Miscellaneous centre (''Divers center'', ''DVC'') in
France
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refers to
centrist
Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to the l ...
candidates who are not members of any large
party
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. It is a nuance and ''de facto'' a political label created by the
French Ministry of the Interior
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in 2020.
Affiliated
MPs in the
15th legislature sit as
Non-Attached Members.
History
From 2001 to 2008, the declaration of political nuance "without label" is no longer authorized by the Ministry of the Interior and the nuance "various centers" does not exist, the candidates and lists presenting themselves as "without label" or "Centrists" were then classified as "various right" (DVD) or "various left" (DVG) according to the political tendency declared or supposed closest. In 2008, the introduction of the LDIV nuance for the “miscellaneous” list made it possible to counterbalance this device.
Controversy
Several opposition parties accuse the government of having created this new political nuance to "manipulate" the
municipal elections of March 2020 by promoting the results of
La République en Marche
Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a l ...
and its allies.
Membership
Since the dissolution of
Ecology Democracy Solidarity
Ecology Democracy Solidarity (french: Écologie Démocratie Solidarité) was a centre-left parliamentary group in the National Assembly of France. It was formed in May 2020 by members of La République En Marche!, a liberal parliamentary group. ...
in October 2020.
*
Paula Forteza
Paula Forteza (born 8 August 1986) is a French politician who was elected to the National Assembly of France in the 2017 French legislative election as a member of La République En Marche!. She represents the Second constituency for French res ...
*
Olivier Gaillard
Olivier Gaillard (born 28 February 1967) is a French politician representing La République En Marche! (LREM). He was a member of the French National Assembly from 18 June 2017 to 26 June 2021, representing the 5th constituency of the depart ...
*
Albane Gaillot
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Cédric Villani
Cédric Patrice Thierry Villani (; born 5 October 1973) is a French politician and mathematician working primarily on partial differential equations, Riemannian geometry and mathematical physics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2010, and he w ...
*
Matthieu Orphelin
Matthieu Orphelin (born 3 December 1972) is a French politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 French legislative election, 2017 to 2022 French legislative election, 2022, representing Maine-et-Loire.
Early l ...
Since
2022
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:
*
Christine Decodts
See also
* , another related ''de facto'' political label also used in 2020 to refer to a local alliance of candidates belonging to several centrist political parties
*
Miscellaneous right
Miscellaneous right (', ''DVD'') in France refers to right-wing candidates who are not members of any large party. This can include members of small right-wing parties, dissidents expelled from their party for running against their party's candida ...
*
Miscellaneous left
Miscellaneous left (', ''DVG'') in France refers to left-wing candidates who are not members of any party or a member of party that has no elected seats. They include either small left-wing parties or dissidents expelled from their parties for run ...
References
{{French political parties
Political parties of the French Fifth Republic
Centrism in Europe
Independent politicians in France