Brittany is the westernmost region of Metropolitan France. It covers about four fifths of the territory of the historic province of Brittany. It is one of two regions in Metropolitan France that do not contain any landlocked departments,the other being Corsica.
The Union for a Popular Movement was a liberal-conservative political party in France,largely inspired by the Gaullist tradition. During its existence,the UMP was one of the two major parties in French politics along with the Socialist Party (PS). The UMP was formed in 2002 as a merger of several centre-right parties under the leadership of President Jacques Chirac. In May 2015,the party was succeeded by The Republicans.
The Union for French Democracy was a centre-right political party in France. The UDF was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the political right in France. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's 1976 book,Démocratie française.
François RenéJean Lucien Bayrou is a French politician who has presided over the Democratic Movement (MoDem) since he founded it in 2007. A centrist,he was a candidate in the 2002,2007 and 2012 presidential elections. He has also presided over the European Democratic Party (EDP) since 2004.
Legislative elections were held in France on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic,a few weeks after the presidential election run-off on 6 May. 7,639 candidates stood for 577 seats,including France's overseas possessions. Early first-round results projected a large majority for President Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and its allies;however,second-round results showed a closer race and a stronger left. Nevertheless,the right retained its majority from 2002 despite losing some 40 seats to the Socialists.
Jean-Claude Gaudin was a French politician for The Republicans. He served as the Mayor of Marseille from 1995 to 2020.
The Democratic Movement is a centre to centre-right political party in France that is characterised by a strong pro-European stance. MoDem was founded by François Bayrou to succeed the Union for French Democracy (UDF) and contest the 2007 legislative election,after his strong showing in the 2007 presidential election. Initially named the Democratic Party,the party was renamed "Democratic Movement",because there was already a small Democratic Party in France. The party holds a pro-European stance.
The Centrists,known as The Centrists –New Centre since 2018,formerly known as New Centre and European Social Liberal Party,is a centre-right political party in France formed by the members of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) –including 18 of the 29 members of the UDF in the National Assembly) –who did not agree with François Bayrou's decision to found the Democratic Movement (MoDem) and wanted to support the newly elected president Nicolas Sarkozy,continuing the UDF–Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) alliance.
The French municipal elections of 2008 were held on 9 and 16 March to elect the municipal councils of France's 36,782 communes. The first task of each newly constituted municipal council was to elect a mayor.
Municipal and mayoral elections will be held in Lyon in March 2008,at the same time as other municipal elections. The current Mayor of Lyon Gérard Collomb (PS) should have faced UMP candidate Dominique Perben and MoDem candidate Christophe Geourjon,who finally chose to join the Perben list. Azouz Begag declined to seek the MoDem nomination. Another MoDem candidate was selected by François Bayrou a month before the elections as head of the MoDem list to replace Geourjon and other defectors both to the UMP-led and the PS-led lists.
Regional elections were held in France on 15 March 1998. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 regions,which,though they don't have legislative autonomy,manage sizeable budgets.
The 1st constituency of the Côtes-d'Armor is a French legislative constituency in the Côtes-d'Armor département in Brittany. Like the other 576 French constituencies,it elects one MP using the two-round system,with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.
Michel Mercier is a French politician and who served as Minister of Justice from 2010 until 2012.
Philippe Augier is a French politician. He is a member of the New Centre.
Regional elections were held in France on 14 and 21 March 2010. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 régions,which,though they do not have legislative autonomy,manage sizable budgets.
Rodolphe Thomas is a French politician and member of the MoDem.
Olivier Henno is a French politician,mayor of Saint-André-lez-Lille and a member of the MoDem.
The 2nd constituency of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a French legislative constituency in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département. Like the other 576 French constituencies,it elects one MP using the two-round system,with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.
Justine Benin,is a French employment counsellor and politician who briefly served as Secretary of State for the Sea in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in 2022. She previously was a deputy in the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic for the 2nd constituency of Guadeloupe as part of the Miscellaneous left,affiliated with the Democratic Movement (MoDem).
Mickaël Cosson,born November 29,1975,in Saint-Brieuc,is a French politician. Mayor of Hillion from 2014 to 2022,he was elected deputy in the first constituency of Côtes-d'Armor in the 2022 legislative elections.
