The Alternative (France)

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The Alternative L'Alternative
Founded	5 November 2013
Preceded by	Union of Democrats and Independents Democratic Movement
Ideology	Centrism Radicalism Social liberalism Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism
European affiliation	European Democratic Party
French Assembly	31 / 577
French Senate	42 / 348
European Parliament	8 / 74
Website
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The Alternative (French: L'Alternative) was an electoral coalition created the fall of 2013 by Jean-Louis Borloo and François Bayrou. It reunited the two major French centrists political parties: the Union of Democrats and Independents and the Democratic Movement. The Alternative united movements that had formerly been part of the Union for French Democracy and presented itself in the municipal elections of 2014 and in the following European Parliament election.