Democratic Movement
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French political party
Key facts
- Abbreviation
- MoDem
- President
- François Bayrou
- Founder
- François Bayrou
- Founded
- 1 December 2007 ; 18 years ago ( 2007-12-01 )
- Preceded by
- Union for French Democracy
- Headquarters
- 133 bis Rue de l'Université , 75007 Paris
- Membership 2017
- 13,000
- Political position
- Centre-right
- National affiliation
- The Alternative (2013–2014), Ensemble (since 2021)
- European affiliation
- European Democratic Party
- European parliament group
- Renew Europe
- Colours
- Orange
- National assembly
- 36 / 577
- Senate
- 4 / 348
- European parliament
- 2 / 81
- Presidency of regional councils
- 0 / 17
- Presidency of departmental councils
- 1 / 95
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Official website
Mouvement Démocrate
Retrouvez les actualités, l'agenda et les propositions du Mouvement Démocrate, parti présidé par François Bayrou.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.mouvementdemocrate.fr
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- native label
- Mouvement démocrate
- inception
- 2007-12-01
- Commons gallery
- Mouvement démocrate (France)
- member count
- 35000
- short name
- MoDem
- charter URL
- mouvementdemocrate.fr/media/PDF/status.pdf
- sRGB color hex triplet
- EF5327
- social media followers
- 73381
- number of seats in assembly
- 2
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The Democratic Movement (French: Mouvement démocrate, pronounced [muvmɑ̃ demɔkʁat]; MoDem [mɔdɛm]) is a centre-right political party in France. MoDem was established by François Bayrou to succeed the Union for French Democracy (UDF) and contest the 2007 legislative election, after his strong showing in the 2007 presidential election. Initially named the Democratic Party (Parti démocrate), the party was renamed "Democratic Movement", because there was already a small Democratic Party in France.
MoDem secured an agreement with La République En Marche! (LRM) — later Renaissance (RE) — in the 2017 legislative election after Bayrou had endorsed the candidacy of Emmanuel Macron in February. The two parties have since been in alliance, as of late named Ensemble.