The Modern Left (french: La Gauche moderne, LGM), is a
centrist political party in France founded in 2007.
The party was founded following the nomination of the former
Socialist Party (PS) Senator and Mayor of
Mulhouse
Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace af ...
,
Jean-Marie Bockel to the
François Fillon government in May 2007. Along with
The Progressives of
Éric Besson
Éric Besson (born 2 April 1958 in Marrakesh) is a French politician and businessman. From 2009 to 2010, he was the Minister of Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Co-Development in the government of François Fillon.
He left the S ...
, the Modern Left represented the left wing of the coalition supporting the then-President
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012.
Born in Paris, he is of Hungarian, Greek Jewish, and French origin. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Sei ...
.
The party calls itself
social-liberal and supports a
social market economy.
In the
2008 local elections, the party obtained around 40 councillors, and Bockel won a narrow re-election in
Mulhouse
Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace af ...
. However, the LGM incumbent in
Pau, Yves Uriéta, was defeated.
In the
2009 European Parliament election, the party obtained two MEPs on the lists of the
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Soci ...
. Both MEPs sat, like all other UMP MEPs, in the
European People's Party Group
The European People's Party Group (EPP Group) is a centre-right political group of the European Parliament consisting of deputies (MEPs) from the member parties of the European People's Party (EPP). Sometimes it also includes independent MEPs ...
.
Elected officials
*Senators:
Daniel Marsin,
Jean-Marie Bockel (
RDSE)
*MEPs:
Michèle Striffler,
Marielle Gallo (
EPP
EPP or Epp may refer to:
Organisations
* European People's Party, a pan-European centre-right conservative and Christian democratic political party
** European People's Party Group, the centre-right political group formed in European parliament ...
)
Jean-Marie Bockel was Mayor of
Mulhouse
Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace af ...
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.
See also
*
Politics of France
The politics of France take place with the framework of a semi-presidential system determined by the Constitution of France, French Constitution of the French Fifth Republic. The nation declares itself to be an "indivisible, laïcité, secular, ...
*
List of political parties in France
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
2007 establishments in France
Centrist parties in France
Liberal parties in France
Political parties established in 2007
Political parties of the French Fifth Republic
Social liberal parties