Liaison Committee for the Presidential Majority
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The Liaison Committee for the Presidential Majority is a structure initiated by Nicolas Sarkozy
to coordinate the political parties that support his action.
It was officially established by François Fillon
on June 30, 2009 and is "driven" by Jean-Claude Gaudin
, member of the national executive of the Union for a Popular Movement
.
, Nicolas Sarkozy
, announced the creation of a liaison committee to strengthen ties within the majority, intensify the level of work between the components and prepare for future elections.
This committee would be composed of the main political leaders of the presidential majority: Patrick Devedjian
(Secretary General of the UMP), Jean-Pierre Raffarin
and Jean-Claude Gaudin
(vice-chairmen of the National Council of the UMP), Bernard Accoyer
(President of the National Assembly), Christian Poncelet
(President of the Senate), Henri de Raincourt
(President of the UMP group in the Senate), Xavier Bertrand
(Deputy Secretary General of the UMP), Christine Boutin
(President of the Christian Democratic Party), Michèle Alliot-Marie
(president of Le Chêne club), Jean-Louis Borloo
(president of the Radical Party), Hervé Morin
(President of New Centre
), François Sauvadet
(President of the NC group in the National Assembly), Michel Mercier
(ex-chairman of the UC-UDF
Group in the Senate), Jean-Marie Cavada
(President of the ACDE
), Jean-Marie Bockel
(Chairman of the Modern Left
) and Eric Besson
(President of The Progressives
).
Without significant business since its inception, the committee became formally structured as a result of the 2009 European elections
during which the lists of the presidential majority came first. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister François Fillon
on June 30, 2009 on the occasion of the inauguration of its offices.
, the committee aims to prepare the forthcoming elections, most notably the regional elections in 2010.
According to François Fillon
, the Committee will also be "a laboratory of ideas, a place of confrontation between different projects that represent the broadest diversity possible in French society."
.
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....
to coordinate the political parties that support his action.
It was officially established by François Fillon
François Fillon
François Charles Armand Fillon is the Prime Minister of France. He was appointed to that office by President Nicolas Sarkozy on 17 May 2007. He served initially until 13 November 2010 when he resigned from being prime minister before a planned cabinet reshuffle.On 14 November 2010, Sarkozy...
on June 30, 2009 and is "driven" by Jean-Claude Gaudin
Jean-Claude Gaudin
Jean-Claude Gaudin is a French politician. He has been Mayor of Marseille since 1995 and Vice-President of the Senate since 1998; additionally, he has been Vice-President of the Union for a Popular Movement since 2002.-Early life:...
, member of the national executive of the Union for a Popular Movement
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...
.
Creation
On April 9, 2008, following the municipal and cantonal elections of 2008, the President of the RepublicPresident of the French Republic
The President of the French Republic colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France's elected Head of State....
, Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....
, announced the creation of a liaison committee to strengthen ties within the majority, intensify the level of work between the components and prepare for future elections.
This committee would be composed of the main political leaders of the presidential majority: Patrick Devedjian
Patrick Devedjian
Patrick Devedjian is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement party...
(Secretary General of the UMP), Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Jean-Pierre Raffarin is a French conservative politician and senator for Vienne.Jean-Pierre Raffarin served as the Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005, resigning after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Union draft constitution. However, after Raffarin...
and Jean-Claude Gaudin
Jean-Claude Gaudin
Jean-Claude Gaudin is a French politician. He has been Mayor of Marseille since 1995 and Vice-President of the Senate since 1998; additionally, he has been Vice-President of the Union for a Popular Movement since 2002.-Early life:...
(vice-chairmen of the National Council of the UMP), Bernard Accoyer
Bernard Accoyer
Bernard Accoyer is a French politician who is currently the President of the National Assembly of France, as well as the Mayor of Annecy-le-Vieux.-Biography:...
(President of the National Assembly), Christian Poncelet
Christian Poncelet
Christian Poncelet is a conservative French politician. A member of President Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement , he was President of the Senate from 1998 to 2008...
(President of the Senate), Henri de Raincourt
Henri de Raincourt
Henri de Raincourt is a French politician, formerly a senator representing the Yonne department, was Minister for Relations with Parliament. He was elected senator of the Yonne on 28 September 1986, and reelected on 24 September 1995 and 26 September 2004. From 15 January 2008 to 23 June 2009,...
(President of the UMP group in the Senate), Xavier Bertrand
Xavier Bertrand
Xavier Bertrand is a French politician and Minister of Labour, Employment and Health. He was Minister of Health for almost two years in Dominique de Villepin's government under President Jacques Chirac, then Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Solidarity in François Fillon's second government...
(Deputy Secretary General of the UMP), Christine Boutin
Christine Boutin
Christine Boutin is a French politician and a major Christian democratic figure in France. She served as a member of the French National Assembly representing Yvelines, from 1986 until 2007, when she was appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development by President Nicolas Sarkozy...
(President of the Christian Democratic Party), Michèle Alliot-Marie
Michèle Alliot-Marie
Michèle Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie, born 10 September 1946 and nicknamed MAM, is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement . A member of all but one right-wing governments of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, she was the first woman in France to hold the portfolios of Defense , the...
(president of Le Chêne club), Jean-Louis Borloo
Jean-Louis Borloo
Jean-Louis Borloo is a French politician, and was the French Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning between 2007 and 2010.-Professional résumé:Education...
(president of the Radical Party), Hervé Morin
Hervé Morin
Hervé Morin is a French politician, leader of the New Center party and a former French Minister of Defence.-Member of National Assembly:...
(President of New Centre
New Centre
New Centre , also known as the European Social Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in France, formed by the members of the Union for French Democracy – including a majority of former parliamentarians – who did not agree with François Bayrou's...
), François Sauvadet
François Sauvadet
François Sauvadet is the president of the Côte-d'Or department and the parliamentary leader of the New Centre. He is a member of the New Centre. He represents the 4th constituency of the Cote-d'Or inthe French National Assembly....
(President of the NC group in the National Assembly), Michel Mercier
Michel Mercier
Michel Mercier is a French politician and cabinet minister since 2009.After studying law and graduation from the Lyon IEP, he taught finance and local government law at the Faculty of Law of Lyon II....
(ex-chairman of the UC-UDF
Centrist Union
The Centrist Union is a current parliamentary group in the French Senate founded in 1983. As of April 2009, the UC group has 29 Senators.Since the 2008 Senate elections, the group is known as the Centrist Union. Prior to that, between 2005 and 2008, it was known as the Centrist Union-Union for...
Group in the Senate), Jean-Marie Cavada
Jean-Marie Cavada
Jean-Marie Cavada is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Ile de France....
(President of the ACDE
Civic Alliance for Democracy in Europe
The Civic Alliance for Democracy in Europe is a liberal political party in France.It was launched in January 2008 by Jean-Marie Cavada, Claire Gibault and Janelly Fourtou, three MEPs elected for Union for French Democracy...
), Jean-Marie Bockel
Jean-Marie Bockel
Jean-Marie Bockel has been Secretary of State for Defence and Veterans in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon since 18 March 2008, having previously been Secretary of State for Cooperation and La Francophonie since June 2007...
(Chairman of the Modern Left
Modern Left
The Modern Left , is a French centrist political party founded in 2007.The party was founded following the nomination of the former Socialist Senator and Mayor of Mulhouse, Jean-Marie Bockel to the François Fillon government in May 2007...
) and Eric Besson
Éric Besson
Éric Besson is a French politician and Minister of Industry, Energy and the Digital economy under the Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, Christine Lagarde...
(President of The Progressives
The Progressives
The Progressives is a social-democratic French political party associated to the centre-right Union for a Popular Movement....
).
Without significant business since its inception, the committee became formally structured as a result of the 2009 European elections
European Parliament election, 2009 (France)
European elections to elect 72 French Members of the European Parliament were held on Sunday 7 June 2009.Due to the entry of Romania and Bulgaria in the European Union in 2007, the number of seats allocated to France was revised from 78 seats to 72 seats, a loss of 6 seats...
during which the lists of the presidential majority came first. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister François Fillon
François Fillon
François Charles Armand Fillon is the Prime Minister of France. He was appointed to that office by President Nicolas Sarkozy on 17 May 2007. He served initially until 13 November 2010 when he resigned from being prime minister before a planned cabinet reshuffle.On 14 November 2010, Sarkozy...
on June 30, 2009 on the occasion of the inauguration of its offices.
UMP 'associated' parties
- Radical Party (PR)
- Christian Democratic Party (PCD)
- The ProgressivesThe ProgressivesThe Progressives is a social-democratic French political party associated to the centre-right Union for a Popular Movement....
(LP)
UMP allied parties
- New CentreNew CentreNew Centre , also known as the European Social Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in France, formed by the members of the Union for French Democracy – including a majority of former parliamentarians – who did not agree with François Bayrou's...
(NC) - Modern LeftModern LeftThe Modern Left , is a French centrist political party founded in 2007.The party was founded following the nomination of the former Socialist Senator and Mayor of Mulhouse, Jean-Marie Bockel to the François Fillon government in May 2007...
(LGM) - Movement for FranceMovement for FranceThe Movement for France , abbreviated to MPF, is a French conservative and eurosceptic political party, founded on 20 November 1994, with a marked regional stronghold in the Vendée. It is led by Philippe de Villiers, once communications minister under Jacques Chirac.The party is considered...
(MPF) - Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition (CPNT)
Objectives
After meeting informally since January 2009 and taking part in the preparation of the presidential majority's lists ahead of the European elections in JuneEuropean Parliament election, 2009 (France)
European elections to elect 72 French Members of the European Parliament were held on Sunday 7 June 2009.Due to the entry of Romania and Bulgaria in the European Union in 2007, the number of seats allocated to France was revised from 78 seats to 72 seats, a loss of 6 seats...
, the committee aims to prepare the forthcoming elections, most notably the regional elections in 2010.
According to François Fillon
François Fillon
François Charles Armand Fillon is the Prime Minister of France. He was appointed to that office by President Nicolas Sarkozy on 17 May 2007. He served initially until 13 November 2010 when he resigned from being prime minister before a planned cabinet reshuffle.On 14 November 2010, Sarkozy...
, the Committee will also be "a laboratory of ideas, a place of confrontation between different projects that represent the broadest diversity possible in French society."
Organization
The committee consists of about twenty people who will meet once a month. It is chaired by Jean-Claude GaudinJean-Claude Gaudin
Jean-Claude Gaudin is a French politician. He has been Mayor of Marseille since 1995 and Vice-President of the Senate since 1998; additionally, he has been Vice-President of the Union for a Popular Movement since 2002.-Early life:...
.