# Modern Left > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Modern_Left > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Modern_Left.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Left > Source revision: 1254576960 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Political party}} {{Update|date=February 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox political party | name = Modern Left | colorcode = {{party color|Modern Left}} | leader = [Jean-Marie Bockel](/source/Jean-Marie_Bockel) | foundation = 2007 | ideology = [Social liberalism](/source/Social_liberalism){{Citation |url=http://www.challenges.fr/actualites/business/20070926.CHA1001/bockel_cree_la_gauche_moderne_et_sallie_a_lump.html |title=Bockel crée la Gauche moderne et s'allie à l'UMP (Bockel creates the Modern Left and allies with the UMP) |publisher=Challenges.fr (in French) |date=26 Sep 2007 |accessdate=28 June 2011 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} | headquarters = 10 rue des Haudriettes
75003 Paris | international = | website = | country = France | native_name = Gauche Moderne | logo = File:Gauche Moderne Logo.png | position = [Centre](/source/Centrism) | national = [Union of Democrats and Independents](/source/Union_of_Democrats_and_Independents) | european = | europarl = [European People's Party](/source/European_People's_Party_Group)http://www.eppgroup.eu/home/docs/eppgroup-members-list-240609.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728015226/http://www.eppgroup.eu/home/docs/eppgroup-members-list-240609.pdf |date=2011-07-28 }} List of members of the EPP group (2009–14) | colours = [Violet](/source/Violet_(color)) | split = [Socialist Party](/source/Socialist_Party_(France)) | seats1_title = [Seats in the National Assembly](/source/French_National_Assembly) | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|577|hex={{party color|Modern Left}}}} | seats2_title = [Seats in the Senate](/source/French_Senate) | seats2 = {{Composition bar|1|348|hex={{party color|Modern Left}}}} | seats3_title = [Seats in the European Parliament](/source/European_Parliament) | seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|74|hex={{party color|Modern Left}}}} | seats4_title = Seats in the Regional Councils | seats4 = {{Composition bar|4|1880|hex={{party color|Modern Left}}}} }} The '''Modern Left''' ({{langx|fr|La Gauche moderne}}, LGM), is a [centrist](/source/centrism) [political party in France](/source/list_of_political_parties_in_France) founded in 2007. The party was founded following the nomination of the former [Socialist Party](/source/Socialist_Party_(France)) (PS) Senator and Mayor of [Mulhouse](/source/Mulhouse), [Jean-Marie Bockel](/source/Jean-Marie_Bockel) to the [François Fillon](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Fillon) government in May 2007. Along with [The Progressives](/source/The_Progressives) of [Éric Besson](/source/%C3%89ric_Besson), the Modern Left represented the left wing of the coalition supporting the then-President [Nicolas Sarkozy](/source/Nicolas_Sarkozy). The party calls itself [social liberal](/source/social_liberal), and supports a [social market economy](/source/social_market_economy). In the [2008 local elections](/source/2008_French_municipal_elections), the party obtained around 40 councillors, and Bockel won a narrow re-election in [Mulhouse](/source/Mulhouse). However, the LGM incumbent in [Pau](/source/Pau%2C_Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques), Yves Uriéta, was defeated. In the [2009 European Parliament election](/source/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_France), the party obtained two MEPs on the lists of the [Union for a Popular Movement](/source/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement). Both MEPs sat, like all other UMP MEPs, in the [European People's Party Group](/source/European_People's_Party_Group). ==Elected officials== *'''Senators:''' [Daniel Marsin](/source/Daniel_Marsin), [Jean-Marie Bockel](/source/Jean-Marie_Bockel) ([RDSE](/source/European_Democratic_and_Social_Rally)) *'''MEPs:''' [Michèle Striffler](/source/Mich%C3%A8le_Striffler), [Marielle Gallo](/source/Marielle_Gallo) ([EPP](/source/European_People's_Party_(European_Parliament_group))) [Jean-Marie Bockel](/source/Jean-Marie_Bockel) was Mayor of [Mulhouse](/source/Mulhouse) from 1989 to 2010 and the party claims a number of councillors in various cities throughout the country. In addition, Bockel is Secretary of State for Justice and Liberties in the [Fillon II](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Fillon) government. ==See also== *[Politics of France](/source/Politics_of_France) *[List of political parties in France](/source/List_of_political_parties_in_France) *[Sinistrisme](/source/Sinistrisme) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.lagauchemoderne.org Official website] {{French political parties}} {{Authority control}} Category:2007 establishments in France Category:Centrist parties in France Category:Liberal parties in France Category:Political parties established in 2007 Category:Political parties of the French Fifth Republic Category:Social liberal parties --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Modern Left](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Left) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Left?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.