National Centre of Independents and Peasants
National Centre of Independents and Peasants Centre national des indépendants et paysans | |
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| President | Bruno North |
| 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 |
| Website | |
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The National Centre of Independents and Peasants (French: Centre national des indépendants et paysans, [sɑ̃tʁ nɑsjɔnal dez‿ɛ̃depɑ̃dɑ̃ e pe.izɑ̃]; CNIP) is a right-wing agrarian political party in France, founded in 1951 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents (CNI), 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.
It played a major role during the Fourth Republic (prior to 1958), but since creation of the Fifth Republic, its importance has decreased significantly. The party has mostly run as a minor ally of larger centre-right parties. The CNI and its predecessors have been classical liberal and economically liberal parties largely opposed to the dirigisme of the left, centre and Gaullist right.