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'''Radical Party''' may refer to any of a number of [[Political party|political parties]] professing the [[Progressive liberalism|progressive-liberal]] [[ideology]] known as [[Radicalism (historical)|Radicalism]]:

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==Worldwide==
*[[Nonviolent Radical Party Transnational and Transparty]] (1989–present)

==Europe==
In the western Mediterranean European countries, Radicalism was one of the major political movements between [[Revolutions of 1848|1848]] and [[Fall of France|1940]]. Such parties were often labelled 'Democratic', 'Radical democratic', or 'Radical liberal' parties:

* In [[France]]:
**Radical Left (1902–1940), parliamentary group of the [[Independent Radicals]].
**[[Radical Party (France)|Radical-Socialist Party (France)]] (1901–present)
**[[Radical Party of the Left]] (1971–present)
**[[Radical Movement]] (2017–2021), former merger of the Radical Party and the Radical Party of the Left.
* In [[Italy]]:
**[[Italian Radical Party]] (1877–1925)
**[[Radical Party (Italy)]] (1955–1989)
**[[Italian Radicals]] (2001–present)
**Radical Socialist Movement (2006–present), formed by dissidents members of the Radicals of the Left
**Liberty and Equality (2010–present), formed by dissidents members of the Radicals of the Left
* In [[Spain]], Radicalism took the form of various parties labelled 'democratic', 'progressive', 'radical' and 'republican':
** the [[Progressive Party (Spain)|Progressive Party]] (1835–69), formed by former participants in the radical Revolution of 1820;
** the [[Democratic Party (Spain, 1849)|Democratic Party]] (1849–69) a Spanish progressive party of [[Jacobin (politics)|Jacobin]] and [[Revolutions of 1848|1848er]] inspiration, active in the 1850s.
** the Federal Democratic Republican Party (1868–1910)
** the Democratic Radical Party (1869–80), successor the Progressive Party. It was refounded in 1880, following splinters, as the Progressive Democratic Party (1880–1912)
** the successor Democratic Party (1876–9) reformed as the Possibilist Democratic Party (1879–90)
** The Radical-Republican Party (1908–40), a splinter of the Progressive Democratic Party;
** Its splinter, the [[Radical Socialist Republican Party|Radical-Socialist Republican Party]] (1928–34). This merged with others to form the [[Republican Left (Spain)|Republican Left]] (1934–59)
** A second splinter of the Radical-Republican Party formed the Republican Democratic Party and [[Republican Union (Spain, 1934)|Republican Union]] (1934–59)

In the [[Low Countries|Dutch-speaking]], [[List of territorial entities where German is an official language|German-speaking]] and [[Nordic countries]], the English or French term Radical was represented by terms that literally translated as 'Free-Minded' (or, alternatively, as '[[Freethinker]]' or '[[Rationalism|Rationalist]]'), including:

* In [[Switzerland]]:
** the original Radical Party (1830s–1894), see [[Regeneration (Switzerland)]]
** the comparatively left-leaning successor party known as the [[Radical Democratic Party of Switzerland|Radical-Democratic Party]] (in French) and the ''Free-minded Democratic Party'' (German) (1878 to present)
** the comparatively right-leaning successor party known as the [[Radical Liberal Party of Switzerland|Radical-Liberal Party]] (1893 to 2009), and its successor the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]], whose name translates to the ''Free-minded and Liberal Party'' in German and the ''Radical and Liberal Party'' in French (2009–present)
* In [[Luxembourg]]:
** the [[Liberal League (Luxembourg)|Liberal League]] (1904–28), although predominantly [[Classical liberalism|classical liberal]] rather than Radical, contained a left-wing faction of Radical ideology;
** the [[Radical Socialist Party (Luxembourg)|Radical Socialist Party]] (1925–1932), founded by the splinter of the left-wing of the old Liberal League;
** the [[Radical Party (Luxembourg)]] (1928–1932), founded by the splinter of the right-wing of the Radical Socialist Party.
**the [[Radical Liberal Party (Luxembourg)]] (1932–1945), formed as a merger of the Radical Socialist Party and Radical Party
* In the [[Netherlands]]:
** the [[Radical League]] (1892–1901)
** the [[Free-thinking Democratic League|Free-minded Democratic League]] (1901-1946)
**the [[Political Party of Radicals]] (1968–1991)
* In [[Germany]], a succession of Radical parties existed:
** The [[German Free-minded Party]] (1884 to 1893), which split into two successors:
** the left-leaning [[Free-minded Union]] (1893 to 1910)
** and the centre-leaning the [[Free-minded People's Party (Germany)|Free-minded People's Party]] (1893 to 1910)
** These merged as the [[Progressive People's Party (Germany)|Progressive People's Party]] (1910 to 1918)
** This was reformed as the [[German Democratic Party]] (1918 to 1930).
* In [[Scandinavia]]:
** In [[Denmark]], the current Liberal Party began as a Radical Party, hence its name in Danish ([[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre, 'Left']]). The Radical wing split off from the classical-liberal majority in 1905 to form a new party, known as [[Danish Social Liberal Party|Radikale Venstre]] (Radical Left).
** In [[Sweden]], the [[Free-minded National Association]] (1902 to 1934)
** In [[Norway]], the [[Free-minded Liberal Party]] (1909 to 1932) and Free-minded People's Party (1932 to 1935)
** In [[Finland]], the [[Young Finnish Party|Young Finns]] (1905-1918), its successor the [[National Progressive Party (Finland)|National Progressive Party]] (1919–51), and its successor the [[Liberal League (Finland)|Free-minded League]] (1951 to 1965)

In south-eastern Europe, Radicalism was also a historically important political movement:

* In [[Bulgaria]], the [[Radical Democratic Party (Bulgaria)|Radical Democratic Party]] (1902–present)
* In [[Greece]]
** the [[Party of Radicals (Ionian Islands)|Party of Radicals]] (1848-1864) of the [[United States of the Ionian Islands]]
** the Venizelist splinter from the Liberal Party () and the Democratic Party ()
* In [[Romania]] (see [[List of political parties in Romania#Parties active 1859–1918|list of historical political parties in Romania]])
** the Free and Independent Fraction (1864-1884)
** the National Liberal Party (1875-1940)
** the [[Radical Party (Romania)|Radical Party]] (1884–19??), splinter of the former;
* In [[Serbia]]
** the Serbian Progressive Party (1881-1919)
** the [[People's Radical Party]] (1881–1926)
** the Independent Radical Party (1903-1919), left-wing splinter of the former
** the [[State Party of Serbian, Croatian and Slovene Democrats]] (1919-1946) and its splinter, the [[Yugoslav Democratic Party|Republican and Democratic Party]] (1924-1946)
** the [[Yugoslav Radical Union]] (1934–1941)
** the [[Serbian Radical Party]] (1991–present)
* In [[Turkey]], the [[Republican People's Party]] (1919-1980)

In Central and Eastern Europe, Radicalism was less potent but nonetheless prominent political force:

* In [[Czechoslovakia]] and its predecessor territories:
** the [[Young Czech Party]] (1874-1918)
** the [[Czech National Social Party]] (1897–present)
*In [[Russia]] and its historical territories:
**[[Constitutional Democratic Party]]
**[[Trudoviks|Trudovik Party]]
*In [[Ukraine]] and its predecessor territories:
**the [[Ruthenian-Ukrainian Radical Party]] (1890-1926)
**the Radical Socialist Party of Ukraine (1926-1950)
**[[Radical Party (Ukraine)]] (2010–present)

===United Kingdom===
*[[Radicals (UK)]] (17??–1859)

==South America==

===Argentina===
*[[Radical Civic Union]] (1891–present)
*[[People's Radical Civic Union]] (1957–1972), led by [[Ricardo Balbín]]
*[[Intransigent Radical Civic Union]] (1957–1972)

===Bolivia===
*[[Radical Party (Bolivia)]] (1913–1943)

===Chile===
*[[Radical Party (Chile)]] (1863–1994)
*[[Social Democrat Radical Party]] (1994–present)

===Ecuador===
*[[Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party]] (182?–present)
*[[Alfarista Radical Front]] (1972–present)

===Paraguay===
*[[Authentic Radical Liberal Party]] (1978–present)

==Asia==

===India===
*[[Radical Democratic Party (India)]] (1940–1948)

===Israel===
*[[Meri (political party)|Meri]]-Israeli Radical Camp (1960s-1970s)

==Oceania==

===New Zealand===
*[[Radical Party (New Zealand)]] (1896–19??)

==See also==
*[[Radicalism (historical)]]
*[[Political radicalism]]
*[[National Radical Party (disambiguation)]]
*[[Italian Radicals (disambiguation)]]
*[[Free-minded Party (disambiguation)|Free-minded Party]]

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