Democratic Movement (France)

Democratic Movement
Mouvement démocrate
AbbreviationMoDem
PresidentFrançois Bayrou
FounderFrançois Bayrou
Founded1 December 2007; 17 years ago (2007-12-01)
Preceded byUnion for French Democracy
Headquarters133 bis Rue de l'Université
75007 Paris
Membership (2017)Decrease 13,000[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre to centre-right
National affiliationEnsemble
European affiliationEuropean Democratic Party
European Parliament groupRenew Europe
Colours  Orange
National Assembly
33 / 577
Senate
5 / 348
European Parliament
3 / 79
Presidency of Regional Councils
0 / 17
Presidency of Departmental Councils
1 / 95
Website
www.mouvementdemocrate.fr

The Democratic Movement (French: Mouvement démocrate, pronounced [muv.mɑ̃ de.mɔ.kʁat]; MoDem, [mɔ.dɛm]) is a centre[2][3][4][5] to centre-right[6][7] political party in France, whose main ideological trends are liberalism[8] and Christian democracy,[8] and that is characterised by a strong pro-Europeanist stance.[8] MoDem was established 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.[9] Initially named the Democratic Party (Parti démocrate), the party was renamed "Democratic Movement",[10] because there was already a small Democratic Party in France.[11]

MoDem secured an agreement with La République En Marche! (LRM) — later Renaissance (RE) — in the 2017 legislative election after Bayrou had endorsed the candidacy of Emmanuel Macron in February. The two parties have since been in alliance, as of late named Ensemble.

The party's founder and leader Bayrou has served as Prime Minister of France since December 2024.

  1. ^ "Bayrou propose que le MoDem et LRM bâtissent une "maison commune" pour les prochaines élections". Le Monde. Agence France-Presse. 16 December 2017. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ^ "France – Political parties". European Election Database. Norwegian Centre for Research Data. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  3. ^ Jocelyn Evans; Gilles Ivaldi (2017). The 2017 French Presidential Elections: A Political Reformation?. Springer. p. 84. ISBN 978-3-319-68327-0.
  4. ^ Isabel Negro Alousque (2011). "A cognitive approach to humor in political cartoons". In Carmen Valero-Garcés (ed.). Dimensions of Humor: Explorations in Linguistics, Literature, Cultural Studies and Translation. Universitat de València. p. 85. ISBN 978-84-370-8290-5.
  5. ^ http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_140581_en.pdf Archived 25 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ Bruno Amable (2017). Structural Crisis and Institutional Change in Modern Capitalism: French Capitalism in Transition. OUP Oxford. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-19-109188-9.
  7. ^ "French PM rebukes minister Bayrou for complaining to broadcaster". Reuters. 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  8. ^ a b c Nicolas Hubé (2013). "France". In Nicolò Conti (ed.). Party Attitudes Towards the EU in the Member States: Parties for Europe, Parties Against Europe. Routledge. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-317-93656-5.
  9. ^ "'Kingmaker' snubs French rivals". BBC News. 25 April 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
  10. ^ "François Bayrou baptisera son parti "Mouvement démocrate"". Le Monde (in French). France. 5 May 2007. Archived from the original on 8 May 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
  11. ^ "Le futur "Parti démocrate" de Bayrou existe déjà". Libération (in French). France. 27 April 2007. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2007.

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