Modern Left
Modern Left Gauche Moderne | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Jean-Marie Bockel |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Split from | Socialist Party |
| Headquarters | 10 rue des Haudriettes 75003 Paris |
| Ideology | Social liberalism[1] |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Union of Democrats and Independents |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party[2] (2009–14) |
| Colours | Violet |
| Seats in the National Assembly | 0 / 577 |
| Seats in the Senate | 1 / 348 |
| Seats in the European Parliament | 0 / 74 |
| Seats in the Regional Councils | 4 / 1,880 |
The Modern Left (French: La Gauche moderne, LGM), is a centrist political party in France founded in 2007.
The party was founded following the nomination of the former Socialist Party (PS) Senator and Mayor of Mulhouse, Jean-Marie Bockel to the François Fillon government in May 2007. Along with The Progressives of Éric Besson, the Modern Left represented the left wing of the coalition supporting the then-President Nicolas Sarkozy. The party calls itself social liberal,[1] and supports a social market economy.
In the 2008 local elections, the party obtained around 40 councillors, and Bockel won a narrow re-election in Mulhouse. However, the LGM incumbent in Pau, Yves Uriéta, was defeated. In the 2009 European Parliament election, the party obtained two MEPs on the lists of the Union for a Popular Movement. Both MEPs sat, like all other UMP MEPs, in the European People's Party Group.
Elected officials
- Senators: Daniel Marsin, Jean-Marie Bockel (RDSE)
- MEPs: Michèle Striffler, Marielle Gallo (EPP)
Jean-Marie Bockel was Mayor of Mulhouse from 1989 to 2010 and the party claims a number of councillors in various cities throughout the country.
In addition, Bockel is Secretary of State for Justice and Liberties in the Fillon II government.
See also
References
- ^ a b Bockel crée la Gauche moderne et s'allie à l'UMP (Bockel creates the Modern Left and allies with the UMP), Challenges.fr (in French), 26 September 2007, retrieved 28 June 2011[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.eppgroup.eu/home/docs/eppgroup-members-list-240609.pdf Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine List of members of the EPP group
