Anti-Brexit politicians from all the main parties are in secret talks about forming a new ‘centrist’ movement

Getty Private discussions are underway about a new centrist force in British politics. Sources tell Business Insider that moderate Labour and Conservative MPs who oppose Brexit are involved in confidential discussions. However, insiders say talks are at an early stage, vague and not yet likely to lead to a new party. Sir Vince Cable, leader […]

In Polarized America, Can a Centrist Party Rise From the Ashes?

Protruding like a hitchhiker’s thumb into Canada’s underbelly, Maine has long been an outlier in American politics. Two of its governors in recent decades were Independents, and the sitting state treasurer is vying to be the third. In Obamacare repeal dissenter Susan Collins, it sends one of the only truly moderate Republicans to the U.S. […]

Centrist Macron beats right wing Le Pen in French presidential election

Published time: 7 May, 2017 18:04 Edited time: 7 May, 2017 18:31 Centrist Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidential election, Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has announced. These elections were the first to be held under the state of emergency that was introduced after terrorist attacks in 2015. French voters choose between Le Pen & […]

Centrist Macron and far-right Le Pen lead first-round vote in French presidential election

AP Photo/Christophe Ena PARIS (AP) — Pollsters projected that pro-Europe centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen both advanced Sunday from the first round of voting in France’s presidential election, setting up a winner-takes-all runoff on May 7. The selection of Le Pen and Macron would present voters with the starkest possible choice […]

A Socialist French minister says he may vote for centrist Macron

Thomson Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – Stephane Le Foll, the French Socialist government’s spokesman and its agriculture minister, said on Tuesday he backs his party’s official candidate Benoit Hamon but might vote for independent centrist Emmanuel Macron instead. Hamon, elected as candidate in a Socialist party primary in January, is struggling to make an impact on […]