Mouvement democrate

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Mouvement democrate
Logo du Mouvement démocrate
BayrouEM.jpg
Party leader François Bayrou
Secretary General Jean-Noël Barrot
vice-chairman Marielle de Sarnez , Jacqueline Gourault , Marc Fesneau , Jean-Marie Vanlerenberghe , Geneviève Darrieussecq , Nathalie Griesbeck , Patrick Mignola
Treasurer Jean-Jacques Jégou
founding May 10, 2007
Headquarters 133 bis, rue de l'Université
75007 Paris
Youth organization Les Jeunes democrates
Alignment Centrism
liberalism
left-wing liberalism
Colours) orange
National Assembly 2017
42/577
senate 2017
5/348
Number of members 7000 (2017)
MEPs
5/79
European party EDP
EP Group RE
Website www.mouvementdemocrate.fr

The Mouvement démocrate (MoDem; German  Democratic Movement ) is a centrist and liberal political party in France , which was founded in May 2007 on the initiative of the politician François Bayrou .

Bayrou announced on April 25, 2007, after his good result in the 2007 presidential election , that he wanted to inherit the Union pour la démocratie française by founding the party and that he would run in the 2007 parliamentary elections. Bayrou had initially suggested the name Parti démocrate , but this was changed to Mouvement démocrate , as there is already a little-known Parti Démocrate in France.

Bayrou positioned the party as a link between the moderate left and the moderate right and hoped to establish MoDem as an alternative political force in France.

In 2017, MoDem supported Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election , which is why MP Jean Lassalle resigned. Macron won this in the runoff election with around 66 percent against Marine Le Pen .

Content profile

During the first time after its founding, in view of the heterogeneous groups and many newcomers to politics in the party, it was “completely unclear which group would ultimately prevail and how the various priorities could be hierarchized”. In particular, the meaning of the concept of centrism in French politics, to which the Mouvement Démocrate ascribes itself (it even called itself "hypercentric"), is largely unclear; it is also questioned whether it is an autonomous force with a specific ideology.

The Mouvement Démocrate is committed to a humanism that puts people at the center of its actions. The Mouvement Démocrate is committed to the promotion of republican ideals and sustainable development by building democratic responsibility in national, European and global politics, in economic and social life.

The Mouvement Démocrate belongs to the European Democratic Party (EDP) and advocates deepening European integration .

Election results

In the first round of the 2007 parliamentary election , the party received 7.6 percent of the vote, and in the final round it was able to bring three members to the National Assembly. In 2012 , MoDem received only 2.3 percent of the vote in the first round of voting. In the second round, two mandates were won. Previously, Bayrou achieved 9.1 percent (1st ballot) in the presidential election on April 22, 2012 , after 18.6 percent in 2007, a disappointing result. In the 2017 general election , MoDem joined an electoral alliance with the En Marche! from Emmanuel Macron, whose presidential candidacy had previously been supported. MoDem achieved 4.1% of the vote in the first ballot and won 42 seats in the second ballot.

Bogus employment affair

In June 2017, the MoDem politician François Bayrou , Deputy Prime Minister ( Ministre d'État , "Minister of State") and Minister of Justice in Prime Minister Édouard Philippe's cabinet, Minister of Defense Sylvie Goulard and Assistant Minister for European Affairs Marielle de Sarnez announced a bogus employment affair in their Party announced their resignations. It is suspected that MEPs' employees were actually being used for party tasks. Preliminary investigations were initiated by the French judiciary.

Personalities

First meeting of the Mouvement Démocrate on May 24, 2007
François Bayrou

MPs

In 2012 , the Mouvement démocrate was able to send two members to the National Assembly under the name Le Center pour la France (CEN) :

Senators

The following Senators of the Sénat belong to the Mouvement démocrate (as of May 2012):

MEPs

In the 2009 European elections, the party achieved 8.4% of the vote in France (voter turnout 40.63%) and has the following members in the European Parliament for the 2009-2014 legislative period:

In the legislative period 2004–2009 the party had the following members:

Other board members

  • Gilles Artigues (former MP)
  • Didier Bariani (former MP)
  • Azouz Begag (former minister)
  • Anne-Marie Comparini (former MP)
  • Eric Delhaye
  • Corinne Lepage (former environment minister, chairwoman of CAP 21)
  • Jean Peyrelevade

Yann Wehrling has been the party's national spokesman since September 2010 .

Web links

Commons : Mouvement démocrate (France)  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Daniela Kallinich: The Mouvement Démocrate. A party at the center of French politics. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2019, ISBN 978-3-658-24420-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La très instructive publication des comptes 2017 des partis politiques par la CNCCFP January 25, 2019
  2. ↑ 'Kingmaker' snubs French rivals. BBC , April 25, 2007, accessed May 7, 2007 .
  3. ↑ François Bayrou baptisera son parti "Democratic Movement". Le Monde , May 5, 2007, accessed May 7, 2007 (French).
  4. ↑ The future “Parti démocrate” de Bayrou existe déjà. Liberation , April 27, 2007, accessed May 7, 2007 (French).
  5. ^ Daniela Kallinich: The Mouvement Démocrate: A party at the center of French politics. Springer, 2018, p. 473.
  6. ↑ Kallinich 2018, p. 171.
  7. ↑ 2012 election results (French) Le Monde, accessed on June 18, 2012
  8. ^ Election results for the 2012 presidential election (French) Le Monde, accessed on June 18, 2012
  9. ^ Rudolf Balmer: Expertise brought on board. In: www.nzz.ch. June 22, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2019 .
  10. ↑ dop / brk / sts / AFP: France: Justice Minister François Bayrou resigns. In: Spiegel Online . June 21, 2017, accessed May 1, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Results of the 2009 European elections, France. (No longer available online.) European Parliament , 2009, archived from the original on June 11, 2009 ; Retrieved June 11, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.elections2009-results.eu
  12. ↑ les 6 députés européens du Mouvement Démocrate. (No longer available online.) European Parliament , 2009, archived from the original on June 10, 2009 ; Retrieved June 11, 2009 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / europe.lesdemocrates.fr
  13. ^ Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. European Parliament , accessed on October 23, 2008 (2004; 2009).