Editing Union for French Democracy (section)

==Factions==
*'''Bayrouistes''', those who wanted the UDF to be independent: [[Marielle de Sarnez]], [[Jean-Louis Bourlanges]], [[Thierry Cornillet]], [[Gilles Artigues]], [[Bernard Bosson]], [[Anne-Marie Comparini]], [[Charles de Courson]], [[Jean-Christophe Lagarde]], [[Jean Lassalle]], [[Maurice Leroy]], [[Hervé Morin]], [[Rudy Salles]], [[Gérard Vignoble]], [[Nicolas Perruchot]], [[Jean-Luc Préel]], [[François Rochebloine]], [[François Sauvadet]]
*'''Society in Movement''', those who wanted close ties with the UMP: [[Gilles de Robien]], [[Olivier Jardé]], [[Jean-Pierre Abelin]], [[Pierre-Christophe Baguet]],<ref>Pierre-Christophe Baguet was expelled from the UDF on 10 October 2006 - [http://archquo.nouvelobs.com/cgi/articles?ad=politique/20061010.OBS5189.html Le député Baguet exclu du groupe UDF]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> [[Jean Dionis du Séjour]], [[Francis Hillmeyer]], [[Michel Hunault]], [[Stéphane Demilly]], [[Yvan Lachaud]], [[André Santini]], [[Francis Vercamer]], [[Claude Leteurtre]], [[Rodolphe Thomas]]

When Bayrou launched his new [[Democratic Movement (France)|Democratic Movement]] in 2007, only five deputies (Gilles Artigues, Anne-Marie Comparini, Jean-Christophe Lagarde, Jean Lassalle and Gérard Vignoble) out of 29, not counting Bayrou himself, joined.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.france-politique.fr/union-pour-la-democratie-francaise.htm|title=Union pour la Démocratie Française UDF|website=france-politique.fr|access-date=2020-01-18}}</ref> The others, comprising members of Society in Movement and some Bayrouistes, as Hervé Morin and Jean-Louis Bourlanges, joined the presidential majority in support of the new President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] and formed a new "centrist pole" within it, the [[The Centrists|New Centre]].