Citizenship, Action, Participation for the 21st Century

Citizenship, Action, Participation for the 21st Century
Citizenship, Action, Participation for the 21st Century
Citoyenneté, Action, Participation pour le 21e siècle
Leader Corinne Lepage
Founded 1996
Headquarters 40, rue Monceau
F-75008 Paris
Ideology Green liberalism,
Participatory democracy,
Centrism
European Parliament Group Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Official colours Green, Blue
Seats in the National Assembly
0 / 577
Seats in the Senate
0 / 343
Seats in the European Parliament
1 / 72
Seats in Regional Councils
3 / 1,880
Website
CAP21
Politics of France
Political parties
Elections
Constitution of France
Parliament; Government; President

The Citizenship, Action, Participation for the 21st Century (French: Citoyenneté Action Participation pour le 21ème siècle) is a minor green liberal political party in France, founded by Corinne Lepage in 1996 as a political reflection club.

It evolved into a political party by year 2000. Lepage was the party's candidate in the 2002 presidential election and obtained 1.88% of the votes. Lepage claimed to stand for an independent and centrist green voice, as opposed to Noël Mamère, who was the candidate of the Green Party, which is close to the left. The party later refused to join the new centre-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).

In 2007, after dropping out of the presidential race, Lepage endorsed François Bayrou's centrist candidacy and CAP21 ran around 20 candidates with Bayrou's new Democratic Movement, in the subsequent legislative election. It failed to elect any deputy.

CAP 21 became an associate party of Bayrou's MoDem on June 15, 2008. Corinne Lepage became a high-ranking member of the MoDem's leadership, serving as a Vice President. In the 2009 European elections, Corinne Lepage was elected Member of the European Parliament for North-West France as the MoDem's top candidate in the region.

However, the party took its independence vis-a-vis of the MoDem in the runup to the 2010 regional elections where it wished a close alliance with Europe Ecologie. In six regions, Cap 21 allied with and was allied with the MoDem in Bourgogne and Picardie. Following the MoDem's poor result (4.2%) in the regional elections, Lepage announced her resignation from the MoDem and announced that she would propose at the party's next congress full autonomy vis-a-vis the MoDem.[1]

References

  1. ^ Cap21 se veut autonome du MoDem Le Figaro Mar. 28 2010

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National Assembly
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Union for a Popular Movement (24) · Socialist Party (14) · Europe Écologie–The Greens (13) · Democratic Movement (6) · Radical Party2 (4) · New Centre2 (3) · French Communist Party (3) · National Front (3) · Modern Left2 (2) · Left Party (1) · Movement for France (1) · Party of the Corsican Nation (1) · Citizenship, Action, Participation for the 21st Century3 (1)
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Notes:1, 2, and 3Numbers denote party affiliations, 1 is for parties linked to the Union for a Popular Movement, 2 is for parties linked to the Alliance, and 3 is for parties linked to the Democratic Movement

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