Liberal Democracy (France)
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Liberal Democracy (Démocratie Libérale, DL) was a French political party that advocated liberalism, headed by Alain Madelin. The party replaced in 1997 the Republican Party, which was the liberal component of the Union for French Democracy (UDF).
It became independent in 1998, after a split from the UDF. The cause of this departure was the election of four UDF president of regional councils with the votes of the National Front elects, what the Liberals refused to condemn. Those who refused to break ranks with UDF launched the Republican Independent and Liberal Pole, which later that year merged, alongside Democratic Force and the so-called "Direct Adherents", in the New UDF.
At the 2002 presidential election, Alain Madelin obtained only 4% of votes. On September 21, 2002, the DL merged with the Rally for the Republic and most UDF members to form the Union for the Presidential Majority, later become Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populaire or UMP).
