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14-792: Democratic Convention may refer to: Democratic Convention (France) , a political party in France Democratic Convention (San Marino) , a defunct political party in San Marino Democratic Convention of African Peoples , a political party in Togo Democratic Convention of Moldova , a defunct political alliance in Moldova Democratic National Convention , American Democratic Party presidential nominating events Topics referred to by

28-592: A "republican, ecologist, and social alliance", with a view to becoming a candidate in the 2012 presidential election. However, he decided not to run as President of France. In September 2012, he created the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), trying to unify all the Centrist parties, while the UDI still allies with the UMP. Despite being a leader in the UDI, Borloo was not involved in

42-675: A lawyer in the 1980s. He became president of the Valenciennes Football Club in 1986. In 1989, he was elected mayor of Valenciennes as an Independent , winning over 76 per cent of the vote. In the June 1989 European elections , Borloo was elected to the European Parliament as the second candidate on Simone Veil 's list. He held this seat until his election as regional councillor for the Nord-Pas-de-Calais in 1992. Borloo

56-489: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jean-Louis Borloo Jean-Louis Marie Borloo ( French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ lwi maʁi bɔʁlo] ; born 7 April 1951) is a French politician who served as president of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) from 2012 to 2014. He also was Minister of the Economy, Finance and Employment in 2007 and Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and

70-524: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Democratic Convention (France) The Popular Party for French Democracy ( Parti populaire pour la démocratie française , PPDF) was launched in July 1995, as a successor to the Perspectives and Realities Clubs and as a component of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) centre-right confederation. Indeed, during

84-818: The 1995 presidential campaign , the most part of the UDF politicians supported the Neo-Gaullist Prime Minister Edouard Balladur , against the instruction of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , the founder and president of the UDF, who called to vote for the other Rally for the Republic (RPR) candidate Jacques Chirac . The PPDF was created to organize Giscard d'Estaing's faithfuls within the UDF ( Hervé de Charette , Jean-Pierre Fourcade , Dominique Bussereau , Jean-Pierre Raffarin , Jean-François Mattéi , Pierre Albertini , Jean-François Humbert , Françoise Hostalier , Robert Hersant ). Nevertheless, it could not prevent

98-450: The Dominique de Villepin government between 2005 and 2007. In that role, he introduced a five-year plan of social cohesion , which was centered around three axes: equal opportunity , housing and employment. On 21 July 2005 Borloo married news anchorwoman Béatrice Schönberg at Rueil-Malmaison , Hauts-de-Seine. From 18 May to 19 June 2007, he was Minister of the Economy and Finance in

112-558: The François Fillon cabinet. Between 19 June 2007 and November 2010, he was the French minister of State for Energy, Ecology and Sustainable Development . In this capacity, he was a major player in the 2007–2008 Grenelle de l'environnement . He quit the government allegedly after being passed over for premiership in a cabinet reshuffle. In April 2011, Borloo left the UMP in protest at Sarkozy's rightward swing. He announced plans to set up

126-849: The Radical Party , associated with the new Union for a Popular Movement . He was co-president of the Radical Party alongside André Rossinot between 2005 and 2007, when he became sole President of the party. It was on the Radical-UMP ticket that Borloo was re-elected as a deputy in 2002 and 2007 . He was Minister for the City and Urban Renewal in the Jean-Pierre Raffarin governments between 2002 and 2004, Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Cohesion under Raffarin between 2004 and 2005, and finally Minister for Employment, Social Cohesion and Housing in

140-923: The Sea from 2007 until 2010 under President Nicolas Sarkozy . Jean-Louis Marie Borloo was born in Paris, his parents were Lucien Borloo born in Guéméné-sur-Scorff and Mauricette Acquaviva from Marseille of Corsican origin. Borloo gained his Baccalauréat in 1969, in the Philosophy stream. In 1972 he took a first degree in Law and Philosophy at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University , in 1974 a further degree in History and Economics at Paris X Nanterre , and in 1976 an MBA at HEC Paris . Of Picard origin, Borloo began his career as

154-507: The departure of Giscard d'Estaing from the presidency of the centre-right confederation in 1996. In 1998, the PPDF participated in the transformation of the UDF into the New UDF (from an alliance of parties to a single party), although retaining some of its autonomy and having lost some members to Liberal Democracy , including Jean-François Mattei, Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique Bussereau. In 2002

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168-454: The party finally merged into the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). The group was a faction within the UMP and adopted the new name Democratic Convention . The affiliation with the UMP of President Nicolas Sarkozy continued until 2010. In May–June 2011 the party joined The Alliance , a new centrist coalition led by Jean-Louis Borloo . This article about a political party in France

182-438: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Democratic Convention . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Democratic_Convention&oldid=808135921 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

196-580: Was elected to the French National Assembly as a Miscellaneous Right candidate representing the Nord's 21st constituency in 1993 . Joining the caucus of the UDF , he was re-elected in 1997 , two years after his re-election as Mayor of Valenciennes. He was a founding member of Ecology Generation in 1990, but he later joined the Union for French Democracy led by François Bayrou . However, in 2002 he joined

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