielles_2002.html|archive-date=25 July 2012}}</ref> Taubira gave her name to the 2001 law which declared the [[Atlantic slave trade]] a [[crime against humanity]].<ref>[http://www.ldh-toulon.net/spip.php?article575 "La Loi Taubira"]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927162328/http://www.ldh-toulon.net/spip.php?article575|date=27 September 2011}}. [[Human Rights League (France)]].</ref>

In the [[2007 French presidential election|2007 presidential election]], while the party supported the PS candidate [[Ségolène Royal]], Bernard Tapie, who had been a leading figure in the PRG, supported [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]. In the [[2007 French legislative election|2007 legislative election]], the party won eight seats, including a seat in [[French Guiana]] (Taubira) and [[Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon]].

The party split on [[French constitutional law of 23 July 2008|Nicolas Sarkozy's constitutional reforms]] in 2008. Six deputies ([[Gérard Charasse]], [[Paul Giacobbi]], [[Annick Girardin]], [[Joël Giraud]], [[Dominique Orliac]] and [[Sylvia Pinel]]) and three senators ([[Jean-Michel Baylet]], [[André Boyer]] and [[François Vendasi]]) opted to vote in favour, hence allowing for its passage.

The PRG's then-president [[Jean-Michel Baylet]] ran in the [[French Socialist Party presidential primary, 2011|2011 SP presidential primaries]], the only non-PS candidate in the field, but was placed last with only 0.64% of the vote in the primary. The PRG supported [[François Hollande]], the eventual winner of the primaries and the [[2012 French presidential election|2012 presidential election]]. In the [[2012 French legislative election|2012 legislative election]], the PRG won 12 seats. With four additional members, it formed its own parliamentary group in the [[French National Assembly|National Assembly]], the [[Radical, Republican, Democratic and Progressist|Radical, Republican, Democratic and Progressive]] group.

Although the PRG remained a close and loyal ally of the PS, it has also cooperated with the small [[Ecology Generation]] (GE) party since December 2011.<ref>[http://www.generation-ecologie.fr/2011/12/14/bapt%C3%AAme-du-p%C3%B4le-radical-et-ecologique/ "Baptême du Pôle Radical et Ecologique"]. {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120604135939/http://www.generation-ecologie.fr/2011/12/14/bapt%C3%AAme-du-p%C3%B4le-radical-et-ecologique/|date=4 June 2012}}. ''Génération écologie''. 21 December 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.planeteradicale.org/Creation-du-pole-radical-et.html Création du "pôle radical et écologique"]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730045546/http://www.planeteradicale.org/Creation-du-pole-radical-et.html|date=30 July 2013}}. ''Parti radical de gauche''. 21 December 2011.</ref>

In the [[2014 European Parliament election in France|2014 European elections]], the party received 13.98% of the vote on a joint list with the PS, electing one MEP [[Virginie Rozière]], who joined the [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]] (S&D) group with PS MEPs.

In the [[French Socialist Party presidential primary, 2017|2017 SP presidential primary]], PRG candidate [[Sylvia Pinel]] received 2% of the vote in the first round election held on 22 January 2017. In the [[2017 French legislative election]], the party only re-elected three [[Member of Parliament (France)|MPs]]; [[Annick Girardin]], [[Jeanine Dubié]] and [[Sylvia Pinel]].

In 2019, the party was relaunched.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Le PRG choisit son nouveau président|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2019/09/22/le-prg-choisit-son-nouveau-president,8430330.php|access-date=2022-01-15|website=ladepeche.fr|language=fr}}</ref>

The party supported [[Christiane Taubira]] in the [[2022 French presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Belaïch|first=Charlotte|title=Présidentielle : Christiane Taubira se jette dans la fosse à l'union|url=https://www.liberation.fr/politique/christiane-taubira-se-jette-dans-la-fosse-a-lunion-20211217_SFCL4YXEIBGUFMUBORHOQBHHZM/|access-date=2022-01-15|website=Libération|language=fr}}</ref>

Following the [[2022 French legislative election]], the party's only deputy is [[Olivier Falorni]] representing [[Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency]]. He was elected in 2022 with 66.11% of the (second-round) vote in that constituency, and re-elected in 2024 with 74.71%. The PRG was the only [[centre-left]] party on the French mainland with representation in the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] to refuse to join the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] electoral coalition [[New Ecologic and Social People's Union|NUPES]], headed by [[Jean-Luc Mélenchon]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 May 2022 |title=Le Parti radical de gauche dénonce les négociations pour une union autour de La France insoumise |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2022/05/02/le-parti-radical-de-gauche-denonce-les-negociations-pour-une-union-autour-de-la-france-insoumise_6124492_823448.html |access-date=3 May 2022}}</ref> and in 2024 it formed part of [[Emmanuel Macron]]'s [[Ensemble (political coalition)|Ensemble coalition]]{{cn|reason=Your explanation here|date=November 2024}}.

== Ideology ==
The PRG advocates [[social liberalism]], [[classical radicalism]], [[secularism]] to its French extent known as ''[[laïcité]]'', [[progressivism]], [[European federalism]], and [[individualism|individual freedom]]; it differs from the [[social democrats]] of the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] mainly by its strong attachment to [[private property]].

The party was a member of the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party]] before 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libdemvoice.org/eldr-council-between-a-rock-and-some-very-hard-places-indeed-28572.html|title=ELDR Council: between a rock and some very hard places indeed...|publisher=Libdemvoice.org|date=18 May 2012|access-date=12 March 2013|archive-date=13 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713171747/http://www.libdemvoice.org/eldr-council-between-a-rock-and-some-very-hard-places-indeed-28572.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Factions ==
Under Baylet, the PRG's party line was centre-left, socially liberal and pro-European. Nevertheless, there were internal divisions in the party. Former cabinet minister and former deputy [[Émile Zuccarelli]] is a left-wing republican who strongly opposed [[Corsican nationalism]]{{cn|reason=Your explanation here|date=July 2022}} and supported the no vote in the [[2005 French European Constitution referendum|2005 European constitutional referendum]], positions much closer to [[Jean-Pierre Chevènement]]'s [[Citizen and Republican Movement]] (MRC){{cn|reason=Your explanation here|date=July 2022}}. Similarly, Christiane Taubira supported the no vote in 2005 and endorsed [[Arnaud Montebourg]] rather than Baylet in the 2011 primary{{cn|reason=Your explanation here|date=July 2022}}.

== Elected officials ==
* Current [[Deputy (France)|Deputies]]: [[Olivier Falorni]] ([[Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency|Charente-Maritime 1]])
* Former Ministers: [[Annick Girardin]], [[Jacques Mézard]]
* Former [[Deputy (France)|Deputies]]: [[Stéphane Claireaux]] ([[Saint Pierre et Miquelon]]),{{efn|replacing [[Annick Girardin]] while she is a cabinet minister}} [[Jeanine Dubié]] ([[Hautes-Pyrénées]]), [[Sylvia Pinel]] ([[Tarn-et-Garonne]])
* [[Senate (France)|Senators]] ([[European Democratic and Social Rally group|RDSE group]]): [[Joseph Castelli]] ([[Haute-Corse]]), [[Yvon Collin]] ([[Tarn-et-Garonne]]), [[Philippe Esnol]] ([[Yvelines]]), [[François Fortassin]] ([[Hautes-Pyrénées]]), [[Françoise Laborde]] ([[Haute-Garonne]]), [[Jacques Mézard]] ([[Cantal]]), [[Jean-Claude Requier]] ([[Lot (department)|Lot]])

== Popular support ==
The PRG remained rather weak on its own electorally, averaging around 2% of the vote (2002 presidential candidate [[Christiane Taubira]] won 2.32% of the vote); which explains why the party depended on its stronger ally, the PS for support and parliamentary representation. Almost all of the party's deputies and local officials were elected with no official PS opposition. It retained some support among [[middle class]] voters and in traditional Radical areas in the [[Southern France|South West]].

The major exception was in [[Corsica]], where the party was historically the largest party on the non-[[nationalist]] [[French Left]] and remains so to its time of dissolution due to a tradition of political dynasties (such as the Giacobbi family) and the weak infrastructure of the PS on the island. [[Paul Giacobbi]] represented [[Haute-Corse]] in the National Assembly until he stood down at the 2017 elections ([[Émile Zuccarelli]], an internal rival of Giacobbi and current mayor of [[Bastia]], also represented the island in Paris until his 2007 defeat) and Senators [[Nicolas Alfonsi]] and [[François Vendasi]] represented the Corsican PRG in the Senate. Giacobbi is also [[List of presidents of departmental councils (France)|President of the General Council]] of [[Haute-Corse]].

In metropolitan France, the PRG was able to sustain a long-lasting Radical tradition dating back to the [[French Third Republic]], most notably in the southwest or departments such as the [[Eure-et-Loir]] and [[Eure]].

The party was represented overseas in [[French Guiana]] by Taubira's [[Walwari]], one of the major parties of the local left.

=== Presidential elections ===
{|class="wikitable"
|+[[President of the French Republic]]
!rowspan=2|Election
!rowspan=2|Candidate
!colspan=2|First round
!colspan=2|Second round
!rowspan=2|Result
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
![[1981 French presidential election|1981]]
|[[Michel Crépeau]]
|642,847
|2.21%
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{no|Lost}}
|-
![[2002 French presidential election|2002]]
|[[Christiane Taubira]]
|660,447
|2.32%
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|{{no|Lost}}
|}

=== Legislative elections ===
{|class="wikitable"
|+[[French National Assembly]]
!Election year
!No. of first round votes
!% of first round vote
!No. of seats
!Swing
|-
![[1973 French legislative election|1973]]
|colspan=2|Classified as PS
|{{Composition bar|13|490|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}<ref name="France-politique.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.france-politique.fr/mouvement-des-radicaux-de-gauche.htm |title=Chronologie des radicaux de gauche MRG PRG|publisher=France-politique.fr|date=17 February 2007|access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
|''New''
|-
![[1978 French legislative election|1978]]
|603,932
|2.11%
|{{Composition bar|10|491|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{Fluctuation formatter|-3}}
|-
![[1981 French legislative election|1981]]
|colspan=2|Classified as PS
|{{Composition bar|14|491|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}<ref name="France-politique.com"/>
|{{fluc|4}}
|-
![[1986 French legislative election|1986]]
|107,769
|0.38%
|{{Composition bar|7|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}{{efn|Including 5 elected on PS-MRG lists in various departments.}}
|{{fluc|-7}}
|-
![[1988 French legislative election|1988]]
|272,316
|1.11%
|{{Composition bar|9|575|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|2}}
|-
![[1993 French legislative election|1993]]
|colspan=2|Classified as PS or DVG
|{{Composition bar|6|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|-3}}
|-
![[1997 French legislative election|1997]]
|389,782
|1.53%
|{{Composition bar|12|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|6}}
|-
![[2002 French legislative election|2002]]
|388,891
|1.54%
|{{Composition bar|7|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|-5}}
|-
![[2007 French legislative election|2007]]
|343,565
|1.32%
|{{Composition bar|7|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|0|steady label=}}
|-
![[2012 French legislative election|2012]]
|429,059
|1.65%
|{{Composition bar|12|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|5}}
|-
![[2017 French legislative election|2017]]
|106,311
|0.47%
|{{Composition bar|3|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|-9}}
|-
![[2022 French legislative election|2022]]
|126,689
|0.56%
|{{Composition bar|1|577|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}|options...}}
|{{fluc|-2}}
|}

=== European Parliament ===
{| class="wikitable"style="text-align:center"
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/−
! EP Group
|-
! [[1979 European Parliament election in France|1979]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]], that won 22 seats in total.}}
| [[François Mitterrand]]
| 4,763,026
| 23.53 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|2|81|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| New
| [[Group of the Party of European Socialists|SOC]]
|-
! [[1984 European Parliament election in France|1984]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with Ecologists and [[Radical Centrist Union|UCR]], that won no seats.}}
| Olivier Stirn
| 670,474
| 3.32 (#6)
| {{Composition bar|0|81|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| −
|-
! [[1989 European Parliament election in France|1989]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]], that won 22 seats in total.}}
| [[Laurent Fabius]]
| 4,286,354
| 23.61 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|2|81|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| [[Group of the Party of European Socialists|SOC]]
|-
! [[1994 European Parliament election in France|1994]]
| [[Bernard Tapie]]
| 2,344,457
| 12.03 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|13|87|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{increase}} 11
| [[European Radical Alliance|ERA]]
|-
! [[1999 European Parliament election in France|1999]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]] and [[Citizen and Republican Movement|MDC]], that won 22 seats in total.}}
| [[François Hollande]]
| 3,873,901
| 21.95 (#1)
| {{Composition bar|2|87|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{decrease}} 11
| [[Group of the Party of European Socialists|PES]]
|-
! [[2004 European Parliament election in France|2004]]
| [[Jean-Michel Baylet]]
| 121,573
| 0.71 (#14)
| {{Composition bar|0|78|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| rowspan="2" |−
|-
! [[2009 European Parliament election in France|2009]]
| colspan="3" |''Did not contest''
| {{Composition bar|0|74|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in France|2014]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]], that won 13 seats in total.}}
| [[Jean-Christophe Cambadélis]]
| 2,650,357
| 13.98 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|1|74|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats|S&D]]
|-
! [[2019 European Parliament election in France|2019]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]], [[Place Publique|PP]] and [[New Deal (France)|ND]], that won 6 seats in total.}}
| [[Raphaël Glucksmann]]
| 1,403,170
| 6.19 (#6)
| {{Composition bar|0|79|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| rowspan="2" |−
|-
! [[2024 European Parliament election in France|2024]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with [[Régions et Peuples Solidaires|R&PS]], [[Volt France|Volt]], [[Movement of Progressives|MDP]], [[Citizens' Movement (France)|MDC]] and [[Collective of Reformist Social Democrats|CSDR]], that won no seats.}}
| [[Guillaume Lacroix]]
| 63,006
| 0.26 (#17)
| {{Composition bar|0|79|{{party color|Radical Party of the Left}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|}

== Leadership ==
Party presidents:
* [[Robert Fabre]] (1972–1978)
* [[Michel Crépeau]] (1978–1981)
* [[Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg]] (1981–1983)
* [[Jean-Michel Baylet]] (1983–1985)
* [[François Doubin]] (1985–1988)
* [[Yvon Collin]] (1988–1989)
* [[Émile Zuccarelli]] (1989–1992)
* [[Jean-François Hory]] (1992–1996)
* [[Jean-Michel Baylet]] (1996–2016)
* [[Sylvia Pinel]] (2016–2017)
* [[Guillaume Lacroix]] (2019–present)

== See also ==
* [[European Radical Alliance]]
* [[French Left]]
* [[Liberalism and radicalism in France]]
* [[Classical radicalism]]
* [[Sinistrisme]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.partiradicaldegauche.fr/ Official website]
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