Free-minded People's Party (Germany) explained

Leader:	Eugen Richter
Free-minded People's Party
Native Name:	Freisinnige Volkspartei
Predecessor:	German Free-minded Party
Merged:	Progressive People's Party
Ideology:	Liberalism Radicalism Social progressivism Parliamentarism Laicism
Position:	Centre-left
Colours:	Yellow
Country:	Germany

The Free-minded People's Party (German: Freisinnige Volkspartei, FVP) 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Kurlander, Eric. 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. 2007. 125.
2. Book: Sperber, Jonathan. The Kaiser's Voters: Electors and Elections in Imperial Germany. registration. Cambridge University Press. 1997. 212. 9780521591386 .
3. Book: Zucker, Stanley. Ludwig Bamberger: German Liberal Political and Social Critic, 1823-1899. registration. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1975. 239. 9780822932987 .