The Modern Left (French: La Gauche moderne, LGM), is a centrist political party in France founded in 2007.

Modern Left Gauche Moderne
Leader	Jean-Marie Bockel
Founded	2007
Split from	Socialist Party
Headquarters	10 rue des Haudriettes 75003 Paris
Ideology	Social liberalism[1]
Political position	Centre
National affiliation	Union of Democrats and Independents
European Parliament group	European People's Party[2] (2009–14)
Colours	Violet
Seats in the National Assembly	0 / 577
Seats in the Senate	1 / 348
Seats in the European Parliament	0 / 74
Seats in the Regional Councils	4 / 1,880
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The party was founded following the nomination of the former Socialist Party (PS) Senator and Mayor of Mulhouse, Jean-Marie Bockel to the François Fillon government in May 2007. Along with The Progressives of Éric Besson, the Modern Left represented the left wing of the coalition supporting the then-President Nicolas Sarkozy.

The party calls itself social-liberal^[1] and supports a social market economy.

In the 2008 local elections, the party obtained around 40 councillors, and Bockel won a narrow re-election in Mulhouse. However, the LGM incumbent in Pau, Yves Uriéta, was defeated.

In the 2009 European Parliament election, the party obtained two MEPs on the lists of the Union for a Popular Movement. Both MEPs sat, like all other UMP MEPs, in the European People's Party Group.