Vaucluse is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019. The department's prefecture is Avignon.
François RenéJean Lucien Bayrou is a French politician who has presided over the Democratic Movement (MoDem) since he founded it in 2007. A centrist,he was a candidate in the 2002,2007 and 2012 presidential elections. He has also presided over the European Democratic Party (EDP) since 2004.
The Democratic Movement is a centre to centre-right political party in France that is characterised by a strong pro-European stance. MoDem was founded by François Bayrou to succeed the Union for French Democracy (UDF) and contest the 2007 legislative election,after his strong showing in the 2007 presidential election. Initially named the Democratic Party,the party was renamed "Democratic Movement",because there was already a small Democratic Party in France. The party holds a pro-Europeanist stance.
The French municipal elections of 2008 were held on 9 and 16 March to elect the municipal councils of France's 36,782 communes. The first task of each newly constituted municipal council was to elect a mayor.
Conchita Lacuey is French politician. A former member of the National Assembly of France,she represented Gironde's 4th constituency as a member of the Socialist Party.
Philippe Vigier is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as Minister of the Overseas in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2023. He previously represented the 4th constituency of the Eure-et-Loir department in the National Assembly from 2007 to 2023. He is a member of the Democratic Movement,which he joined in 2020 upon leaving The Centrists. Vigier has also held a seat in the Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire since 2021,previously holding office from 1995 to 2014.
Regional elections were held in France on 14 and 21 March 2010. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 régions,which,though they do not have legislative autonomy,manage sizable budgets.
Marc Fesneau is a French politician who has served as Minister of Agriculture and Food since 20 May 2022 in the government of Élisabeth Borne. A member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem),he previously represented the 1st constituency of the Loir-et-Cher department and presided over the Democratic Movement and affiliated group in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2018.
Legislative elections were held in France on 11 and 18 June 2017 to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. They followed the two-round presidential election won by Emmanuel Macron. The centrist party he founded in 2016,La République En Marche! (LREM),led an alliance with the centrist Democratic Movement (MoDem);together,the two parties won 350 of the 577 seats—a substantial majority—in the National Assembly,including an outright majority of 308 seats for LREM. The Socialist Party (PS) was reduced to 30 seats and the Republicans (LR) reduced to 112 seats,and both parties' allies also suffered from a marked drop in support;these were the lowest-ever scores for the centre-left and centre-right in the legislative elections. The movement founded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon,la France Insoumise (FI),secured 17 seats,enough for a group in the National Assembly. Among other major parties,the French Communist Party (PCF) secured ten and the National Front (FN) obtained eight seats. Both rounds of the legislative election were marked by record low turnout.
Olga Givernet is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections,representing the department of Ain.
Fadila Khattabi is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as Secretary of State in charge of People with Disabilities under the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2023. She was a member of the French National Assembly from the 2017 elections,representing Côte-d'Or.
Géraldine Bannier is a French teacher and politician who has served as Member of the National Assembly for Mayenne's 2nd constituency since 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem).
Véronique Hammerer is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since the 2017 elections,representing Gironde's 11th constituency until 2022.
Jean-Noël Barrot is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has served as Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications (France) in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2022.
The first round of a by-election was held in Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency on 28 January 2018,with a second round on 4 February because no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was called due to the invalidation of the election of Ian Boucard,candidate of The Republicans (LR),in the June 2017 legislative elections by the Constitutional Council on 8 December 2017,due to the distribution of misleading electoral leaflets by Boucard's campaign between the two rounds.
Ian Boucard is a French politician who has represented the 1st constituency of the Territoire de Belfort department in the National Assembly since February 2018,previously holding the seat from June to December 2017. A member of The Republicans (LR),the Constitutional Council nullified his first election,a decision that triggered a by-election in early 2018 in which he was reelected.
Justine Benin,is a French employment counsellor and politician who briefly served as Secretary of State for the Sea in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in 2022. She previously was a deputy in the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic for the 2nd constituency of Guadeloupe as part of the Miscellaneous left,affiliated with the Democratic Movement (MoDem).
Edwige Diaz is a French politician of the National Rally.
Together is a liberal political coalition in France. Formed in November 2021 as Ensemble Citoyens,it includes Renaissance,Democratic Movement (MoDem),Horizons,En commun,and the Progressive Federation. The coalition included the parties Agir and Territories of Progress (TDP) until they were merged into the rebranded Renaissance. Ensemble has mainly been described as being centrist,and sometimes as centre-right on the political spectrum.
Frédéric Zgainski is a French politician and member of the MoDem party. He is deputy for the seventh constituency of Gironde,as a substitute for Bérangère Couillard,appointed to the Élisabeth Borne government.
