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Political party in France

Liberal Alternative Alternative Libérale Abbreviation AL Leader Sabine Herold Founded March 1, 2006 Dissolved 2011 Headquarters 94, boulevard Flandrin 75116 Paris Ideology Libertarianism[1] Political position Centre[1] Colours Purple National Assembly 0 / 577 Senate 0 / 348 European Parliament 0 / 74 Website www.alternative-liberale.fr Politics of France Political parties Elections Constitution of France Parliament; government; president

The **Liberal Alternative** ([French](/source/French_language): *Alternative Libérale*, **AL**) was a French political party created on March 1, 2006. The party advocates for [classical liberalism](/source/Classical_liberalism) and [libertarianism](/source/Libertarianism) and against [socialism](/source/Socialism) and [conservatism](/source/Conservatism). Therefore their political colour is purple, between the red of the left-wing and the blue of the right-wing.

It advocates stronger powers given to the [Parliament](/source/Parliament_of_France) and a separation from the [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_France); favouring a presidential/[congressional](/source/Congress) system as opposed to a strict parliamentary system. It emphasizes a more political, rather than economic, role in the [European Union](/source/European_Union) (EU) to promote [civil liberties](/source/Civil_liberties) and [liberalism](/source/Liberalism) as the basis of the [EU Constitution](/source/EU_Constitution).

Some members of [Liberté chérie](/source/Libert%C3%A9_ch%C3%A9rie_(association)), a [classical liberal](/source/Classical_liberalism) association, took part in the creation of the *Liberal Alternative*, including [Édouard Fillias](/source/%C3%89douard_Fillias), founder of Liberté Chérie, Aurélien Veron, former president and [Sabine Herold](/source/Sabine_Herold), cofounder.

## Popular support and electoral record

In the [2007 presidential election](/source/2007_French_presidential_election), [Édouard Fillias](/source/%C3%89douard_Fillias), the founder and leader of AL, failed to obtain the necessary endorsements from at least 500 French elected officials. Liberal Alternative, with no candidate of its own, endorsed the centrist [Union for French Democracy](/source/Union_for_French_Democracy) (UDF) candidate [François Bayrou](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou).

Liberal Alternative also fielded nearly 50 candidates for the [2007 legislative elections](/source/2007_French_legislative_elections), it obtained between 0.09% and 1.49%.

### European Parliament

European Parliament Election year Number of votes % of overall vote # of seats won 2009 16,944 0.10% 0

Despite a recent split, AL ran five lists in the [2009 European Parliament election](/source/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_France): in the Île-de-France, West, East, South East and South-West constituencies. Overall, the party won 0.10% in Île-de-France, 0.26% in the East, 0.13% in the South-West, 0.02% in the South-East, and 0.18% in the West.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-fp_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-fp_1-1) Laurent de Boissieu (30 March 2012). ["Alternative Libérale (AL)"](http://www.france-politique.fr/wiki/Alternative_Libérale_(AL)). *france-politique.fr*..

## External links

- [Liberal Alternative website (English pages)](https://web.archive.org/web/20061009020514/http://www.alternative-liberale.fr/english/index.htm)

- [Commentary in the Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB114470452892822172)

- [An Interview with Sabine Herold on Politics, France, and Freedom](http://www.theatlasphere.com/columns/040112_schwartz_herold.php)

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