President of the European Democratic Party, François Bayrou is the president of the French member party Mouvement Démocrate, or MoDem. A fervent humanist, François Bayrou was first appointed from 2004 to 2019 as co-chair of the EDP with Francesco Rutelli. A pillar of the French political landscape, he was appointed High Commissioner for Planning in September 2020 by French President Emmanuel Macron. Prior to that, he renounced his candidacy for the 2017 French presidential election, committing himself to Emmanuel Macron under the nascent movement En Marche! At the local and regional levels, he is mayor of Pau and president of the Pau Béarn Pyrénées agglomeration community. François Bayrou was first elected to both positions in 2014, winning re-election in 2022. President of the MoDem since 2007, he has previously held elective office at European and national level. He was a member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2002 and a member of the French National Assembly from 2002 to 2012, from 1997 to 1999 and from 1986 to 1993. A candidate for the French presidency in 2007, where he obtained 18.57% of the vote in the first round, he was President of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) from 1998 to 2007 and Minister of National Education from 1993 to 1997. François Bayrou is the author of several books, including Abus de pouvoir published in 2009, État d'urgence in 2012 and Résolution française in 2017. Attached to the land and culture of the French Pyrenees, he was born on May 25, 1951 in Bordères, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and raised by a family of small farmers, with a modest daily life enriched by books. Raised in a strict and open-minded educational household, he inherited a civic spirit, a sense of solidarity and a genuine curiosity for politics. He obtained his baccalaureate at the Lycée de Nay and continued his higher studies at the University of Bordeaux.
🗣️ Le NFP, ce sont des élus qui ont eu des voix du centre, les élus du centre ont eu des voix de gauche et LR a reçu les voix des deux autres forces aussi. Qu’est-ce qu’on nous raconte ? Ce n’était pas les uns contre les uns. C'était une entente pour écarter le pire.
🗣️ Personne ne parle des 10 millions de Français qui ont voté pour le RN. Il faut les avoir comme interlocuteurs, comprendre pourquoi le pays a dérivé dans ce sens. Quelle est la place du sentiment d’abandon, de ce brouillard ? Tout ça, ce sont des choses essentielles.
#Faceaface
🗣️ Je n’ai jamais dîné avec Marine Le Pen. Il y a entre nous et l’extrême-droite un fossé infranchissable. Ce qu’il y a de plus profond dans l’extrême-droite, ce n’est pas dans les mesures annoncées – déjà choquantes – c’est les arrières-pensées.
#Faceaface #ApollineMatin
🗣️ Je suis désolé de rappeler à Jean-Luc Mélenchon, qui le sait très bien et fait semblant de l'ignorer, qu’un décret nécessite l’accord du président de la République. Soit on passe par la loi soit un décret d'application avec la signature du président.
#Le20HdeDariusRochebin
🗣️ Quasiment tous les responsables du NFP savent que leur programme n’est pas viable et est même dangereux. Ils le disent en privé. Mais il va falloir un chemin pour qu’ils dépassent leurs éléments de langage.
#Le20HdeDariusRochebin
🗣️ Je pense que les Français ont voté parce qu'ils ne voulaient pas une majorité absolue du RN. Ils n'ont pas voté NFP pour leur programme. Beaucoup se sont fait violence pour faire barrage au RN.
#legislatives2024
On Thursday 20 June, Maxime PREVOT, President of the Mouvement Les Engagés, and Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE, Vice-President and MEP, announced the arrival of the Mouvement Les Engagés in the European Democratic Party at a press conference at the European Parliament in the presence of François BAYROU, President of the PDE, and Sandro GOZI, Secretary General of the European Party.
The Federal Party Congress in Bitburg began with a musical welcome, setting the tone for a day of enlightening discussions and important topic on the party itself and Europe. Instead, the Movement Democrate’s Congress in Blois last month served as a pivotal gathering, uniting like-minded people committed to progressive ideals and innovative solutions. The two events were a testament to the movement’s unwavering commitment to fostering unity, shaping the future of politics and promoting inclusive governance.
The European Democratic Party held an insightful Congress on the 13th of October 2023, in the historic city of Mainz, Germany. Not only did delegations from Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and many other countries have come together to attend this important event, but it also served as a breeding ground for fundamental debates and innovative proposals that address the pressing issues of our era.
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