National Centre of Independents and Peasants

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National Centre of Independents and Peasants Centre national des indépendants et paysans
President	Bruno North
Founder	René Coty
Founded	6 January 1949; 75 years ago (1949-01-06) (as CNI)
Merger of	Democratic Alliance, Republican Party of Liberty, Peasant Party
Headquarters	6, Rue Quentin Bauchart 75008 Paris
Youth wing	Youngs Independents and Peasants
Ideology	French nationalism Conservatism Agrarianism Euroscepticism[1] Before 1962: Conservative liberalism[2] Economic liberalism[2] Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Right-wing[2] Before 1962: Centre-right
Colours	Blue, white, red (French Tricolour)
National Assembly	0 / 577
Senate	0 / 348
European Parliament	0 / 74
Regional Councils	0 / 17
Departmental Councils	0 / 101
Website
www.cnip.fr
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The National Centre of Independents and Peasants (French: Centre national des indépendants et paysans French pronunciation: [sɑ̃tʁ nasjɔnal dez‿ɛ̃depɑ̃dɑ̃ e peizɑ̃], CNIP) is a right-wing agrarian political party in France, founded in 1951 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents (CNI), the heir of the French Republican conservative-liberal tradition^[2] (many party members came from the Democratic Republican Alliance), with the Peasant Party and the Republican Party of Liberty.

It played a major role during the Fourth Republic (prior to 1958), but since creation of the Fifth Republic, its importance has decreased significantly. The party has mostly run as a minor ally of larger centre-right parties. The CNI and its predecessors have been classical liberal and economically liberal parties opposed to the dirigisme of the left, centre and Gaullist right.