People's Republican Movement
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The People's Republican Movement (Mouvement Républicain Populaire or MRP) was a French Christian democratic party of the Fourth Republic. Its leaders included Georges Bidault, Robert Schuman, and Pierre Pflimlin.
Founded in 1944 by Bidault, the party was initially quite successful, and participated in most of the governments of the Fourth Republic. Unlike its Christian Democratic counterparts in Germany and Italy, however, the MRP's vote totals precipitously declined in later elections, and it was deeply divided over the Algerian question (with Bidault being an avid supporter of the Organisation de l'Armée Secrète). During the 60s, the party generally supported de Gaulle. What was left of the party joined the UDF in 1978.
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