Union of the Right and Centre

Union of the Right and Centre Union de la droite et du centre
Abbreviation	UDC
Leader	Vacant
Founder	Charles de Gaulle
Founded	1967 (1967)
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Blue
Senate	165 / 348
National Assembly	68 / 577
European Parliament	8 / 79
Presidencies of Regional Councils	6 / 17
Presidency of Departmental Councils	57 / 94
Politics of France Political parties Elections

The Union of the Right and Centre (French: Union de la droite et du centre; UDC) is a term used in France to designate an electoral alliance between the parties of the right and of the centre-right.

Throughout the Fifth Republic, the Gaullist party allied itself with smaller right and centre political formations in order to obtain a majority in the National Assembly or for local elections. Between 2002 and 2012, almost all of this movement was united in the Union for a Popular Movement which then defined itself as the "party of the right and of the centre".

The term is subsequently used for the lists and candidacies presented by The Republicans party and its centrist allies (Union of Democrats and Independents and The Centrists).

With a view to the legislative elections of June 2022, the president of LR Christian Jacob unveiled during a National Congress organized on May 7, 2022, an agreement providing for mutual withdrawals between the three formations, including 457 candidates invested by LR, 59 by the UDI, 26 by LC and one by Liberties and Territories.^[1][2]

Chronology of the different alliances

Alliance	Member parties		Elections
Union of the Republicans of Progress		Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR)	1967 legislative election 1968 legislative election 1973 legislative election
		Independent Republicans (RI)
		Centre Democracy and Progress (CDP)
Union for the New Majority (1981)[3] Union of the Opposition for Renewal (1984–1986) Union of Rally and Centre (1988)[4] Union UDF-RPR (1989)[5] Union for France (1990–1995)[6]		Rally for the Republic (RPR)	1981 legislative election 1984 European Parliament election 1986 legislative election 1986 regional elections 1988 legislative election 1989 European Parliament election 1992 regional elections 1993 legislative election 1994 European Parliament election
		Union for French Democracy (UDF) • Republican Party • Centre of Social Democrats • Radical Party • Social Democratic Party
		National Centre of Independents and Peasants (CNIP)
Union RPR-UDF		Rally for the Republic (RPR)	1997 legislative election 1998 regional elections
		Union for French Democracy (UDF) • Liberal Democracy • Democratic Force • Radical Party • Popular Party for French Democracy
The Alliance (1998–1999)[7]		Rally for the Republic (RPR)	1999 European Parliament election
		New UDF until February 1999 • Radical Party • Popular Party for French Democracy
		Liberal Democracy (DL)
Union for the Presidential Majority[8]		Rally for the Republic (RPR)	2002 legislative election
		Liberal Democracy (DL)
		elected majority from UDF
		Radical Party (RAD)
		Popular Party for French Democracy (PPDF)
		Forum of Social Republicans (FRS)
Liaison Committee for the Presidential Majority[9]		Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) • Radical Party • Democratic Convention • Christian Democratic Party • Le Chêne • Les Progressistes	2007 legislative election 2009 European Parliament election 2010 regional elections
		New Centre (NC)
		Modern Left (LGM)
		Movement for France (MPF) from 2010
		Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions (CPNT) from 2010
Union of the Right and Centre[10]		The Republicans (LR)	2015 regional elections 2017 presidential election 2017 legislative election 2019 European Parliament election (without UDI) 2021 regional elections 2022 presidential election
		Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) • Democratic European Force • Clubs Perspectives and Realities • Radical Party until 2017 • Centrist Alliance until 2017 • Modern Left inactive since 2017
		The Centrists (LC) member of the UDI until 2017
		Rurality Movement (LMR) until 2021
		Democratic Movement (MoDem) until 2017
		Christian Democratic Party (PCD) until 2019
		The Republicans (LR)	2022 legislative election
		Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI)
		The Centrists (LC)
		Oser la France

References

1. "Législatives 2022 : le parti LR lance sa campagne, le député Robin Reda rejoint la majorité présidentielle". Le Monde.fr. Le Monde. 2022. ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 17 May 2022..
2. "LÉGISLATIVES 4e circonscription : la candidate de l'union de la Droite et du Centre enfin connue". Objectif Gard. pagesObjectifGard309120608312. 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
3. Paul-Jacques Truffaut (16 March 1981). "Élysée : tout s'accélère". Ouest-France.
4. L'acte de naissance de l'URC, Le Monde, 19 ma 1988.
5. Le RPR et l'UDF ont mis au point une " déclaration d'union ", Le Monde, 7 avril 1989.
6. Création de l'Union pour la France, Le Monde, 28 juin 1990.
7. RPR et UDF formeront une confédération., Libération, 15 mai 1998.
8. "Les partisans de Jacques Chirac annoncent la création de l'Union pour la majorité présidentielle (UMP)". lemonde.fr. 2002-04-25..
9. "Nicolas Sarkozy pour un "comité de liaison"". lefigaro.fr. 2008..
10. "Chez les Républicains, un meeting pour la primaire déguisé en réunion de soutien à Pécresse". lemonde.fr. 2015..