The Reforming Movement was a French centrist political group created in 1972 by the alliance between the Radical Party led by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber and the Christian-democratic Progress and Modern Democracy headed by Jean Lecanuet. A number of political organizations have called themselves the Radical Party, or have Radical as part of their name. ... Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, often referred to as JJSS (February 13, 1924 - November 7, 2006), was a French journalist and politician. ... Jean Adrien François Lecanuet, born on March 4, 1920 in Rouen, died February 21, 1993 Born in a family of very modest conditions, he oriented towards studies of literature. ...

It proposed to form a third alternative between in one hand the "Presidential Majority" of Georges Pompidou and dominated by the Gaullists, and in another hand the "Union of Left" gathering the Socialist and Communist parties. Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (5 July 1911 – 2 April 1974) was President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. ...

However, it succeded to form a parliamentary group in 1973 thanks to the agreements of withdrawal with the right. One year later, it supported the winning candidacy of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing at the 1974 presidential election. Then, the Reforming Movement split. Valéry Marie René Giscard dEstaing (born 2 February 1926) is a French center-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981. ... Second Round First Round See also President of France France Politics of France Categories: | | ...