The Liberal Democratic Party (french: Parti libéral démocrate, PLD) was a
classical liberal
Classical liberalism is a political tradition and a branch of liberalism that advocates free market and laissez-faire economics; civil liberties under the rule of law with especial emphasis on individual autonomy, limited government, econom ...
political party in
France
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. It was founded in 2008 by a split in the
Liberal Alternative. It seeks to fulfil the same role as the former
Liberal Democracy
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, uniting supporters of
Alain Madelin
Alain Madelin (; born 26 March 1946) is a French politician.
Politician
Madelin was minister of Industry in Prime Minister Jacques Chirac's cabinet from 1986 to 1988, a minister of Business in Prime Minister Édouard Balladur's cabinet f ...
.
History
In the
2010 regional elections, the PLD were allied to Liberal Alternative and the
Centrist Alliance
The Centrist Alliance (french: Alliance centriste) (AC) is a centrist political party in France.
It was founded in June 2009 by Jean Arthuis, a former member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) and currently Member of European parliament, ...
. In the
2012 presidential election, the PLD didn't run its own candidate, but endorsed
François Bayrou
François René Jean Lucien Bayrou (; born 25 May 1951) is a French politician who has presided over the Democratic Movement (MoDem) since he founded it in 2007. A centrist, he was a candidate in the 2002, 2007 and 2012 presidential elections ...
in the first round and
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 ...
in the second round. In the
2012 legislative election, the party ran some of its own candidates, but also endorsed a number of
Miscellaneous right
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,
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 Soci ...
,
Centrist Alliance
The Centrist Alliance (french: Alliance centriste) (AC) is a centrist political party in France.
It was founded in June 2009 by Jean Arthuis, a former member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) and currently Member of European parliament, ...
, and
Democratic Movement candidates.
See also
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Politics of France
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List of political parties in France
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France has a multi-party political system: one in which the number of competing political parties is sufficiently large as to make it almost inevitable that in order to participate in ...
Footnotes
External links
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Liberal Democratic Party official website
{{French political parties
Classical liberal parties
Political parties of the French Fifth Republic
Right-wing parties in France
Liberal parties in France
Political parties established in 2008