National Centre of Independents and Peasants

The National Centre of Independents and Peasants (Centre National des Indépendants et Paysans, CNIP) is a right-wing agrarian political party in France, founded in 1951 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents (the heir of the French Republican conservative-liberal tradition, many party members came from the Democratic Republican Alliance) with the Peasant Party and the Republican Party of Liberty.

National Centre of Independents and Peasants
Centre national des indépendants et paysans
PresidentGilles Bourdouleix
FounderRené Coty
Founded6 January 1949 (1949-01-06) (as CNI)
Merger ofDemocratic Alliance, Republican Party of Liberty, Peasant Party
Headquarters6, rue Quentin Bauchart 75008 Paris
Youth wingYoungs Independents and Peasants
IdeologyFrench nationalism
Conservatism
Agrarianism
Euroscepticism
Before 1962:
Conservative liberalism
Economic liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionRight-wing
Before 1962:
Centre-right
Colours    Blue, white, red (French Tricolour)
National Assembly
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Regional Councils
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Departmental Councils
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Website
www.cnip.fr

It played a major role during the Fourth Republic (before 1958), but since creation of the Fifth Republic, its importance has decreased significantly. The party has mostly run as a minor ally of bigger centre-right parties. The CNI and its predecessors have been classical liberal and economically liberal parties opposed to the dirigisme of the left, centre and Gaullist right.

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