Territories of Progress – Social Reformist Movement (French: Territoires de progrès – Mouvement social-réformiste, TDP) was a French political party of the centre[3] to centre-left.[4][5] 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 has been Olivier Dussopt. The party constituted the social democratic or centre-left part of the presidential majority.[6]
Territories of Progress Territoires de Progrès | |
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| Abbreviation | TDP |
| Secretary General | Olivier Dussopt |
| President of the National Council | Yves Durand |
| Spokespersons | Najwa El Haïte Laurent Bonnaterre Ergün Toparslan |
| Founders | Jean-Yves Le Drian Olivier Dussopt |
| Founded | 1 February 2020 |
| Dissolved | 17 September 2022 |
| Split from | LREM Socialist Party |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre[3] to centre-left[4][5] |
| National affiliation | Ensemble |
| European Parliament group | Renew Europe |
| Colours | Blue Pink |
| Website | |
| territoiresdeprogres | |
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.
Creation
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The party was officially launched on 1 February 2020, during a meeting in Pantin, Seine-Saint-Denis, then presented at a press conference on 2 July 2020.[7] Senator Xavier Iacovelli became its Secretary General.[8] The party defined itself as "social-democratic, reformist, and Europeanist."[9]
Membership
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edit- ^ "France – Europe Elects".
- ^ "With the movement "Territories of progress", Emmanuel Macron is working on his left wing" (in French).
- ^ a b "France".
- ^ a b "Territories of Progress, a pro-Macron center-left party" (in French).
- ^ a b "Emmanuel Macron tente de renouer avec la deuxième gauche". Le Monde.fr. 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Politique. Pôle de gauche dans la majorité".
- ^ "D'anciens socialistes lancent une "aile gauche de la majorité" avec le ministre Jean-Yves Le Drian". Franceinfo (in French). 1 February 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ BFMTV (21 June 2020), Covid-19 en Normandie: alerte au virus à Val d'Oise ? - 20/06 (in French), retrieved 11 April 2021
- ^ "Home". territoiresdeprogres.fr.
- ^ progrès, Territoires de. "Délégués départementaux | Territoires de Progrès". Territories of Progress (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2021.