The Union of Democrats and Independents ( French Union des démocrates et indépendants ), (SDN) is a centrist French political party , founded on September 18, 2012 on the basis of the parliamentary group of the same name. The Union consists of nine separate political parties that have retained their independence.
| Union of Democrats and Independents | |
|---|---|
| fr. Union des démocrates et indépendants | |
 Union logo | |
| Leader | Jacques-Christoph Lagarde |
| Established | September 18, 2012 |
| Headquarters | Paris , Rue des Volontaires, 22 bis |
| Ideology | Centrism , Christian democracy , social liberalism , pro-Europeanism , European federalism |
| International | European Democratic Party |
| Number of members | 4000 (2017) [1] |
| Seats in the National Assembly | 18/577 |
| Senate Seats | 42/348 |
| Seats in the European Parliament | 3/72 |
| Personalities | party members in the category (15 people) |
| Site | parti-udi.fr |
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Creation History
On October 9, 2012, leaders of the political parties that made up the SDN parliamentary coalition announced the creation of a new political party of the same name. On October 21, the constituent congress of the new party was held in Paris. Its first leader was a popular politician, the leader of the Radical Party , a deputy of the French National Assembly and former Minister Jean-Louis Borloo . In November 2012, after the actual split into two opposing camps of France’s largest right-wing party, the Union for the Popular Movement (SND), during the election of a new party leader at the Le Bourget Congress, some well-known politicians left him and transferred to the SDN.
Composition of the Union
- Radical Party (PR, leader - Jean-Louis Borloo , ideology - liberalism , 6 deputies of the National Assembly, 6 senators, 1 deputy of the European Parliament)
- New Center (NC, leader - Herve Moren , ideology - centrism , social liberalism , 12 deputies of the National Assembly, 12 senators, 3 deputies of the European Parliament)
- Centrist Alliance (AC, leader - Jean Arthuy , ideology - centrism , 2 deputies of the National Assembly, 10 senators)
- Democratic European power (FED, leader - Jacques-Christophe Lagarde , ideology - Christian democracy , 4 deputies of the National Assembly, 4 senators)
- Modern leftists (FED, leader - Jean-Marie Bockel , ideology - social liberalism , 1 senator, 2 deputies of the European Parliament)
- Territories in motion (TeM, leader - Jean-Christophe Fromantin , ideology - liberalism , 1 deputy of the National Assembly)
- National Center for Independents and Peasants (CNIP, leader - Gilles Burdule , ideology - liberal conservatism , 1 deputy of the National Assembly)
- Liberal Democratic Party (PLD, leader - Aurelian Veron, ideology - libertarianism )
- New Environmental Democracy (NED, leader - Eric Dele, ideology - environmentalism )
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Presidents of the Union:
2012—2014: Jean-Louis Borloo
since 2014: Jacques-Christoph Lagarde
In April 2014, Jean-Louis Borloo, for health reasons, resigned as president of the Union of Democrats and Independents. At the party congress in November 2014, four candidates were nominated for the presidency; in the second round, Jean-Christophe Lagarde won with 53.5% of the vote against 46.5% of Herve Moren [2] .
See also
- Legislative Election in France (2007)
- Union for French Democracy
- New Center (France)