The Moderates or Moderate Republicans, pejoratively labeled Opportunist Republicans, was a French political group active in the late 19th century during the Third French Republic. The leaders of the g
President Jules Grévy
Prime Minister Jules Ferry, who resigned in 1885 after a political scandal called the Tonkin Affair
Jules Ferry
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Jules François Camille Ferry was a French statesman and republican philosopher. He was one of the leaders of the Moderate Republicans and served as Prime Minister of France from 1880 to 1881 and 1883
André Gill's cartoon on Ferry, where he eats a gingerbread priest (1878)
Portrait of Ferry by Léon Bonnat