The Radical Party of the Left (French: Parti Radical de Gauche, PRG) is a social-liberal moderate centre-left political party in France which advocates radicalism, secularism to its French extent known as laïcité, progressivism, pro-Europeanism, individual freedom and differs mainly from the social democrats of the Socialist Party on advocating private property.
The PRG retains some support among middle class voters and in traditional Radical areas in the South West, but it only gains parliamentary representation by courtesy of the Socialist Party, with which it has been in close alliance since 1982, often running joint electoral lists or candidates. The PRG is the major centre-left party in Haute-Corse, Hautes-Pyrénées and in Tarn-et-Garonne.
The President of the PRG is Jean-Michel Baylet and its Secretary-General is Elisabeth Boyer.
The party's youth wing is the Young Radicals of the Left. The party was formerly a member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.
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