The New Democrats
{{short description|Political party in France}}
{{For|similar terms|New Democracy (disambiguation)|New Democratic Party (disambiguation)|New Democrats (disambiguation){{!}}New Democrats}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = New Democrats
| native_name = Les Nouveaux Démocrates
| native_name_lang = fr
| logo = Logo of The New Democrats.svg
| colorcode = {{party color|The New Democrats}}
| country = France
| abbreviation = LND
| membership = 600
| founded = {{Start date|2020|12|6|df=yes}}
| dissolved = {{End date|2022|10|16|df=yes}}https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/le-depute-aurelien-tache-et-son-parti-rejoignent-eelv-23-10-2022-ZL77XY63HFEOHHEOM4T2JMMRNU.php Le député Aurélien Taché et son parti rejoignent EELV
| split = La République En Marche!
| merged = The Ecologists
| ideology = Social liberalism
Environmentalism
| position = Centre-left
| website = [https://lesnouveaux-democrates.fr/ lesnouveaux-democrates.fr]
}}
The New Democrats ({{langx|fr|Les Nouveaux Démocrates}}, {{IPA|fr|le nuvo demɔkʁat|pron}}; LND) was a centre-left social liberal{{Cite web|url=https://europeelects.eu/france/|title = France}} French political party that held pro-European views founded 16 December 2020 by parliamentarians elected in 2017 under the label of La République en Marche!. It was co-chaired by MPs Aurélien Taché and Émilie Cariou.
They had one MP sit in the National Assembly as NUPES in the Ecologist Pole.
Members
Foundation
=Ecology Democracy Solidarity parliamentary group=
The idea of a dissident group of deputies from La République En Marche! was floated several times in the first few years of the 15th legislature, but a group didn't materialise.{{Cite web|first=Jannick|last=Alimi|date=8 May 2020|title=Défections de députés : LREM bientôt privée de sa majorité absolue à l'Assemblée ?|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/defections-de-deputes-lrem-bientot-privee-de-sa-majorite-absolue-a-l-assemblee-08-05-2020-8313546.php|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Le Parisien|language=fr-FR|trans-title=Defections of deputies: LREM soon to be deprived of its absolute majority in the Assembly?}}{{Cite web|title=Chez LREM, la vie après le 49.3 ressemble à celle d'avant le 49.3|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/politique/2733339-20200306-reforme-retraites-chez-deputes-lrem-vie-apres-493-ressemble-celle-avant-493|access-date=2021-02-15|website=www.20minutes.fr|language=fr|first=Rachel|last=Garrat-Valcarcel|date=6 March 2020 }}
At the beginning of April 2020, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the launch by 58 deputies, a senator and an MEP of a collaborative platform to develop a post-crisis plan, called The day after (French: Le jour d'après)
was reported as the prelude to a split in the presidential majority in the Assembly from a new parliamentary group from its left wing and environmentalist,{{cite web|first=Stéphane|last=Vernay|trans-title=Coronavirus. 60 parliamentarians want to "prepare for the day after"|title=Coronavirus. 60 parlementaires veulent " préparer le jour d'après "|language=fr|url=https://ouest-france.fr/sante/virus/coronavirus/coronavirus-60-parlementaires-veulent-preparer-le-jour-d-apres-6800107| website=ouest-france|date=4 April 2020|access-date=17 February 2021}} coordinated by the deputies Aurélien Taché, Paula Forteza and Matthieu Orphelin.
On 8 May 2020 Les Échos revealed a split project called Ecology Democracy Solidarity.{{cite news|language=fr|first=François|last=Vignat|title=Frondeurs LREM : un mélange de " tactique " et de " valeurs "|date=18 May 2020|url=https://www.publicsenat.fr/article/parlementaire/frondeurs-lrem-un-melange-de-tactique-et-de-valeurs-ecologistes-et-sociales|website=Public Sénat|access-date=14 April 2021}} Several deputies were dissuaded from joining the group by pressure from LREM. The Ecology Democracy Solidarity group was officially tabled on 19 May 2020 by seventeen parliamentarians. Among them, seven came directly from the majority group, nine had previously left or were excluded, and only one, Delphine Batho, was not a member.{{cite news|first=Matti| last=Faye|language=fr|title=La députée de Côte-d'Or Yolaine de Courson quitte le groupe LREM à l'Assemblée|date=19 May 2020|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/deputee-cote-yolaine-courson-quitte-groupe-lrem-assemblee-1830726.html|website=France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté|access-date=14 April 2021}}
=Formation of New Democrats=
In June 2020, the foundation of a #NousDemain "us tomorrow" party was announced by seven members of the Ecology Democracy Solidarity group (Delphine Bagarry, Émilie Cariou, Guillaume Chiche, Paula Forteza, Albane Gaillot, Hubert Julien-Laferrière and Aurélien Taché) and about twenty other personalities (including Sandrine Josso, a Member of Parliament who is not a member of the group), with an official launch scheduled for Autumn.{{cite web |first=Sarah|last=Paillou |title=INFO JDD. "#NousDemain" : le nouveau parti des ex-macronistes, emmenés par Aurélien Taché |url=https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/info-jdd-nous-demain-le-nouveau-parti-des-ex-macronistes-emmenes-par-aurelien-tache-3977717 |date=27 June 2020 |website={{ill|Le Journal du dimanche|fr}} |access-date=15 April 2021|language=fr}} This meant the EDS group no longer had a sufficient number of deputies in the assembly, so it was no longer listed in the assembly and its remaining members listed as independents (french, non-inscrits).{{cite web |language=fr |first=Tristan |last=Quinault-Maupoil |title=Jennifer de Temmerman : "Je quitte le groupe EDS" à l'Assemblée |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/jennifer-de-temmerman-je-quitte-le-groupe-eds-a-l-assemblee-20201016 |website=Le Figaro |date=2020-10-16 |access-date=15 April 2021}}{{Légifrance|base=JORF|numéro=INPA2028011X|texte=Modifications à la composition des groupes}}.
=Ecological Pole=
LND was part of the Ecologist Pole and NUPES for the 2022 French legislative election. Delphine Bagarry, the party's only Member of Parliament lost her seat to Christian Girard from the National Rally.{{Cite web |title=Elections législatives 2022 |url=https://www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives-2022/004/00401.html |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr}} On October 23, 2022, Taché announced that the party would be merging with Europe Ecology – The Greens.{{Cite web |last=Duffé |first=Julien |date=2022-10-23 |title=Le député Aurélien Taché et son parti rejoignent EELV |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/le-depute-aurelien-tache-et-son-parti-rejoignent-eelv-23-10-2022-ZL77XY63HFEOHHEOM4T2JMMRNU.php |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}
See also
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