Democratic Centre (France)

Democratic Centre

Centre Démocrate
Democratic Centre Centre Démocrate
President	Jean Lecanuet
Secretary-General	Pierre Abelin
Founded	1966
Dissolved	1976
Merger of	MRP, CNIP
Merged into	Centre of Social Democrats
Ideology	Christian democracy
Political position	Centre
European affiliation	European People's Party
International affiliation	Christian Democrat International
European Parliament group	Christian Democratic Group
Colours	Light blue
	Politics of France; Political parties; Elections;

Democratic Centre (French: Centre Démocrate, CD) was a Christian-democratic^[1]^[2] and centrist political party in France. The party existed from 1966 until 1976, when it merged with Centre, Democracy and Progress (CDP) to form the Centre of Social Democrats (CDS).^[3] The party's long-time leader was Jean Lecanuet.

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