The Brittany Movement and Progress (''Breizh War Raok'' in Breton) (MBP) is a
Breton
Breton most often refers to:
*anything associated with Brittany, and generally
** Breton people
** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany
** Breton (horse), a breed
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political movement created in 2010.
History
Created by Christian Troadec in the
2010 regional elections under the slogan, "We'll make Brittany again" where the party got 4.29% of the vote. The movement was created as a left wing autonomist party that is independent of the
PS.
The main spokesman of the party, Christian Troadec, the mayor of
Carhaix-Plouguer and a general councillor in the township of
Carhaix-Plouguer. The party also includes Christian Derrien, mayor of
Langonnet and a councillor in
Gourin
Gourin (; br, Gourin) is a commune in the Morbihan ''département'' of Brittany in north-western France.
Geography
Gourin is in the northwest of Morbihan, northeast of Quimper and northwest of Lorient. Historically, it belongs to Cornouaill ...
After the success in the regional elections where the party gained two elected representatives, the leaders then affirmed that they wanted to run in bigger elections notably senatorial and legislative.
In the
2011 senatorial elections, the MBP participated in a union with other left wing parties and nominated Hélène Le Ny to contest the senatorial seat in Morbihan held by Joël Labbé, an
EELV senator.
In the
legislative elections in 2012, Christian Troadec ran in
Finistère's 6th constituency
The 6th constituency of Finistère is a French legislative constituency in the Finistère
Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090. and came third with 19.22% of the vote. He got a result that guaranteed him a place in the second round but withdrew due to fear of vote splitting.
In
the European Elections in 2014, the party presented its candidates with the help of the Breton Party and Breizh Europa. The party managed to get 3.05% which allowed it to get reimbursed. This result came despite the presence of an alliance led by the Breton Democratic Union as well as the Breizhistance with help from the
NPA.
In the
2015 Regional Elections, the party stood under the "Yes Brittany" coalition with the Breton Democratic Union and received 6.7% of the overall vote in Brittany making ''Yes Brittany'' the fourth biggest political force within Brittany. In 2016, both the Breton Democratic Union and Brittany Movement and Progress declared their intention to renew the alliance for the legislative and presidential elections in 2017.
References
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2010 establishments in France
Breton nationalist parties
Left-wing nationalist parties
Political parties established in 2010
Political parties in Brittany
Regionalist parties in France
Socialist parties in France