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 | |
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| President | Gilles Bourdouleix |
| Founder | René Coty |
| Founded | 6 January 1949 (as CNI) |
| Merger of | Democratic Alliance, Republican Party of Liberty, Peasant Party |
| Headquarters | 6, rue Quentin Bauchart 75008 Paris |
| Youth wing | Youngs Independents and Peasants |
| Ideology | French nationalism Conservatism Agrarianism Euroscepticism Before 1962: Conservative liberalism Economic liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Right-wing Before 1962: Centre-right |
| Colours | Blue, white, red (French Tricolour) |
| National Assembly | 0 / 577 |
| Senate | 0 / 348 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 74 |
| Regional Councils | 0 / 17 |
| Departmental Councils | 0 / 101 |
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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.