Modern Left
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Modern Left Gauche Moderne | ||
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The Modern Left (French: La Gauche moderne, LGM), is a centrist political party in France founded in 2007.
The party was founded following the nomination of the former
In the 2008 local elections, the party obtained around 40 councillors, and Bockel won a narrow re-election in Mulhouse. However, the LGM incumbent in Pau, Yves Uriéta, was defeated. In the 2009 European Parliament election, the party obtained two MEPs on the lists of the Union for a Popular Movement. Both MEPs sat, like all other UMP MEPs, in the European People's Party Group.
Elected officials
- Senators: RDSE)
- MEPs: EPP)
Jean-Marie Bockel was Mayor of Mulhouse from 1989 to 2010 and the party claims a number of councillors in various cities throughout the country.
In addition, Bockel is Secretary of State for Justice and Liberties in the Fillon II government.
See also
References
- ^ a b Bockel crée la Gauche moderne et s'allie à l'UMP (Bockel creates the Modern Left and allies with the UMP), Challenges.fr (in French), 26 September 2007, retrieved 28 June 2011[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.eppgroup.eu/home/docs/eppgroup-members-list-240609.pdf Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine List of members of the EPP group
