Centre of Social Democrats

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Centre of Social Democrats
Centre des démocrates sociaux
Merged intoDemocratic Force
IdeologyChristian democracy
Political positionCentre[1][2]
National affiliationUnion for French Democracy
European affiliationEuropean People's Party
International affiliationChristian Democrat International
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party

The Centre of Social Democrats

Christian-democratic[6][7] and centrist[8] political party in France.[1] It existed from 1976 to 1995 and was based directly and indirectly on the tradition of the Popular Republican Movement (MRP). The CDS was one of the co-founding parties of the European People's Party,[9] and later merged into the Democratic Force
.

History

It was founded on 23 May 1976 by the merger of the

Centre, Democracy and Progress, and former members of the Popular Republican Movement (MRP), the National Centre of Independents and Peasants (CNIP), and the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance
(UDSR).

On 1 February 1978, the CDS was a founding member of the

Christian democratic component of the UDF. Its leader Jean Lecanuet was the first president of the UDF confederation. It supported the UDF candidates in presidential elections: the incumbent president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in 1981 and the former Prime Minister Raymond Barre in 1988
.

Within the UDF, the CDS was the component which was the less enthusiastic about the alliance with the Gaullist

Edouard Balladur gave CDS politicians numerous positions in his cabinet. In return, and in due to the incapacity of the UDF confederation to nominate a candidate in the 1995 presidential election, the most part of the CDS politicians supported the candidacy of Balladur. But, he was eliminated in the first round. Under the presidency of Jacques Chirac
, the place of CDS in the cabinet reduced.

On 25 November 1995, the CDS merged with the Social Democratic Party to form the Democratic Force, under the leadership of François Bayrou, founding component of the New UDF on 16 September 1998.

Presidents

Further reading

  • Massart, Alexis (2004). Steven Van Hecke; Emmanuel Gerard (eds.). The Impossible Resurrection: Christian Democracy in France. Leuven University Press. pp. 197–215.
    ISBN 90-5867-377-4. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
    )

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9789058673770
  2. ^ Day, Alan John (2000), Directory of European Union political parties, John Harper, p. 66
  3. ISBN 978-0-19-280131-9
    , retrieved 18 November 2011
  4. ISBN 9780754635567
    , retrieved 18 November 2011
  5. ISBN 9783642194146
    , retrieved 18 November 2011
  6. ISBN 978-0-415-18188-4
    . Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  7. ISBN 978-0-521-32394-9
    . Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  8. ISBN 978-81-7023-307-7
    .
  9. ISBN 978-3-642-19414-6
    .
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