The Modern Left (french: La Gauche moderne, LGM), is a
centrist
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political party in France
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founded in 2007.
The party was founded following the nomination of the former
Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...
(PS) Senator and Mayor of
Mulhouse
Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department, in the Grand Est Regions of France, region, eastern France, close to the France–Switzerl ...
,
Jean-Marie Bockel
Jean-Marie Bockel (born 22 June 1950) is a French politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence and Veterans in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon appointed on 18 March 2008, having previously been Secretary of State ...
to the
François Fillon
François Charles Armand Fillon (; born 4 March 1954) is a retired French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2007 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. He was the nominee of the Republicans (previously known as the Union ...
government in May 2007. Along with
The Progressives of
Éric Besson
Éric Besson (born 2 April 1958 in Marrakesh) is a French politician and businessman. From 2009 to 2010, he was the Minister of Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Co-Development in the government of François Fillon.
He left the So ...
, the Modern Left represented the left wing of the coalition supporting the then-President
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012.
Born in Paris, he is of Hungarian, Greek Jewish, and French origin. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Se ...
.
The party calls itself
social-liberal
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and supports a
social market economy
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.
In the
2008 local elections, the party obtained around 40 councillors, and Bockel won a narrow re-election in
Mulhouse
Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department, in the Grand Est Regions of France, region, eastern France, close to the France–Switzerl ...
. 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
The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Social ...
. Both MEPs sat, like all other UMP MEPs, in the
European People's Party Group
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.
Elected officials
*Senators:
Daniel Marsin,
Jean-Marie Bockel
Jean-Marie Bockel (born 22 June 1950) is a French politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence and Veterans in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon appointed on 18 March 2008, having previously been Secretary of State ...
(
RDSE)
*MEPs:
Michèle Striffler,
Marielle Gallo (
EPP)
Jean-Marie Bockel
Jean-Marie Bockel (born 22 June 1950) is a French politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence and Veterans in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon appointed on 18 March 2008, having previously been Secretary of State ...
was Mayor of
Mulhouse
Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department, in the Grand Est Regions of France, region, eastern France, close to the France–Switzerl ...
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
*
Politics of France
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List of political parties in France
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References
External links
Official website
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2007 establishments in France
Centrist parties in France
Liberal parties in France
Political parties established in 2007
Political parties of the French Fifth Republic
Social liberal parties