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Democratic Movement Mouvement démocrate | |
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| Abbreviation | MoDem |
| President | François Bayrou |
| Founder | François Bayrou |
| Founded | 1 December 2007 |
| Preceded by | Union for French Democracy |
| Headquarters | 133 bis Rue de l'Université 75007 Paris |
| Membership (2017) |  13,000[1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| National affiliation | Ensemble |
| European affiliation | European Democratic Party |
| European Parliament group | Renew Europe |
| Colours | Orange |
| National Assembly | 33 / 577 |
| Senate | 5 / 348 |
| European Parliament | 3 / 79 |
| Presidency of Regional Councils | 0 / 17 |
| Presidency of Departmental Councils | 1 / 95 |
| Website | |
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The Democratic Movement (French: Mouvement démocrate, pronounced [muv.mɑ̃ de.mɔ.kʁat]; MoDem, [mɔ.dɛm]) is a centre[2][3][4][5] to centre-right[6][7] political party in France, whose main ideological trends are liberalism[8] and Christian democracy,[8] and that is characterised by a strong pro-Europeanist stance.[8] MoDem was established by François Bayrou to succeed the Union for French Democracy (UDF) and contest the 2007 legislative election, after his strong showing in the 2007 presidential election.[9] Initially named the Democratic Party (Parti démocrate), the party was renamed "Democratic Movement",[10] because there was already a small Democratic Party in France.[11]
MoDem secured an agreement with La République En Marche! (LRM) — later Renaissance (RE) — in the 2017 legislative election after Bayrou had endorsed the candidacy of Emmanuel Macron in February. The two parties have since been in alliance, as of late named Ensemble.
- ^ "Bayrou propose que le MoDem et LRM bâtissent une "maison commune" pour les prochaines élections". Le Monde. Agence France-Presse. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "France – Political parties". European Election Database. Norwegian Centre for Research Data. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ Jocelyn Evans; Gilles Ivaldi (2017). The 2017 French Presidential Elections: A Political Reformation?. Springer. p. 84. ISBN 978-3-319-68327-0.
- ^ Isabel Negro Alousque (2011). "A cognitive approach to humor in political cartoons". In Carmen Valero-Garcés (ed.). Dimensions of Humor: Explorations in Linguistics, Literature, Cultural Studies and Translation. Universitat de València. p. 85. ISBN 978-84-370-8290-5.
- ^ http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_140581_en.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Bruno Amable (2017). Structural Crisis and Institutional Change in Modern Capitalism: French Capitalism in Transition. OUP Oxford. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-19-109188-9.
- ^ "French PM rebukes minister Bayrou for complaining to broadcaster". Reuters. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ a b c Nicolas Hubé (2013). "France". In Nicolò Conti (ed.). Party Attitudes Towards the EU in the Member States: Parties for Europe, Parties Against Europe. Routledge. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-317-93656-5.
- ^ "'Kingmaker' snubs French rivals". BBC News. 25 April 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
- ^ "François Bayrou baptisera son parti "Mouvement démocrate"". Le Monde (in French). France. 5 May 2007. Archived from the original on 8 May 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
- ^ "Le futur "Parti démocrate" de Bayrou existe déjà". Libération (in French). France. 27 April 2007. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2007.