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Citizens' Movement (Mexico)

Citizens' Movement
Movimiento Ciudadano
LeaderJorge Álvarez Máynez
Senate LeaderClemente Castañeda Hoeflich
Chamber LeaderIvonne Ortega Pacheco
FounderDante Delgado Rannauro
Founded1 August 1999 (as CpD)
16 August 2002 (as CON)
31 July 2011 (as MC)
Split fromPRI
HeadquartersLouisiana 113 Nápoles, Benito Juárez, 03810 Mexico City
NewspaperEl Ciudadano
Youth wingYouth in Movement
Membership (2023)Increase 384,005[5]
IdeologySocial democracy[1][2]
Progressivism[3]
Participatory democracy[4]
Social liberalism[4]
Political positionCentre[6][7] to centre-left[8]
National affiliationAlliance for Mexico (1999–2001)
Coalition for the Good of All (2005–2006)
Progressive Movement (2011–2012)
Por México al Frente (2017–2018)
International affiliationProgressive Alliance[9]
Continental affiliationCOPPPAL
Colours  Orange and White
Chamber of Deputies 
27 / 500
Senate
5 / 128
Governorships
2 / 32
State legislatures
37 / 1,124
Website
Party website

Citizens' Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Ciudadano) is a center-left political party in Mexico. It was founded in 1999 under the name Convergence for Democracy, which was then shortened to Convergence in 2002 and changed to Citizens' Movement in 2011.[10]

Established on 1 August 1999, Convergence for Democracy was founded by civil society activists and former Institutional Revolutionary Party members, advocating for a social market economy and democratic reforms to increase citizen participation in governance. Once the drug war started, the party included demilitarization efforts and drug regulation in its platform. Initially aligning with left-wing coalitions since its inception, disagreements with left-wing parties prompted the party's shift to independence in elections from 2012 onwards. However, it briefly joined an alliance during the 2018 election. Since then, it has heavily focused on sustainability and social issues in its party platform.

It is the third political force in the country, receiving 10.32% of the votes cast in the 2024 presidential election, and has yet to secure victory in a presidential race. As of 2023, it has 384,005 members, and its members are known as emecistas.

  1. ^ https://movimientociudadano.mx/storage/magazines/pdfs/2974/nobis-numero-01-digital.pdf/ [bare URL]
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). movimientociudadano.mx. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Padrón de afiliados".
  6. ^ Steytler, Nico (27 October 2021). Comparative Federalism and Covid-19: Combating the Pandemic. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-47136-6.
  7. ^ Graham, Thomas (3 June 2024). "Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president in landslide victory". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions" (PDF). Elections in Mexico: 2018 General Elections. International Foundation for Electoral Systems. 25 June 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2019. While PAN has often been considered center-right, and PRD and MC center-left, the three have formed a big-tent coalition...
  9. ^ "Parties & Organisations - Progressive Alliance". Progressive-alliance.info. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Convergencia se transforma en Movimiento Ciudadano". animalpolitico.com. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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