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Citizen and Republican Movement Mouvement républicain et citoyen | |
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| President | Thierry Cotelle |
| Founder | Jean-Pierre Chevènement |
| Founded | 1993 (MDC) 2002 (PR) 2003 (MRC) |
| Split from | Socialist Party |
| Headquarters | 9 Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière 75009 Paris |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing[8] |
| National affiliation | Federation of the Republican Left (2022–present) New Popular Front (2024–present) |
| European affiliation | EUDemocrats (until 2017) |
| Colours | Red, Blue |
| National Assembly | 0 / 577 |
| Senate | 0 / 348 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 74 |
| Regional Councils | 2 / 1,910 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Citizen and Republican Movement (French: Mouvement républicain et citoyen) is a left-wing political party in France. The party replaced the Citizens' Movement (Mouvement des citoyens, MDC) in 2002. The previous party was founded by Jean-Pierre Chevènement, who left the Socialist Party (PS) in 1993 due to his opposition to the Gulf War and to the Maastricht Treaty. It is a Eurosceptic and sovereigntist party that strongly opposes European integration and promotes the "multipolar order" instead; the party argues that the United States of America holds a hegemonic position over the international markets and relations, and seeks to replace that with an order where no major power would dominate. The party criticizes the European Union for its capitalist policies, and is completely opposed to proposals to centralize or federalize the European Union.[9]
Despite being a split from it, the party cooperates with the Socialist Party and usually shares the electoral lists with it. The party partakes in "popular fronts", actively seeking ties and alliances with fellow left-wing parties. It has links to far-left parties that are against the European Union and NATO; it also cooperates with moderate "broad left" parties in France.[10] In 2019, the party took part in the creation of the Republican and Socialist Left (GRS) by joining forces with the Alternative for a Republican, Ecologist and Socialist Program (APRÉS), created by Marie-Noëlle Lienemann and Emmanuel Maurel after their departure from the Socialist Party, but without merging.
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- ^ "Le gaullisme pluriel essaime à gauche et à droite: Laurent de Boissieu". www.gaullisme.net. Archived from the original on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
- ^ "Trois visions du gaullisme pour une présidentielle: Charles Pasqua, Patrick Devedjian, Jean-Pierre Chevènement". www.gaullisme.net. Archived from the original on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
- ^ "Mouvement des Citoyens MDC". www.france-politique.fr.
- ^ "Information Guide: Euroscepticism" (PDF). Cardiff University Press. 2016. p. 18.
- ^ "Bombardier wins huge French train order". CBC News. 25 October 2006.
"To see the SNCF make a decision like this is a real shame. It's sad and even worrying," said Daniel Guerin, a Paris regional lawmaker with the left-wing Citizen and Republican Movement.
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