| The Alternative | |
| Native Name: | L'Alternative |
| Native Name Lang: | fr |
| Foundation: | 5 November 2013 |
| Ideology: | Centrism Radicalism Social liberalism Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism |
| Website: | http://www.leseuropeens.eu/ |
| Country: | France |
| Predecessor: | Union of Democrats and Independents Democratic Movement |
| European: | European Democratic Party |
| Seats1 Title: | French Assembly |
| Seats2 Title: | French Senate |
| Seats3 Title: | European Parliament |
The Alternative (French: L'Alternative) was an electoral coalition created the fall of 2013 by Jean-Louis Borloo and François Bayrou. It reunited the two major French centrists political parties: the Union of Democrats and Independents and the Democratic Movement. The Alternative united movements that had formerly been part of the Union for French Democracy and presented itself in the municipal elections of 2014 and in the following European Parliament election.