The New Democrats

The New Democrats (French: Les Nouveaux Démocrates; LND) was a centre-left social liberal[2] French political party that held pro-European[2] views founded 16 December 2020 by parliamentarians elected in 2017 under the label of La République en Marche!. It was co-chaired by MPs Aurélien Taché and Émilie Cariou.

For similar terms, see New Democracy (disambiguation) and New Democratic Party (disambiguation).
New Democrats
Les Nouveaux Démocrates
AbbreviationLND
Founded6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)
Dissolved16 October 2022 (2022-10-16)[1]
Split fromLa République En Marche!
Merged intoEurope Ecology – The Greens
Membership600
IdeologySocial liberalism
Environmentalism
Political positionCentre-left
Website
lesnouveaux-democrates.fr

They had one MP sit in the National Assembly as NUPES in the Ecologist Pole.

Members

Foundation

Ecology Democracy Solidarity parliamentary group

The idea of a dissident group of deputies from La République En Marche! was floated several times in the first few years of the 15th legislature, but a group didn't materialise.[3][4] At the beginning of April 2020, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the launch by 58 deputies, a senator and an MEP of a collaborative platform to develop a post-crisis plan, called The day after (French: Le jour d'après) was reported as the prelude to a split in the presidential majority in the Assembly from a new parliamentary group from its left wing and environmentalist,[5] coordinated by the deputies Aurélien Taché, Paula Forteza and Matthieu Orphelin.

On 8 May 2020 Les Échos revealed a split project called Ecology Democracy Solidarity.[6] Several deputies were dissuaded from joining the group by pressure from LREM.[6] The Ecology Democracy Solidarity group was officially tabled on 19 May 2020 by seventeen parliamentarians. Among them, seven came directly from the majority group, nine had previously left or were excluded, and only one, Delphine Batho, was not a member.[7]

Formation of New Democrats

In June 2020, the foundation of a #NousDemain "us tomorrow" party was announced by seven members of the Ecology Democracy Solidarity group (Delphine Bagarry, Émilie Cariou, Guillaume Chiche, Paula Forteza, Albane Gaillot, Hubert Julien-Laferrière and Aurélien Taché) and about twenty other personalities (including Sandrine Josso, a Member of Parliament who is not a member of the group), with an official launch scheduled for Autumn.[8] This meant the EDS group no longer had a sufficient number of deputies in the assembly, so it was no longer listed in the assembly and its remaining members listed as independents (french, non-inscrits).[9][10]

Ecological Pole

LND was part of the Ecologist Pole and NUPES for the 2022 French legislative election. Delphine Bagarry, the party's only Member of Parliament lost her seat to Christian Girard from the National Rally.[11] On October 23, 2022, Taché announced that the party would be merging with Europe Ecology – The Greens.[12]

See also

References
  1. https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/le-depute-aurelien-tache-et-son-parti-rejoignent-eelv-23-10-2022-ZL77XY63HFEOHHEOM4T2JMMRNU.php Le député Aurélien Taché et son parti rejoignent EELV
  2. "France".
  3. Alimi, Jannick (8 May 2020). "Défections de députés : LREM bientôt privée de sa majorité absolue à l'Assemblée ?" [Defections of deputies: LREM soon to be deprived of its absolute majority in the Assembly?]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  4. Garrat-Valcarcel, Rachel (6 March 2020). "Chez LREM, la vie après le 49.3 ressemble à celle d'avant le 49.3". www.20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  5. Vernay, Stéphane (4 April 2020). "Coronavirus. 60 parlementaires veulent " préparer le jour d'après "" [Coronavirus. 60 parliamentarians want to "prepare for the day after"]. ouest-france (in French). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  6. Vignat, François (18 May 2020). "Frondeurs LREM : un mélange de " tactique " et de " valeurs "". Public Sénat (in French). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  7. Faye, Matti (19 May 2020). "La députée de Côte-d'Or Yolaine de Courson quitte le groupe LREM à l'Assemblée". France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (in French). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  8. Paillou, Sarah (27 June 2020). "INFO JDD. "#NousDemain" : le nouveau parti des ex-macronistes, emmenés par Aurélien Taché". Le Journal du dimanche (in French). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  9. Quinault-Maupoil, Tristan (2020-10-16). "Jennifer de Temmerman : "Je quitte le groupe EDS" à l'Assemblée". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  10. Modifications à la composition des groupes.
  11. "Elections législatives 2022". www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  12. à 12h54, Par Julien Duffé Le 23 octobre 2022 (2022-10-23). "Le député Aurélien Taché et son parti rejoignent EELV". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
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