Democrats and Progressives (, DP), formerly known as Territories of Progress â Social Reformist Movement (, TDP), is a French political party of the centre to centre-left. It was founded in February 2020 by government ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian and Olivier Dussopt formerly of the Socialist Party who had previously left to join the presidential majority (La République En Marche!) of President Emmanuel Macron. Since October 2021, the party's president is Olivier Dussopt. The party constitutes the social democratic or centre-left part of the presidential majority.
As of 2022, it had 46 members of Parliament. ÃÂlisabeth Borne was a regular member (not an elected member of Parliament) who, on 16 May 2022, was appointed by President Macron as prime minister to replace Jean Castex.
The party was officially launched on 1 February 2020, during a meeting in Pantin, Seine-Saint-Denis, then presented at a press conference on 2 July 2020. Senator Xavier Iacovelli became its Secretary General. The party defined itself as "social-democratic, reformist, and Europeanist."