Libertarianism as such is rare in France ; it is considered a form of ultra-liberalism or neo-liberalism and upheld only by very few right-wingers, such as Alain Madelin.

Alain Madelin.

Alain Madelin ( born 26 March 1946 in Paris ) is a French politician and a former minister of that country.

In July 2005, Alain Madelin rumors reported in the Canard Enchaîné stated that he would run for the OCDE

* The Reformers ( classical liberals ): Hervé Novelli, Gérard Longuet, Alain Madelin, Patrick Devedjian, Philippe Cochet, Jean-Pierre Soisson, Claude Goasguen, Pierre Lellouche, Luc Chatel, Louis Giscard d ' Estaing, Jean-Jacques Descamps

Headed by Alain Madelin, the party replaced the Republican Party, which was the classical liberal component of the Union for French Democracy ( UDF ).

DL obtained four MEPs: Alain Madelin, Françoise Grossetête, Thierry Jean-Pierre and Hervé Novelli.

In the 2002 presidential election, the party split ; while Alain Madelin obtained only 3. 91 % of the votes, party's Vice-President Jean-Pierre Raffarin endorsed incumbent Jacques Chirac.

The classical liberalism | classical liberal platform adopted by Liberal Democracy mirrored the personal views of its founder and President, Alain Madelin.

Madelin had been fired as Minister of the Economy and Finances in Alain Juppé's government for proposing cutting public sector pay and benefits.

Throughout its existence, Alain Madelin was Liberal Democracy's only President, with Jean-Pierre Raffarin as his Vice-President.

The new Neo-Gaullist Prime Minister Edouard Balladur nominated a large number of UDF members to his cabinet: François Léotard ( PR ) became minister of Defense, Gérard Longuet ( PR ) of Industry, Pierre Méhaignerie ( CDS ) of Justice, François Bayrou ( CDS ) of Education, Simone Veil ( PR ) of Health and Social Affairs, Alain Madelin ( PR ) of Commerce, Bernard Bosson ( CDS ) of Transport, Jean Puech ( CDS ) of Agriculture, André Rossinot ( Rad ) of Civil Service and Hervé de Charette ( CPR ) of Housing.

In 1996 a former balladurien, François Léotard, was elected President of the UDF by defeating Alain Madelin.

Nevertheless, in Alain Juppé's cabinet, the UDF was given several ministries including Foreign Affairs with Hervé de Charette ( PPDF ), Defense with Charles Millon ( PR ), Economy and Finances with Alain Madelin ( PR ), Industry with Yves Galland ( Rad ), Education with François Bayrou ( CDS / FD ), Commerce with Jean-Pierre Raffarin ( PR ), Labour with Jacques Barrot ( CDS / FD ), Agriculture with Philippe Vasseur ( CDS / FD ), Culture with Philippe Douste-Blazy ( CDS / FD ), Economic Development with Jean Arthuis ( PR ) and Reform and Decentralization with Claude Goasguen ( PR ).

Liberal Democracy, such as Alain Madelin, to split out of UDF on 16 May 1998.

* Alain Madelin – Minister of Economy and Finance

Close friend of several right-wing figures including Alain Madelin, his current positions are fairly center right-wing, and he has been criticized as being a bit of a turncoat.

* Mr. Alain Madelin, UMP, Ille-et-Vilaine

* 1997: Alain Madelin takes over the Republican Party and renames it Liberal Democracy ( Démocratie Libérale, DL ).

* 2002: The Union for a Popular Movement was founded, with the merge of Liberal Democracy and of the Radical Party, so that UMP includes many liberals: on one side those of the ⇒ Republican tradition ( re-grouped in various factions, open also to ex-RPR politicians: The Reformers Hervé Novelli and Gérard Longuet, the " Liberal Clubs " of Alain Madelin, " Liberal Generation " of Pierre Lellouche and the Free Right of Rachid Kaci ), on the other the Radicals and other social-liberals.

* Independent Republicans / Republican Party / Liberal Democracy: Louis Jacquinot ( ex-CNIP ), Raymond Mondon ( ex-CNIP ), Raymond Marcellin ( ex-CNIP ), Jean de Broglie ( ex-CNIP ), Michel Poniatowski ( ex-CNIP ), Valéry Giscard d ' Estaing ( ex-CNIP ), Simone Veil, Jean-Pierre Soisson, François Léotard, Gérard Longuet, Alain Madelin

* Alain Madelin

* 1943 – Alain Corneau, French director

Alain de Lille ( or Alanus ab Insulis ) ( c. 1116 / 1117 – 1202 / 1203 ), French theologian and poet, was born in Lille, some years before 1128.

* 1967 – Alain Côté, French-Canadian hockey player

* 1909 – Alain Poher, French politician ( d. 1996 )

* 1926 – Marie-Claire Alain, French organist

He is the successor of Alain Chesnais ( 2010 – 2012 ), a French citizen living in Toronto where he runs his company named Visual Transitions and Wendy Hall of the University of Southampton.

* 1929 – Alain Tanner, Swiss filmmaker

* 1947 – Alain Bashung, French singer ( d. 2009 )

* 1955 – Alain Prost, French race car driver

* 1922 – Alain de Changy, Belgian racing driver ( d. 1994 )

* 1975 – Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1922 – Alain Resnais, French director

* 1937 – Alain Badiou, French philosopher

* 1957 – Alain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1949 – Alain Chamfort, French singer

* 1958 – Alain Chabat, French actor and director

* 1935 – Alain Delon, French actor

* 1968 – Alain Auderset, Swedish writer

* 1956 – Alain Ducasse, French chef

* October 27 – Alain Auderset, Swedish writer

* November 8 – Alain Delon, French actor

* Marco Foyot, Alain Dupuy, Louis Dalmas, Pétanque – Technique, Tactique, Entrainement, Robert Laffont, Paris, 1984.

* 1997 Ma vie en rose ( Belgium, France, GB ) – director Alain Berliner

* Alain Robbe-Grillet ( 1922 – 2008 ), writer and filmmaker