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“Citizen – Finance Minister – and Capital”, caricature against the worldly assets of the Catholic Church, from Kikeriki of 26 March 1868

Centre, the Liberal Minister of Finances Dr Brestel. The Liberals, mostly anticlerical in attitude, opposed the privileges of the Church and became the main opponents of the Concordat concluded in 1855.

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    Liberalism and conservatism

    The conflicting interests of the different social classes and of the different nationalities meant that the political and ideological movements that were developing within the Habsburg Monarchy in the second half of the 19th century were extremely heterogeneous. This was also reflected in the party landscape. However, two major lines of development can be distinguished, conservatism and liberalism.