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The Republicans (French: Les Républicains, [le ʁepyblikɛ̃], LR) [b] is a liberal-conservative political party in France, largely inspired by the tradition of Gaullism. [6] [2] [7] The party was formed in 2015 as the refoundation of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), which had been established in 2002 under the leadership of the then-president of France, Jacques Chirac.
The Republican Front preserved 68 seats for the presidential coalition, Ensemble, which benefited most from it. [200] The New Popular Front gained 29 seats as a result. The underperformance of the RN in the 2024 legislative elections was attributed to both the Republican Front and the party's electoral limitations. [201] [202]
The Republican Party (French: Parti républicain, [paʁti ʁepyblikɛ̃], PR) was a liberal-conservative [2] political party in France which existed from 1977 to 1997. Created by the then- President of France , Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , it replaced the National Federation of the Independent Republicans which was founded in 1966. [ 3 ]
The senior members unanimously removed its president for unsanctioned negotiations and disrespect for party statutes, which was unprecedented in France. [citation needed] This broke the traditional cordon sanitaire against the far-right, a major party allying with the National Rally. [1] Two opposing groups of Republican candidates were nominated.
This article contains a list of political parties in France.. France has a multi-party political system: one in which the number of competing political parties is sufficiently large as to make it almost inevitable that, in order to participate in the exercise of power, any single party must be prepared to negotiate with one or more others with a view to forming electoral alliances and/or ...
The Republican Right group (French: Groupe Droite républicaine, DR), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement group (French: Groupe de l'Union pour un mouvement populaire, UMP) from 2003 and 2015 and The Republicans group (French: Groupe Les Républicains, LR) from 2015 to 2024, is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly including representatives of The Republicans (LR), formerly the ...
The 2022 The Republicans leadership election was held on 3–4 December (first round) and 10–11 December 2022 (second round) following the resignation of Christian Jacob. [1] [2] Éric Ciotti was elected to lead the party, winning in the second round against Bruno Retailleau. [3]
Nester, William R. De Gaulle's Legacy: The Art of Power in France's Fifth Republic (2014) Praud, Jocelyne and Sandrine Dauphin, eds. Parity Democracy: Women's Political Representation in Fifth Republic France (2011) Raymond, Gino G., The French Communist Party During Fifth Republic: A Crisis of Leadership and Ideology. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)