The Union of the Right and 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 (LR) 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..
Chronology of the different alliances AllianceMember partiesElectionsUnion of the Republicans of ProgressUnion of Democrats for the Republic (UDR)1967 legislative election1968 legislative election1973 legislative electionIndependent Republicans (RI)Centre Democracy and Progress (CDP)Union for the New Majority (1981)Union of the Opposition for Renewal (1984–1986)Union of Rally and Centre (1988)L'acte de naissance de l'URC, Le Monde, 19 ma 1988.Union UDF-RPR (1989)Le RPR et l'UDF ont mis au point une " déclaration d'union ", Le Monde, 7 avril 1989.Union for France (1990–1995)Création de l'Union pour la France, Le Monde, 28 juin 1990.Rally for the Republic (RPR)1981 legislative election1984 European Parliament election1986 legislative election1986 regional elections1988 legislative election1989 European Parliament election1992 regional elections1993 legislative election1994 European Parliament electionUnion for French Democracy (UDF) • Republican Party • Centre of Social Democrats • Radical Party • Social Democratic PartyNational Centre of Independents and Peasants (CNIP)Union RPR-UDFRally for the Republic (RPR)1997 legislative election1998 regional electionsUnion for French Democracy (UDF) • Liberal Democracy • Democratic Force • Radical Party • Popular Party for French DemocracyThe Alliance (1998–1999)RPR et UDF formeront une confédération., Libération, 15 mai 1998.Rally for the Republic (RPR)1999 European Parliament electionNew UDF until February 1999 • Radical Party • Popular Party for French DemocracyLiberal Democracy (DL)Union for the Presidential Majority.Rally for the Republic (RPR)2002 legislative electionLiberal Democracy (DL)elected majority from UDFRadical Party (RAD)Popular Party for French Democracy (PPDF)Forum of Social Republicans (FRS)Liaison Committee for the Presidential Majority.Union for a Popular Movement (UMP)• Radical Party • Democratic Convention• Christian Democratic Party• Le Chêne• Les Progressistes2007 legislative election2009 European Parliament election2010 regional electionsNew Centre (NC)Modern Left (LGM)Movement for France (MPF) from 2010Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions (CPNT) from 2010Union of the Right and Centre.The Republicans (LR)2015 regional elections2017 presidential election2017 legislative election2019 European Parliament election (without UDI)2021 regional elections2022 presidential electionUnion of Democrats and Independents (UDI)• Democratic European Force• Clubs Perspectives and Realities• Radical Party until 2017 • Centrist Alliance until 2017• Modern Left inactive since 2017The Centrists (LC) member of the UDI until 2017Rurality Movement (LMR) until 2021Democratic Movement (MoDem) until 2017Christian Democratic Party (PCD) until 2019The Republicans (LR)2022 legislative electionUnion of Democrats and Independents (UDI)The Centrists (LC)Oser la FranceNouvelle Énergie (NE)2024 French legislative election
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