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Union of Democrats and Independents, the Glossary

The Union of Democrats and Independents (Union des démocrates et indépendants, UDI) is a centre to centre-right political party in France and former electoral alliance founded on 18 September 2012 on the basis of the parliamentary group of the same name in the National Assembly.^[1]

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.

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Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group

The Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE Group) was the liberal–centrist political group of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2019.

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Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) is a European political party composed of 76 national-level parties from across Europe, mainly active in the European Union.

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Brigitte Fouré

Brigitte Fouré (born 13 August 1955 in Amiens) is a French university lecturer and former government minister, a member of the ''Nouveau Centre'' and of Société en mouvement ("Society on the Move") She is also a lecturer in law at the University of Picardie Jules Verne.

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By-election

A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, and a bye-election or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections.

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Centre-right politics

Centre-right politics is the set of right-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre.

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Centrism

Centrism is the range of political ideologies that exist between left-wing politics and right-wing politics on the left–right political spectrum.

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Centrist Alliance

The Centrist Alliance (Alliance centriste) (AC) is a centrist political party in France. Union of Democrats and Independents and centrist Alliance are centrist parties in France, political parties of the French Fifth Republic and pro-European political parties in France.

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Centrist Union group

The Centrist Union (Union centriste, abbreviated UC) is a centrist parliamentary group in the Senate uniting members of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) and Democratic Movement (MoDem), as well as the Centrist Alliance (AC), a former component of the UDI.

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Chantal Jouanno

Chantal Jouanno (née Paul; born 12 July 1969 in Vernon, Eure, France) is a French politician who served as Minister of Sports in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from 14 November 2010 and 26 September 2011, succeeding to Roselyne Bachelot and being replaced by David Douillet, before taking office as senator on 1 October 2011.

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Daniel Leca

Daniel Leca (born 1985) is a French centrist politician.

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Democratic European Force

The Democratic European Force (Force européenne démocrate, FED) is a centre-right political party in France founded in July 2012 by Jean-Christophe Lagarde and other dissidents of the New Centre who opposed Hervé Morin's leadership. Union of Democrats and Independents and Democratic European Force are 2012 establishments in France, centrist parties in France, Christian democratic parties in Europe, liberal parties in France, political parties established in 2012, political parties of the French Fifth Republic and pro-European political parties in France.

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Democratic Movement (France)

The Democratic Movement (Mouvement démocrate,; MoDem) is a centre to centre-right political party in France, whose main ideological trends are liberalism and Christian democracy, and that is characterised by a strong pro-Europeanist stance. Union of Democrats and Independents and Democratic Movement (France) are centrist parties in France, Christian democratic parties in Europe, liberal parties in France, political parties of the French Fifth Republic and pro-European political parties in France.

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Departmental council (France)

The departmental councils (French: conseils départementaux; singular, conseil départemental) of France are representative assemblies elected by universal suffrage in 98 of the country's 101 departments.

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Eighth constituency for French residents overseas

The Eighth constituency for French residents overseas (huitième circonscription des Français établis hors de France) is one of eleven constituencies each electing one representative of French citizens overseas to the French National Assembly.

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Electoral alliance

An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand in elections.

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Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has been serving as the 25th president of France since 2017 and ex officio one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra.

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Ensemble (political coalition)

Ensemble (lit. "Together", stylised in all caps) is a liberal political coalition in France created by Emmanuel Macron. Union of Democrats and Independents and Ensemble (political coalition) are centrist parties in France, liberal parties in France, political parties of the French Fifth Republic and pro-European political parties in France.

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European Democratic Party

The European Democratic Party (EDP; French: Parti démocrate européen, PDE), also known as the European Democrats, is a centrist European political party in favour of European integration.

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European Parliament

The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions.

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François Fillon

François Charles Armand Fillon (born 4 March 1954) is a French retired politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2007 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy.

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GayLib

GayLib is an LGBTI liberal political faction affiliated with the Radical Party.

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Gilles Bourdouleix

Gilles Bourdouleix (born 15 April 1960) is a French politician and former member of the National Assembly of France.

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Henri Plagnol

Henri Plagnol (born February 11, 1961, in Paris) is a French politician who has served on the National Assembly.

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Hervé Marseille

Hervé Marseille (born 20 August 1954) is a French politician who has presided over the Centrist Union group in the Senate since 2017 and over the Union of Democrats and Independents party since 2022.

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Jean-Christophe Lagarde

Jean-Christophe Lagarde (born 24 October 1967) is a French politician serving as president of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) since 2014.

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Jean-Louis Borloo

Jean-Louis Marie Borloo (born 7 April 1951) is a French politician who served as president of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) from 2012 to 2014.

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Jean-Marie Bockel

Jean-Marie Bockel (born 22 June 1950) is a French politician who has been serving as President Emmanuel Macron's Personal Envoy for Africa since 2024.

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Laurent Degallaix

Laurent Degallaix (born September 11, 1965, in Valenciennes, Nord, France) is a French politician.

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Le Monde

Le Monde (The World) is a French daily afternoon newspaper.

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Liberal Democratic Party (France)

The Liberal Democratic Party (Parti libéral démocrate, PLD) was a classical liberal political party in France. Union of Democrats and Independents and liberal Democratic Party (France) are liberal parties in France and political parties of the French Fifth Republic.

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Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property and equality before the law.

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List of political parties in France

This article contains a list of political parties in France.

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Mayenne

Mayenne is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne.

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Meyer Habib

Meyer Dov Habib (מאיר חביב.; born 28 April 1961) is a French-Israeli politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly from June 2013 to February 2023 and April 2023 to June 2024, representing the eighth constituency for French residents overseas.

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Michel Zumkeller

Michel Zumkeller (born 21 January 1966 in Belfort) is a French politician of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), part of the Radical Party, who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France, representing the Territoire de Belfort department.

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Modern Left

The Modern Left (La Gauche moderne, LGM), is a centrist political party in France founded in 2007. Union of Democrats and Independents and modern Left are centrist parties in France, liberal parties in France and political parties of the French Fifth Republic.

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National Assembly (France)

The National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (Sénat).

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National Centre of Independents and Peasants

The National Centre of Independents and Peasants (French: Centre national des indépendants et paysans, 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 (many party members came from the Democratic Republican Alliance), with the Peasant Party and the Republican Party of Liberty.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Pierre Méhaignerie

Pierre Méhaignerie (born 4 May 1939) is a French politician.

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Pro-Europeanism

Pro-Europeanism, sometimes called European Unionism, is a political position that favours European integration and membership of the European Union (EU).

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Radical Movement

The Radical Movement (Mouvement radical, MR), officially the Radical, Social and Liberal Movement (Mouvement radical, social et libéral), was a liberal, radical and social-liberal political party in France. Union of Democrats and Independents and radical Movement are centrist parties in France, liberal parties in France, political parties of the French Fifth Republic and pro-European political parties in France.

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Radical Party (France)

The Radical Party (Parti radical), officially the Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste), is a liberal and social-liberal political party in France. Union of Democrats and Independents and radical Party (France) are alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party member parties, centrist parties in France, liberal parties in France and political parties of the French Fifth Republic.

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Radical Party of the Left

The Radical Party of the Left (Parti radical de gauche, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. Union of Democrats and Independents and radical Party of the Left are liberal parties in France, political parties of the French Fifth Republic and pro-European political parties in France.

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Regional council (France)

A regional council (conseil régional) is the elected assembly of a region of France.

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Renaissance (French political party)

Renaissance is a liberal and centrist political party in France. Union of Democrats and Independents and Renaissance (French political party) are centrist parties in France, liberal parties in France, political parties of the French Fifth Republic and pro-European political parties in France.

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Renew Europe

Renew Europe (Renew) is a liberal, pro-European political group of the European Parliament founded for the ninth European Parliament term.

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Right-wing politics

Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property, religion, biology, or tradition.

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Romani people

The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani and colloquially known as the Roma (Rom), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle.

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Senate (France)

The Senate (Sénat) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France.

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Territories in Movement

Territories in Movement (Territoires en mouvement, TeM) is a centre-right political party in France founded in September 2011 by Jean-Christophe Fromantin, the mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine. Union of Democrats and Independents and Territories in Movement are liberal parties in France and political parties of the French Fifth Republic.

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The Alternative (France)

The Alternative (French: L'Alternative) was an electoral coalition created the fall of 2013 by Jean-Louis Borloo and François Bayrou.

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The Centrists

The Centrists (Les Centristes, LC), known as The Centrists – New Centre (Les Centristes – Nouveau Centre, LC-NC) since 2018, formerly known as New Centre (Nouveau Centre, NC) and European Social Liberal Party (Parti Social Libéral Européen, PSLE), is a centre-right political party in France formed by the members of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) – including 18 of the 29 members of the UDF in the National Assembly) – who did not agree with François Bayrou's decision to found the Democratic Movement (MoDem) and wanted to support the newly-elected president Nicolas Sarkozy, continuing the UDF–Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) alliance. Union of Democrats and Independents and the Centrists are centrist parties in France, liberal parties in France and political parties of the French Fifth Republic.

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The Republicans (France)

The Republicans (Les Républicains, LR) is a liberal conservative political party in France, largely inspired by the tradition of Gaullism. Union of Democrats and Independents and the Republicans (France) are political parties of the French Fifth Republic.

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UDI and Independents group

The UDI and Independent Deputies (Députés UDI & indépendants) was a parliamentary group in the National Assembly of France including members of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), Agir (2017–2020), and some dissidents of The Republicans (LR) after the 2017 legislative elections.

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Union for a Popular Movement

The Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populaire; UMP) was a liberal-conservative political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullist tradition.

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Union of the Right and Centre

The Union of the Right and Centre (Union de la droite et du centre; UDC) is a term used in France to designate an electoral alliance between the parties of the right and of the centre-right.

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Val-de-Marne's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of Val-de-Marne is a French legislative constituency in the Val-de-Marne ''département''.

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Yannick Favennec

Yannick Favennec Becot (born 12 August 1958) is a French politician of the Horizons party, within the Ensemble Citoyens coalition supporting incumbent President Emmanuel Macron, who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since the 2002 elections, representing the Mayenne department.

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2014 European Parliament election in France

The 2014 European Parliament election in France for the election of the 8th delegation from France to the European Parliament took place on 24 May 2014 in the overseas territories of France, and on 25 May 2014 in metropolitan France.

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2017 French legislative election

Legislative elections were held in France on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.

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2017 French presidential election

Presidential elections were held in France on 23 April and 7 May 2017.

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2019 European Parliament election in France

European Parliament elections were held in France on 26 May 2019 (and on 25 May in parts of overseas France and for some nationals abroad), electing members of the 9th French delegation to the European Parliament as part of the elections held across the European Union.

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2022 French legislative election

Legislative elections were held in France on 12 and 19 June 2022 to elect the 577 members of the 16th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.

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2024 French legislative election

Legislative elections were held in France on 30 June and 7 July 2024 (and one day earlier for some voters outside of metropolitan France) to elect all 577 members of the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Democrats_and_Independents

Also known as Union des démocrates et indépendants, Union of Democrats and Independants, William Delannoy.

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See also

Centrist parties in France

Liberal parties in France

Pro-European political parties in France

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