The Democratic Movement (Mouvement démocrate, MoDem) is a centrist and pro-European French political party that was founded by centrist politician François Bayrou to succeed his Union for French Democracy and to contest the 2007 parliamentary election, after his strong showing in the 2007 presidential election.^[2] In politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes. ... Pro-European is a subjective term applied to a person who supports the European Union (EU) and/or further European integration, specifically in the context of political argument over the current and future status of the EU and its policies. ... Political parties in France lists political parties in France. ... François Bayrou François Bayrou (IPA: ) is a leading candidate for the French Presidental election of 2007. ... The Union for French Democracy, also known by its French acronym UDF (Union pour la Démocratie Française), is a French centrist political party. ... The French legislative elections took place on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a few weeks after the French presidential election run-off on 6 May. ... The 2007 French presidential election, the ninth of the Fifth French Republic was held to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France for a five-year term. ...

Initially named "Democratic Party" (Parti démocrate), it was renamed "Democratic Movement" ^[3], because there is already a little-known Democratic Party in France and because the initials would be PD, which in French slang means "faggot".^[4] Look up faggot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Traditionally, the UDF had always supported right-wing governments since its creation by Valery Giscard d'Estaing. The UDF aligned itself with the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) following its creation in 2002, and even took part in the government coalition in the Senate from 2002 to 2007, though it did not participate in the Cabinet. However, throughout the second term of Jacques Chirac, the UDF became more and more independent from the UMP. On the impetus of its leader François Bayrou, it eventually supported a censure motion along with the Socialist Party. Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard dEstaing (born February 2, 1926 in Koblenz, Germany) is a French politician who was President of the Republic from 1974 until 1981. ... The Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, UMP), initially named the Union for the Presidential Majority (Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle), is the main French conservative political party. ... The Senate amphitheater in the Luxembourg Palace The Senate (in French :le Sénat) is the upper house of the Parliament of France. ... French government ministers are members of the Prime Ministers cabinet, although in French the term cabinet is rarely used to describe the gouvernement, even in translation (as it is used in French to mean a ministers private office, composed of politically-appointed aides). ... Jacques René Chirac (born 29 November 1932) is a French politician. ... François Bayrou François Bayrou (IPA: ) is a leading candidate for the French Presidental election of 2007. ...

During the 2007 presidential campaign, François Bayrou advocated a national unity government. Although eliminated in the first round, an especially high number of voters (over 18%) supported Bayrou as a non-major party candidate. Following the election, he founded the Democratic Movement on May 29th to reinforce his strategy of political independence. The 2007 French presidential election, the ninth of the Fifth French Republic was held to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France for a five-year term. ...

Some members of the UDF did not agree with this new strategy because the weighted French balloting system would hinder the Democratic Movement from obtaining seats in the legislative elections. These members created the New Centre, continuing their support for the newly elected president Nicolas Sarkozy. New Centre (Nouveau Centre, NC), also known as European Social Liberal Party (Parti Social Libéral Européen, PSLE) is a political party in France, formed by those members of the Union for French Democracy — including the majority of parliamentarians (18 on 29 members of the National Assembly) — who did... Nicolas Sarkozy   (born Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa on 28 January 1955 in Paris, France) is the President-Elect of France after defeating Socialist Party leader Ségolène Royal during the 2007 election. ...

The Democratic Movement has won 7,61% of the votes in the first round of the 2007 legislative elections. The party gained four seats in the National Assembly of France (including Abdoulatifou Aly who was elected in Mayotte, candidating for a party affiliated to the MoDem). The French legislative elections took place on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a few weeks after the French presidential election run-off on 6 May. ... The Palais Bourbon, front The French National Assembly (French: ) is one of the two houses of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. ...

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