Leaguist

In France the Leaguists began to denounce his rapacity and his nepotism; in Spain a Jesuit preached upon the lamentable state of the church.

Yet the tensions related to the centre-periphery cleavage have always remained the basis of the political action of the leaguists.

Sazonov supported Hartwig's pro-Serbian and leaguist policy on the Balkans, as a means both of countering Austrian designs and applying indirect pressure to the Ottomans.