Democratic Convention (, CD) is a

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- liberal political party in France. It is the continuation of the

Perspectives and Realities Clubs The National Federation of Perspectives and Realities Clubs (), mostly known simply as Perspectives and Realities Clubs (CPR), was a liberal political association in France. It was a parallel organisation of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's Independent ...

(CPR) and the

Popular Party for French Democracy The Popular Party for French Democracy (, PPDF) was a centrist- liberal political party in France led by Hervé de Charette. The PPDF was the continuation of the Perspectives and Realities Clubs, a parallel organisation of the Independent Repu ...

(PPDF), both constituent members of the centre-right

Union for French Democracy The Union for French Democracy ( ; UDF) was a centre-right political party in France. The UDF was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over ...

(UDF), a confederation of parties formed in 1978, and both established under the auspices of

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, president of France from 1974 to 1981 and president of the UDF from 1988 to 1996. The Clubs, established in 1965, were a parallel organisation of Giscard's

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and, later, the Republican Party (PR), and a sort of "doctrine laboratory" or think tank, while the PPDF was a full-fledged party formed in 1995 by Giscard's supporters when the PR traced a different political line from its founder. In 2002 the PPDF left the UDF and joined the

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement ( ; UMP ) was a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in France, political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullism, Gaullist tradition. During its existence, the UMP was o ...

(UMP), the new party formed at the merger of the

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and most of the UDF, not including the party's core which remained autonomous. Within the UMP, the PPDF became a faction and adopted the new name "Democratic Convention". The affiliation continued until 2010, when the CD joined the

New Centre The Centrists (, , ), known as The Centrists – New Centre ( , ) since 2018, formerly known as New Centre (, ) and European Social Liberal Party ( , ), is a centre-right political party in France formed by the members of the Union for French Dem ...

and, through it, The Alliance, a new centrist coalition led by

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. In 2012 the latter evolved into the

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(UDI), to which the CD affiliated. After unsuccessfully running for president of the UDI, Yves Jégo, a former RPR turned Radical, reactivated the Clubs in 2013–2014 to "contribute to the development and deepening of political thought, values and convictions of the liberal, social and European family".https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.perspectivesetrealites.fr%2Fpresentation-2%2F#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url The new organisation, less think tank and more political party, was led by Jégo as president and de Charette honorary president. In 2018, after Jégo's retirement, the party was co-chaired by Éric Hélard, Sophie Auconie and Laurent Lafon.

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