New Deal (french: Nouvelle Donne) is a Keynesian liberal and progressive political party in

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. It was founded on 18 November 2013 by Pierre Larrouturou. Its stated aims are to renew how democracy is used, and it has social, ecological and economic goals, which could be defined as

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History

In the wake of the

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, the "Collectif

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" was launched to promote 15 propositions to all the candidates, which had been signed into a manifesto by over 100,000 people. After François Hollande's victory, Pierre Larrouturou and Stéphane Hessel chose to put these ideas to vote within the Parti Socialiste (PS) at the

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meeting, which was to elect the new leader of the party. However, their

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obtained only 11.78% of the votes, ranking it third. Following these events, Pierre Larrouturou announced the creation of the New Deal party, effectively leaving the Socialist Party, on 28 November 2013. The party was named after the New Deal, the political program launched by

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in the 1930s to get the

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out of the Great Depression. New Deal has highlighted that very low economic growth in France has been the norm for a generation, and postulates that the crisis is the result of inequalities of economic redistribution, in terms of

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and

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. For instance, it proposes the revision of fiscal policies and the division of labour, though reducing working time. Those policies would be sustained by

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policies, based on ecological needs. The party wants to unite citizens who have not previously been involved in politics, supporters of the Left Front, the

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, the Socialist Party (PS), The

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, people from

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, as well as

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ers, and French celebrities.

Political position

''Nouvelle Donne'' is located in the

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of the left wing, in the context of French politics, but it is sometimes described as the

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. This political party values political, conscientious, speech, and individual freedom, and supports

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and

environmentalism Environmentalism or environmental rights is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement regarding concerns for environmental protection and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks ...

. The New Deal is a representative of

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. ''Nouvelle Donne'' is also a

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party. While in French politics social liberalism is generally classified as

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 Left-w ...

, ''Nouvelle Donne'' is classified as more left-leaning than the

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, a centre-left party with a tendency to

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. The party can be seen as a party advocating

progressivism Progressivism holds that it is possible to improve human societies through political action. As a political movement, progressivism seeks to advance the human condition through social reform based on purported advancements in science, tec ...

, a left-wing form of

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Election results

European Parliament

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