Écologistes !
| Écologistes ! | |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 2015 |
| Ideology |
Green politics, Green liberalism, Environmentalism Social-liberalism, European federalism |
| European affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | None |
| Senate |
2 / 348 |
| National Assembly |
1 / 577 |
| Website | |
| http://www.u-d-e.com | |
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Politics of France Political parties Elections | |
Écologistes ! (stylized as écologistes ! by the party), first known as the Union of Democrats and Ecologists ("Union des démocrates et écologistes" in French), is a centre-left French political party created in September 2015 by the president of the EELV group in the National Assembly, François de Rugy, the president of the EELV group in the Senate, and by Jean-Luc Bennahmias, president of another little centre-left party: the Democratic Front. Ecology Generation also decided to merge into the UDE.
This party was initially created as a reaction to the decision taken by EELV direction of making alliances with the Left Front. The aim of UDE founders was to create a reformist center-left party, accepting globalization and market economy, and supporting president François Hollande. The founders of UDE declared they wanted to become a strong ally of the Socialist Party, and attract people from EELV or from the MoDem.[1][2]