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class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Split from</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Union_for_French_Democracy" title="Union for French Democracy">Union for French Democracy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_liberalism" title="Conservative liberalism">Conservative liberalism</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pro-Europeanism" title="Pro-Europeanism">Pro-Europeanism</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Political_spectrum" title="Political spectrum">Political position</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Centre-right_politics" title="Centre-right politics">Centre-right</a><sup id="cite_ref-ESS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">National affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Democrats_and_Independents" title="Union of Democrats and Independents">UDI</a> (2012–2017)<br /><a href="/wiki/Union_of_the_Right_and_Centre" title="Union of the Right and Centre">UDC</a> (2017–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Political groups of the European Parliament">European Parliament group</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_group" class="mw-redirect" title="European People's Party group">European People's Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Colours</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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France">Senate</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">8 / 348</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #6F97CF; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 81</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #6F97CF; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Regional_councils_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional councils of France">Presidency of Regional Councils</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 17</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #6F97CF; width: 6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Departmental_councils_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Departmental councils (France)">Presidency of Departmental Councils</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 95</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #6F97CF; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" 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parties</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_France" title="Elections in France">Elections</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The Centrists</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Les Centristes</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[le<span class="wrap"> </span>sɑ̃tʁist]</a></span>, <b><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">LC</i></span></b>), known as <b>The Centrists – New Centre</b> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Les Centristes – Nouveau Centre</i></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[le<span class="wrap"> </span>sɑ̃tʁist<span class="wrap"> </span>nuvo<span class="wrap"> </span>sɑ̃tʁ]</a></span>, <b><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">LC-NC</i></span></b>) since 2018, formerly known as <b>New Centre</b> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Nouveau Centre</i></span>, <b><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">NC</i></span></b>) and <b>European Social Liberal Party</b> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Parti Social Libéral Européen</i></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[paʁti<span class="wrap"> </span>sɔsjal<span class="wrap"> </span>libeʁal<span class="wrap"> </span>øʁɔpeɛ̃]</a></span>, <b><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">PSLE</i></span></b>), is a <a href="/wiki/Centre-right_politics" title="Centre-right politics">centre-right</a><sup id="cite_ref-ESS_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_France" title="List of political parties in France">political party in France</a> formed by the members of the <a href="/wiki/Union_for_French_Democracy" title="Union for French Democracy">Union for French Democracy</a> (UDF) – including 18 of the 29 members of the UDF in the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of France">National Assembly</a>) – who did not agree with <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou">François Bayrou</a>'s decision to found the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Movement_(France)" title="Democratic Movement (France)">Democratic Movement</a> (MoDem) and wanted to support the newly-elected president <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Sarkozy" title="Nicolas Sarkozy">Nicolas Sarkozy</a>, continuing the UDF–<a href="/wiki/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement" title="Union for a Popular Movement">Union for a Popular Movement</a> (UMP) alliance. </p><p>The party was founded on 29 May 2007 during a press conference<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and renamed on 11 December 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Centrists&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Centrists trace their history to the major centrist and <a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian-democratic</a> political parties in the Fourth and Fifth Republics. The parties maintained a separate existence from the <a href="/wiki/Gaullism" title="Gaullism">Gaullist</a> parties in the early years of the Fifth Republic primarily because of de Gaulle's strong opposition to European integration. However the major centrist party, the <a href="/wiki/Union_for_French_Democracy" title="Union for French Democracy">Union for French Democracy</a> (UDF), began to lose importance after UDF leader <a href="/wiki/Val%C3%A9ry_Giscard" class="mw-redirect" title="Valéry Giscard">Valéry Giscard</a> was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand" title="François Mitterrand">François Mitterrand</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1981_French_presidential_election" title="1981 French presidential election">1981 presidential election</a> and as the Gaullist <a href="/wiki/Rally_for_the_Republic" title="Rally for the Republic">Rally for the Republic</a> (RPR) become more pro-European during the 1980s and 1990s. In 2002, the RPR suggested a merger with the UDF but then–UDF leader <a href="/wiki/Francois_Bayrou" class="mw-redirect" title="Francois Bayrou">Francois Bayrou</a> refused. The RPR itself merged with smaller parties in 2002 to become the <a href="/wiki/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement" title="Union for a Popular Movement">Union for a Popular Movement</a> (UMP). At the same time, the UDF served as a junior partner for the UMP and supported UMP governments. UMP prime ministers usually appointed several UDF politicians to their governments to cement that support. In 2005, Bayrou became increasingly critical of the UMP government and ended his support of the Gaullist party in 2006. In the 2007 elections that followed, most UDF deputies running for reelection ran with the UMP in order to gain UMP support and ensure their prospects of reelection. The remains of the UDF renamed itself the New Centre and succeeded in electing 22 deputies to the National Assembly. Bayrou opposed the alliance with the UMP and formed a new party, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Movement_(France)" title="Democratic Movement (France)">Democratic Movement</a> (MoDem).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/2007_French_legislative_election" title="2007 French legislative election">legislative elections in June 2007</a>, 17 NC deputies were elected, in addition to five unaffiliated deputies elected under the "Majorité Présidentielle" banner. Only three MoDem deputies were elected, even though they won 7.6% of the first round vote and the NC-PSLE won about 2.3%. However, fewer than one hundred NC candidates were standing, compared to over 500 for the MoDem. </p><p>Minister of Defense <a href="/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_Morin" title="Hervé Morin">Hervé Morin</a> was elected by the first round in <a href="/wiki/Eure" title="Eure">Eure</a> (50.05%), other candidates such as <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Sauvadet" title="François Sauvadet">François Sauvadet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Courson" title="Charles de Courson">Charles de Courson</a> were also elected by the first round. In total, six NC-PSLE members were elected by round one. </p><p>In the second round, 11 additional deputies were elected, giving the party a total of 17 deputies. With other deputies elected under various banners, the party formed a parliamentary group of 22 members, including MoDem candidates <a href="/wiki/Jean-Christophe_Lagarde" title="Jean-Christophe Lagarde">Jean-Christophe Lagarde</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mayotte" title="Mayotte">Mayotte</a> MoDem deputy Abdoulatifou Aly joined the group before defecting back to the MoDem. In a 2008 by-election in the <a href="/wiki/Rhone" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhone">Rhone</a>, the party gained a seat after the UMP incumbent's election was invalidated. </p><p>In his second cabinet, the Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Fillon" title="François Fillon">François Fillon</a> appointed three NC members <a href="/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_Morin" title="Hervé Morin">Hervé Morin</a> as Defense Minister, <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Santini" title="André Santini">André Santini</a> as State Secretary for Public Servants and <a href="/wiki/Val%C3%A9rie_L%C3%A9tard" title="Valérie Létard">Valérie Létard</a> as State Secretary for Social Solidarity. </p><p>The party held its foundation congress in <a href="/wiki/N%C3%AEmes" title="Nîmes">Nîmes</a> in 2008, where <a href="/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_Morin" title="Hervé Morin">Hervé Morin</a> was elected president of the party. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2008_French_municipal_elections" title="2008 French municipal elections">municipal</a> and <a href="/wiki/2008_French_cantonal_elections" title="2008 French cantonal elections">cantonal</a> elections held in 2008, the party held most if its seats, but lost <a href="/wiki/Blois" title="Blois">Blois</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amiens" title="Amiens">Amiens</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(France)" title="Socialist Party (France)">PS</a>. It did gain, however, the cities of <a href="/wiki/Agen" title="Agen">Agen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A2tellerault" title="Châtellerault">Châtellerault</a>. It lost the department of the <a href="/wiki/Somme_(department)" title="Somme (department)">Somme</a> but gained the <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B4te-d%27Or" title="Côte-d'Or">Côte-d'Or</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Sauvadet" title="François Sauvadet">François Sauvadet</a> was elected as departmental president. In the <a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="2009 European Parliament election in France">2009 European elections</a> the party joined the presidential majority alliance and three NC members were elected as MEPs. </p><p>In May–June 2011 the party joined <a href="/wiki/The_Alliance_(France)" title="The Alliance (France)">the Alliance</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Radical_Party_(France)" title="Radical Party (France)">Radical Party</a>, as an alternative to the UMP.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ideology">Ideology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Centrists&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ideology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Centrists' political ideas are in large part inspired by those of <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou">François Bayrou</a> in his 2007 presidential campaign. </p><p>It supports a <a href="/wiki/Social_market_economy" title="Social market economy">social market economy</a>, which seeks to find a compromise between <a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">socialism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Laissez-faire_capitalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Laissez-faire capitalism">laissez-faire capitalism</a>. In this regard, it supports <a href="/wiki/Social_welfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Social welfare">social welfare</a> and a competitive market economy. It also supports a looser application of the French <a href="/wiki/35-hour_workweek" title="35-hour workweek">35-hour workweek</a>, a reduction in the <a href="/wiki/Payroll_tax" title="Payroll tax">payroll tax</a>, a French equivalent to the American <a href="/wiki/Small_Business_Administration" title="Small Business Administration">Small Business Administration</a> and a reduction of the <a href="/wiki/Government_debt" title="Government debt">government debt</a> and more budgetary regulation. </p><p>The Centrists supports a diversification of energy sources to cut by four <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions" title="Greenhouse gas emissions">greenhouse gas emissions</a> by 2050. In this regard, it supports the development of <a href="/wiki/Public_transit" class="mw-redirect" title="Public transit">public transit</a> and further development of fluvial and railway transportation of goods and people. </p><p>It supports a greater role for the French Parliament and some in the party favour the introduction of a German-style <a href="/wiki/Mixed_member_proportional" class="mw-redirect" title="Mixed member proportional">mixed member proportional</a> (MMP) system for parliamentary elections. Like many French centrist parties descended from the centrist <a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian democratic</a> ideals, it is strongly <a href="/wiki/Pro-Europeanism" title="Pro-Europeanism">Europhilic</a> and supports increased European control over the economy, environment, immigration, energy and research. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elected_officials">Elected officials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Centrists&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Elected officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Ministers:</b> <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Leroy" title="Maurice Leroy">Maurice Leroy</a></li> <li><b>Deputies:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Abelin" title="Jean-Pierre Abelin">Jean-Pierre Abelin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thierry_Benoit" title="Thierry Benoit">Thierry Benoit</a> (<a href="/wiki/Centrist_Alliance" title="Centrist Alliance">AC</a>), <a href="/wiki/Christian_Blanc" title="Christian Blanc">Christian Blanc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Brindeau" title="Pascal Brindeau">Pascal Brindeau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_de_Charette" title="Hervé de Charette">Hervé de Charette</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Courson" title="Charles de Courson">Charles de Courson</a>, <a href="/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Demilly" title="Stéphane Demilly">Stéphane Demilly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Dionis_du_S%C3%A9jour" title="Jean Dionis du Séjour">Jean Dionis du Séjour</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Raymond_Durand_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raymond Durand (politician) (page does not exist)">Raymond Durand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Folliot" title="Philippe Folliot">Philippe Folliot</a> (AC), <a href="/wiki/Francis_Hillmeyer" title="Francis Hillmeyer">Francis Hillmeyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michel_Hunault" title="Michel Hunault">Michel Hunault</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Jard%C3%A9" title="Olivier Jardé">Olivier Jardé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yvan_Lachaud" title="Yvan Lachaud">Yvan Lachaud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Christophe_Lagarde" title="Jean-Christophe Lagarde">Jean-Christophe Lagarde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Claude_Leteurtre" title="Claude Leteurtre">Claude Leteurtre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_Morin" title="Hervé Morin">Hervé Morin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Perruchot" title="Nicolas Perruchot">Nicolas Perruchot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_Pr%C3%A9el" title="Jean-Luc Préel">Jean-Luc Préel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Rochebloine" title="François Rochebloine">François Rochebloine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Salles" title="Rudy Salles">Rudy Salles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Santini" title="André Santini">André Santini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Sauvadet" title="François Sauvadet">François Sauvadet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francis_Vercamer" title="Francis Vercamer">Francis Vercamer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Vigier" title="Philippe Vigier">Philippe Vigier</a></li> <li><b>Senators:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jean-Paul_Amoudry" title="Jean-Paul Amoudry">Jean-Paul Amoudry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Claude_Biwer" title="Claude Biwer">Claude Biwer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Boyer_(politician)" title="Jean Boyer (politician)">Jean Boyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Dubois_(politician)" title="Daniel Dubois (politician)">Daniel Dubois</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean-L%C3%A9once_Dupont" title="Jean-Léonce Dupont">Jean-Léonce Dupont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_Maurey" title="Hervé Maurey">Hervé Maurey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Morin-Desailly" title="Catherine Morin-Desailly">Catherine Morin-Desailly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Pignard" title="Jean-Jacques Pignard">Jean-Jacques Pignard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yves_Pozzo_di_Borgo" title="Yves Pozzo di Borgo">Yves Pozzo di Borgo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Villiers" title="André Villiers">André Villiers</a></li> <li><b>MEPs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Damien_Abad" title="Damien Abad">Damien Abad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Briard-Auconie" class="mw-redirect" title="Sophie Briard-Auconie">Sophie Briard-Auconie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Marie_Cavada" title="Jean-Marie Cavada">Jean-Marie Cavada</a> (AC)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leaders">Leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Centrists&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Leader </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #6F97CF; color: white"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herve_Morin_(2010).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Herve_Morin_%282010%29.jpg/70px-Herve_Morin_%282010%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Herve_Morin_%282010%29.jpg/105px-Herve_Morin_%282010%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Herve_Morin_%282010%29.jpg/140px-Herve_Morin_%282010%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="631" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_Morin" title="Hervé Morin">Hervé Morin</a> </td> <td>2007 </td> <td>Incumbent </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_support">Popular support</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Centrists&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Popular support"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is hard to pinpoint the geographic distribution of the LC's vote since most of its candidates run without UMP opposition. The party is strong institutionally in the <a href="/wiki/Loir-et-Cher" title="Loir-et-Cher">Loir-et-Cher</a>, where it holds two of the department's three seats and the presidency of the general council. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Departmental_Council">Departmental Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Centrists&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Departmental Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election year </th> <th>Councils </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_French_departmental_elections" title="2021 French departmental elections">2021</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Departmental_Council_of_Calvados" title="Departmental Council of Calvados">1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jean-L%C3%A9once_Dupont" title="Jean-Léonce Dupont">Jean-Léonce Dupont</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Assembly">National Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Centrists&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: National Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><a href="/wiki/French_National_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="French National Assembly">French National Assembly</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Election </th> <th>Leader </th> <th>Votes (round 1) </th> <th>% (round 1) </th> <th>Votes (round 2) </th> <th>% (round 2) </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>+/– </th> <th>Government </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2007_French_legislative_election" title="2007 French legislative election">2007</a> </th> <td align="left" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_Morin" title="Hervé Morin">Hervé Morin</a> </td> <td>616,440 </td> <td>2.37 </td> <td>433,057 </td> <td>2.12 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">22 / 577</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #6F97CF; width: 4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>New </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Presidential Majority </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2012_French_legislative_election" title="2012 French legislative election">2012</a> </th> <td>569,897 </td> <td>2.20 </td> <td>568,319 </td> <td>2.47 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">12 / 577</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #6F97CF; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 10 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2017_French_legislative_election" title="2017 French legislative election">2017</a> </th> <td colspan="4" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">with <a href="/wiki/Union_of_the_Right_and_Centre" title="Union of the Right and Centre">Union of the Right and Centre</a></span> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 577</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #6F97CF; width: 0.3%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2022_French_legislative_election" title="2022 French legislative election">2022</a> </th> <td colspan="4" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">with <a href="/wiki/Union_of_the_Right_and_Centre" title="Union of the Right and Centre">Union of the Right and Centre</a></span> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 577</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #6F97CF; width: 0.2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Parliament">European Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Centrists&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: European Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption><a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Election </th> <th>Leader </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>+/− </th> <th>EP Group </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="2009 European Parliament election in France">2009</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_Morin" title="Hervé Morin">Hervé Morin</a> </td> <td>4,799,908 </td> <td>27.88 (#1) </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 72</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #6F97CF; width: 4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>New </td> <td><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People's Party Group">EPP</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3.5em"> <th><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="2014 European Parliament election in France">2014</a> </th> <td colspan="5"><i>Merged into <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Democrats_and_Independents" title="Union of Democrats and Independents">UDI</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="2019 European Parliament election in France">2019</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>1,920,407 </td> <td>8.48 (#4) </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 79</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #6F97CF; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People's Party Group">EPP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="2024 European Parliament election in France">2024</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>1,783,965 </td> <td>7.24 (#2) </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 81</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #6F97CF; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td>− </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Run in a joint list with <a href="/wiki/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement" title="Union for a Popular Movement">UMP</a> and <a href="/wiki/Modern_Left" title="Modern Left">GM</a>, that won 30 seats in total.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Run in a joint list with <a href="/wiki/The_Republicans_(France)" title="The Republicans (France)">LR</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hunting,_Fishing,_Nature_and_Traditions" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions">CPNT</a>, that won 8 seats in total.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Run in a joint list with <a href="/wiki/The_Republicans_(France)" title="The Republicans (France)">LR</a>, that won 6 seats in total.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Financing">Financing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Centrists&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Financing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In order to obtain public financing, The Centrists have signed a convention with <a href="/wiki/Fetia_Api" title="Fetia Api">Fetia Api</a>, a very small party in <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a>. 23 parliamentarians (18 of the French National Assembly and 5 from the Senate) declared they belong to Fetia Api for this reason. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Centrists&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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