New Centre
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| Nouveau Centre | |
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| Leader | Hervé Morin |
| Founded | 29 May 2007 |
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| Political Ideology | Centrism, Liberalism, Social Liberalism |
| European Affiliation | None |
| European Parliament Group | |
| International Affiliation | None |
| Colours | light blue |
| Seats in the National Assembly |  |
| Seats in the Senate |  |
| Seats in the European Parliament |  |
| Website | www.le-nouveaucentre.org |
| See also | Constitution of France France Politics |
New Centre (Nouveau Centre, NC), also known as the European Social Liberal Party (Parti Social Libéral Européen, PSLE) is a political party in France, formed by the members of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) – including a majority of former parliamentarians (18 of 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.
Its creation was announced on May 29, 2007 during a press conference.[1]
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[edit] History
During the legislative elections in June 2007 17 NC members were elected, in addition to 5 unaffiliated deputies elected under the "Majorité Présidentielle" banner. The MoDem elected only 3 MPs, even though they won 7.6% of the first round vote and the NC-PSLE won about 2.3%. However, less than one hundred NC candidates were standing, compared to over 500 for the MoDem.
Minister of Defense Hervé Morin was elected by the first round in Eure (50.05%), other candidates such as François Sauvadet, Charles de Courson were also elected by the first round. In total, 6 NC-PSLE members were elected by round one.
In the second round, 11 additional deputies were elected, giving the party a total of 17 deputies. With other deputies elected under various banners, the party formed a parliamentary group of 22 members, including MoDem candidates Jean-Christophe Lagarde. Mayotte MoDem deputy Abdoulatifou Aly joined the group before defecting back to the MoDem. In a 2008 by-election in the Rhone, the party gained a seat after the UMP incumbent saw his election invalidated.
In his second cabinet, the Prime Minister François Fillon appointed three NC members Hervé Morin as Defense Minister, André Santini as State Secretary for Public Servants and Valérie Létard as State Secretary for Social Solidarity.
The party held its foundation congress in Nimes in 2008, where Hervé Morin was elected President of the party.
In the municipal and cantonal elections held in 2008, the party held most if its seats, but lost Blois and Amiens to the PS. It did gain, however, the cities of Agen and Châtellerault. It lost the department of the Somme but gained the Cote-d'Or, where François Sauvadet was elected as departmental president.
The party at first indicated that he was considering in running the 2009 European elections separate from the UMP, but it finally joins the presidential majority alliance and 3 New Centre deputies have been elected.
[edit] Members
See Members of the New Centre.
[edit] Financing
In order to obtain public financing, the New Centre has signed a convention with Fetia Api, a very small party in French Polynesia. 23 parliamentarians (18 of the French National Assembly and 5 from the Senate) declared they belong to Fetia Api for this reason.
[edit] References
- ^ "Création du "Nouveau centre" par les UDF ralliés à Sarkozy" (in French). NouvelObs.com. 2007-05-29. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/depeches/politique/elections_2007/20070529.AFP1209/creation_du_parti_le_nouveau_centre_par_les_udf_rallies.html. Retrieved on 2007-05-29.
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