The Liaison Committee for the Presidential Majority (french: Comité de liaison de la majorité présidentielle, also called the Committee of the Presidential Majority or Committee of the Majority) was a structure initiated by

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to coordinate the

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that support his action. It was officially established by

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on June 30, 2009, and is led by

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, member of the national executive of the

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.AP Newsflash on June 30 2009
published on the website of the ''Nouvel Observateur''

Creation

On April 9, 2008, following the municipal and cantonal elections of 2008, the President of the Republic,

, announced the creation of a liaison committee to strengthen ties within the majority, intensify the level of work between the components and prepare for future elections. This committee would be composed of the main political leaders of the presidential majority:

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(Secretary General of the UMP),

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and

(vice-chairmen of the National Council of the UMP), Bernard Accoyer (President of the National Assembly), Christian Poncelet (President of the Senate), Henri de Raincourt (President of the UMP group in the Senate),

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(Deputy Secretary General of the UMP),

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(President of the

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(president of ''Le Chêne'' club),

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(president of the Radical Party),

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(President of

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(President of the NC group in the National Assembly),

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(ex-chairman of the UC-UDF Group in the Senate),

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(President of the ACDE),

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(Chairman of the

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) and

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(President of The Progressives). Without significant business since its inception, the committee became formally structured as a result of the 2009 European elections during which the lists of the presidential majority came first. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister

on June 30, 2009, on the occasion of the inauguration of its offices.

Party members

(UMP)

UMP 'associated' parties

* Radical Party (PR) *

(PCD) * The Progressives (LP)

UMP allied parties

(NC) *

(LGM) *

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(CPNT)

Objectives

After meeting informally since January 2009 and taking part in the preparation of the presidential majority's lists ahead of the European elections in June, the committee aims to prepare the forthcoming elections, most notably the regional elections in 2010. According to

, the committee will also be "a laboratory of ideas, a place of confrontation between different projects that represent the broadest diversity possible in French society."

Organization

The committee consists of about twenty people who will meet once a month. It is chaired by

References

{{French political parties Defunct political party alliances in France Political parties of the French Fifth Republic Union for a Popular Movement