{{Short description|French political party faction}} {{For|the 1916 film starring Oliver Hardy|The Reformers (film)}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=February 2024}} {{Update|date=December 2021}} }} '''The Reformers''' (''Les Réformateurs'') is a libertarian{{Citation needed|date=November 2015}} and liberal faction within The Republicans, formerly called the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chabal |first1=Emile |title=A Divided Republic: Nation, State and Citizenship in Contemporary France |date=2 April 2015 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-316-29921-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VSSTBwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Les+R%C3%A9formateurs%22+-wikipedia+Herv%C3%A9+Novelli&pg=PA258 |language=en}}</ref>
The Reformers supported laissez-faire and a free market economy. It is led by Hervé Novelli and most members of it come from Liberal Democracy, a right-liberal party which merged into the UMP in 2002. Many of its members are also close supporters of Nicolas Sarkozy within the party.
==Members==
* Philippe Auberger * Jean Auclair * Jean-Claude Beaulieu * Marc Bernier * René Bouin * Loïc Bouvard * Philippe Briand * Jacques Briat * Bernard Brochand * Chantal Brunel * Dominique Caillaud * François Calvet * Bernard Carayon * Olivier Carré * Luc Chatel * Gérard Cherpion * Jean-Louis Christ * Philippe Cochet * Édouard Courtial * Paul-Henri Cugnenc * Olivier Dassault * Bernard Deflesselles * Lucien Degauchy * Francis Delattre * Jean-Jacques Descamps * Patrick Devedjian * Jacques Domergue * Jean-Pierre Door * Gérard Dubrac * Yannick Favennec * Daniel Fidelin * Jean-Michel Fourgous * Claude Gatignol * Bruno Gilles * Maurice Giro * Louis Giscard d'Estaing * Claude Goasguen * François-Michel Gonnot * Jean-Pierre Gorges * François Goulard * Claude Greff * Arlette Grosskost * Louis Guédon * Jean-Jacques Guillet * Sébastien Huyghe * Édouard Jacque * Aimé Kergueris * Pierre Lang * Marc Le Fur * Pierre Lellouche * Jean-Claude Lenoir * Jean-Louis Léonard * Lionnel Luca * Daniel Mach * Alain Madelin * Richard Mallié * Hervé Mariton * Fernand Siré * Christian Vanneste * Philippe Vitel * Gérard Longuet * Hervé Novelli
Alain Madelin, the leader of Liberal Democracy and former deputy, was also a notable member of the club. Jean-Pierre Gorges left the club in 2006.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.lesreformateurs.com/ Official website]
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