El Partido Radical (en francés, Parti radical) es un partido político social liberal francés fundado en 1901 como Partido Radical y Radical Socialista. En 1971 sufrió una escición de su ala socialista que posteriormente fundó el Partido Radical de Izquierda, tras esta escición el partido decidió cambiar su nombre a su actual denominación, aunque legalmente sigue siendo el mismo partido, incluyendo su sede central histórica en la plaza de Valois, en París. Los radicales franceses se autoposicionan históricamente en el Centro político, aunque desde la escición radical-socialista han tendido a fortalecer sus relaciones con los partidos de la Centroderecha francesa. De esta manera fue uno de los partidos asociados electoralmente con la Unión para la Democracia Francesa en 1978 y la Unión por un Movimiento Popular en 2002.

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The Radical Party (French: Parti radical, also Parti radical valoisien, abbreviated to Rad.) is a liberal and social-liberal political party in France. Following the legislative elections of 2012, the Radicals have six seats in the National Assembly. Between 2002 and 2011 they were an associate party of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and were represented on the Liaison Committee for the Presidential Majority, prior to launching The Alliance (ARES) in 2011 and the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) in 2012. Since 2007, the Radical Party's leader has been Jean-Louis Borloo. Founded in 1901 as Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste), it is the oldest active political party in France. Coming from the Radical Republican tradition, the Radical Party upholds the principles of private property and secularism. The Radicals were originally a left-wing group, but with the emergence of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1905, the Radicals shifted towards the political centre. In 1972 the left wing of the party split off to form the centre-left Radical Party of the Left (PRG). Since then, the Radical Party has affiliated with the centre-right, becoming one of the founder parties of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) in 1978. In 2002 the party split from the UDF and affiliated with the UMP. During the 7th term of the European Parliament, along with the UMP, three Radical MEPs sat with the European People's Party Group (EPP).During the 8th European Parliament, the single Radical MEP Dominique Riquet sits with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group as part of the UDI.

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