The Alliance (France)

The Alliance
Republican, Ecologist and Social Alliance
L'Alliance républicaine, écologiste et sociale
LeaderHervé Morin
Jean-Louis Borloo
Jean-Marie Bockel
Hervé de Charette
Founded26 June 2011
Dissolved17 September 2012
Succeeded byUnion of Democrats and Independents
IdeologyCentrism
Liberalism
Social liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party
Website
Alliance-pour-une-France-juste.fr

The Alliance (L'Alliance) or Republican, Ecologist and Social Alliance[1] (L'Alliance républicaine, écologique et sociale, ARES), often referred as "Confederation of the Centres" (Confédération des Centres), was a centrist, liberal, ecologist, and social-liberal coalition of political parties in France.

In a government reshuffle in November 2010, Jean-Louis Borloo, minister of Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development and leader of the Radical Party, and Hervé Morin, minister of Defence and leader of New Centre, were excluded by Prime Minister François Fillon. This led many centrists to distance from President Nicolas Sarkozy.[2] On 7 April 2011 Borloo announced the creation of a centrist coalition. On 14–15 May, during a party congress, the Radicals decided to cut their ties with Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), of which they had been an associate party since 2002.[3][4][5] The coalition was officially launched during a convention on 26 June 2011.[6]

The loose coalition was supplanted in September 2012 by the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI).[7]

Members

References

  1. ^ Hollinger, Peggy (8 Apr 2011), "Centrists defect over Sarkozy swerve right", Financial Times, London
  2. ^ "Borloo et Morin sonnent la révolte des centristes".
  3. ^ "Le Parti radical vote son indépendance vis-à-vis de l'UMP - Politique - Nouvelobs.com". Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  4. ^ "Alliance Républicaine, Ecologique et Sociale = ARES". Archived from the original on 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  5. ^ "Germain Isern: Maurice Leroy croit en une grande Confédération des centres". Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  6. ^ http://www.partiradical.net/images/stories/evenement/invitationlancementdelalliance.pdf[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Le premier pari réussi de Borloo et de l'UDI". Le Monde.fr. 22 October 2012.