. "The Liberal Union (German: Liberale Vereinigung) was a short-lived liberal party in the German Empire. It was founded as a break-away from the National Liberal Party, therefore also called Secession, in 1880, and merged with the left liberal German Progress Party to form the German Free-minded Party in 1884.The leftist faction of the National Liberal Party were discontent with the party leadership's support for Otto von Bismarck's conservative government."@en . . . . "Liberal Union"@en . . "1884Z"^^ . "1880Z"^^ . . . .