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New Centre (French: Nouveau Centre French pronunciation: [nuvo ˈsɑ̃tʁ]; NC) also known as the European Social Liberal Party (Parti Social Libéral Européen PSLE) is a centre-right political party in France formed by the members of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) – including a majority of former parliamentarians (18 of 29 members of the UDF in the National Assembly) – who did not agree with François Bayrou’s decision to found the Democratic Movement (MoDem) and wanted to support the newly elected president Nicolas Sarkozy continuing the UDF-Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) alliance.The party foundation was announced on 29 May 2007 during a press conference.