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.
Marielle de Sarnez was a French politician who served as Secretary of State for European Affairs under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe.
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.
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.
Municipal elections were held in France on 11 and 18 March 2001. These elections were marked by a setback for the left and a victory for the right one year before the 2002 presidential election. However,the capital,Paris and the second largest city,Lyon both switched to the left.
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.
The 2008 Paris Municipal elections were held on 9 and 16 March 2008,at the same time as other French municipal elections. The incumbent Mayor of Paris,Bertrand Delanoë(PS),faced UMP candidate Françoise de Panafieu who was chosen to head his party's list in a primary election held in 2006. The MoDem MEP and François Bayrou supporter,Marielle de Sarnez,was the centrist candidate.
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.
Jacqueline Gourault is a French politician who served as Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2018 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem),she previously served as Minister attached to the Minister of the Interior from 2017 to 2018. In 2022,she was appointed to the Constitutional Council by President Emmanuel Macron.
Michel Mercier is a French politician and who served as Minister of Justice from 2010 until 2012.
Rally the Centrists is a French political association founded on July 16,2008 by Jean Arthuis,a centrist Senator of Mayenne. The association unites elected officials and activists of centrist political ideology,most of which used to be members of the Union for French Democracy (UDF). The association's goal is to prepare the creation of a new centrist political party which would unite all the centrist forces,currently divided between parties such as the Democratic Movement,New Centre,Radical Party,Civic Alliance for Democracy in Europe.
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.
Bruno Joncour is a French politician,Mayor of Saint-Brieuc and a 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.
Legislative elections were held in France on 10 and 17 June 2012 to select the members of the 14th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic,a little over a month after the presidential election run-off held on 6 May.
Legislative elections were held in France on 11 and 18 June 2017 to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. They followed the two-round presidential election won by Emmanuel Macron. The centrist party he founded in 2016,La République En Marche! (LREM),led an alliance with the centrist Democratic Movement (MoDem);together,the two parties won 350 of the 577 seats—a substantial majority—in the National Assembly,including an outright majority of 308 seats for LREM. The Socialist Party (PS) was reduced to 30 seats and the Republicans (LR) reduced to 112 seats,and both parties' allies also suffered from a marked drop in support;these were the lowest-ever scores for the centre-left and centre-right in the legislative elections. The movement founded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon,la France Insoumise (FI),secured 17 seats,enough for a group in the National Assembly. Among other major parties,the French Communist Party (PCF) secured ten and the National Front (FN) obtained eight seats. Both rounds of the legislative election were marked by record low turnout.
