Centrist Alliance

Centrist Alliance Alliance centriste
President	Jean Arthuis
Founded	27 June 2009
Preceded by	Rally the Centrists
Headquarters	31, rue de Tournon Paris VI
Ideology	Centrism
Political position	Centre
Colours	dark blue and orange
National Assembly	2 / 577
Senate	10 / 348
European Parliament	0 / 74
Website
www.alliancecentriste.fr
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The Centrist Alliance (French: Alliance centriste) (AC) is a centrist political party in France.

It was founded in June 2009 by Jean Arthuis, a former member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) and currently Senator for the Mayenne department, where he also serves as President of the General Council.^[1]

The party is seen as a successor to Arthuis' Rally the Centrists (Rassembler les centristes) political association, whose main tenet was to re-create the UDF which was dissolved upon creation of the MoDem and the New Centre.

Because of Arthuis' high standing within the Centrist Union group in the French Senate, the AC has ten Senators but only two deputies.

Elected officials

• Deputies: Thierry Benoit, Philippe Folliot
• Senators: Jean Arthuis, Muguette Dini, Yves Détraigne, Françoise Férat, Adrien Giraud, Joseph Kergueris, Jean-Claude Merceron, Anne-Marie Payet, Daniel Soulage, François Zocchetto.^[2]

In addition, Arthuis is President of the General Council of Mayenne and Kergueris is President of the General Council of Morbihan. Thierry Benoit is general councillor in Ille-et-Vilaine.

Leadership

• President: Jean Arthuis (2009 – present day)

Footnotes

External links

• (French) Centrist Alliance official website

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