The Modern Left (, LGM), is a

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political party in France founded in 2007. The party was founded following the nomination of the former Socialist Party (PS) Senator and Mayor of

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, Jean-Marie Bockel to the François Fillon government in May 2007. Along with The Progressives of Éric Besson, the Modern Left represented the left wing of the coalition supporting the then-President

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. The party calls itself

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, and supports a

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. In the 2008 local elections, the party obtained around 40 councillors, and Bockel won a narrow re-election in

. However, the LGM incumbent in Pau, Yves Uriéta, was defeated. In the

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, the party obtained two MEPs on the lists of the

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. Both MEPs sat, like all other UMP MEPs, in the

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Elected officials

*Senators: Daniel Marsin, Jean-Marie Bockel ( RDSE) *MEPs: Michèle Striffler, Marielle Gallo ( EPP) Jean-Marie Bockel was Mayor of

from 1989 to 2010 and the party claims a number of councillors in various cities throughout the country. In addition, Bockel is Secretary of State for Justice and Liberties in the Fillon II government.

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Elected officials

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