New Deal (France)

New Deal (French: Nouvelle Donne) is a political party in France. It was founded on 18 November 2013 by Pierre Larrouturou. Its stated aims are to renew how democracy is used, and it has social, ecological and economic goals, which could be defined as left wing.

New Deal

Nouvelle Donne
Co-PresidentsArnaud Lelache
Aline Mouquet
Founded28 November 2013 (2013-11-28)
HeadquartersParis
Membership (2016)2,500[1]
IdeologyProgressivism[2]
Keynesianism
European federalism
Political positionLeft-wing[3][4]
European affiliationDiEM25
Colors  Fuchsia
National Assembly
0 / 577
Senate
0 / 348
European Parliament
1 / 74
Website
www.nouvelledonne.fr

History

In the wake of the 2012 French presidential election, the "Collectif Roosevelt" was launched to promote 15 propositions to all the candidates, which had been signed into a manifesto by over 100,000 people.[5] After François Hollande's victory, Pierre Larrouturou and Stéphane Hessel chose to put these ideas to vote within the Parti Socialiste (PS) at the Toulouse meeting, which was to elect the new leader of the party.[6] However, their motion obtained only 11.78% of the votes, ranking it third.

Following these events, Pierre Larrouturou announced the creation of the New Deal party, effectively leaving the Socialist Party, on 28 November 2013.[4] The party was named after the New Deal,[3] the political program launched by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s to get the United States out of the Great Depression. New Deal has highlighted that very low economic growth in France has been the norm for a generation, and postulates that the crisis is the result of inequalities of economic redistribution, in terms of wealth and working time. For instance, it proposes the revision of fiscal policies and the division of labour, though reducing working time. Those policies would be sustained by Keynesian policies, based on ecological needs.

The party wants to unite citizens who have not previously been involved in politics, supporters of the Left Front, the Europe Ecology – The Greens, the Socialist Party (PS), The MoDem, people from social Gaullism, CEOs, as well as contingent workers, and French celebrities.[7]

Election results

European Parliament
Election year Votes % Seats +/−
2014 549,734 2.90
0 / 79
 2
2019 1,403,170 6.19
1 / 79
 1

See also

References
  1. Manac'h, Erwan (29 August 2016). Politis (ed.). "Pourquoi Pierre Larrouturou a-t-il été exclu de Nouvelle Donne?" (in French).
  2. "Notre charte fondatrice". nouvelledonne.fr (in French).
  3. "Larrouturou, l'homme des 32 heures, crée son parti". Le Parisien (in French). 27 November 2013.
  4. ""Nouvelle Donne", un nouveau parti à gauche »". Le Figaro (in French). 28 November 2013.
  5. "This domain was successfully registered for the highest bidder in our weekly auction". www.roosevelt2012.fr. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  6. "Le meilleur de l'actualité politique sur le web". Lelab Europe1 (in French).
  7. "L'économiste socialiste Pierre Larrouturou lance son parti". Le Monde (in French). 28 November 2013.
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