Democrats and Progressives (France)
Democrats and Progressives Démocrates et progressistes | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | DP |
| President | Xavier Iacovelli |
| First Vice President | Patricia Mirallès |
| Secretary General | Guillaume Poitoux |
| President of the National Council | Agnès Pannier-Runacher |
| Spokesperson | Émilie Chalas |
| Founders | Jean-Yves Le Drian Olivier Dussopt Gilles Savary |
| Founded | 1 February 2020 |
| Split from | LREM Socialist Party |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left |
| National affiliation | Ensemble |
| European Parliament group | Renew Europe |
| Colours | Blue Pink |
| National Assembly | 8 / 577 |
| Senate | 1 / 348 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 81 |
| Website | |
| territoiresdeprogres.fr | |
Democrats and Progressives (French: Démocrates et progressistes, DP), formerly known as Territories of Progress – Social Reformist Movement (French: Territoires de progrès – Mouvement social-réformiste, TDP), is a French political party of the centre to centre-left. It was founded in February 2020 by government ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian and Olivier Dussopt formerly of the Socialist Party who had previously left to join the presidential majority (La République En Marche!) of President Emmanuel Macron. Since October 2021, the party's president is Olivier Dussopt. The party constitutes the social democratic or centre-left part of the presidential majority.
As of 2022, it had 46 members of Parliament. Élisabeth Borne was a regular member (not an elected member of Parliament) who, on 16 May 2022, was appointed by President Macron as prime minister to replace Jean Castex.