Centrist Alliance
Centrist Alliance Alliance centriste | |
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| President | Jean Arthuis |
| Founded | 27 June 2009 |
| Preceded by | Rally the Centrists |
| Headquarters | 31, rue de Tournon Paris VI |
| Ideology | Centrism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Union of Democrats and Independents |
| Colours | Dark, Blue, and Orange |
| National Assembly | 2 / 577
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| Senate | 10 / 348
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| European Parliament | 1 / 74
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| Website | |
| www | |
TheCentrist Alliance(French:Alliance centriste) (AC) is acentristpolitical partyinFrance.
It was founded in June 2009 byJean Arthuis,a former member of theUnion for French Democracy(UDF)[1]and currently Member ofEuropean parliament,where he also serves as chair of the Committee on Budgets.
The party is seen as a successor to Arthuis'Rally the Centrists(Rassembler les centristes) political association, whose main tenet was to re-create the UDF which was dissolved upon creation of theMoDemand theNew Centre.
Because of Arthuis' high standing within theCentrist Uniongroup in the French Senate, the AC has ten Senators but only two deputies.
Elected officials
- Members of the European parliament:Jean Arthuis
- Deputies:Thierry Benoit,Philippe Folliot
- Senators:Muguette Dini,Yves Détraigne,Françoise Férat,Adrien Giraud,Joseph Kergueris,Jean-Claude Merceron,Anne-Marie Payet,Daniel Soulage,François Zocchetto.[2]
In addition, Kergueris is President of the General Council ofMorbihan.Thierry Benoit is general councillor inIlle-et-Vilaine.
Leadership
- President:Jean Arthuis(2009 – present day)
Footnotes
- ^"Jean Arthuis élu président d'" Alliance centriste ""(in French). Le Point.fr. 27 June 2009.
- ^Template:Fr iconList of AC parliamentarians on the Champagne-Ardenne federation websiteArchived(Date missing)at alliance-centriste-champagne-ardenne.fr(Error: unknown archive URL)