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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 Republicans (French: Les Républicains [le ʁepyblikɛ̃]; LR) 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 Independent Republicans (French: Républicains Indépendants, pronounced [ʁepyblikɛ̃ ɛ̃depɑ̃dɑ̃]; RI) were a liberal-conservative political group in France founded in 1962, which became a political party in 1966 known as the National Federation of the Independent Republicans (Fédération nationale des républicains et ...
After the liberation of France in the Second World War, three parties dominated the political scene due to their participation in the Resistance to the German occupation: the French Communist Party (PCF), the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO, socialist party) and the Popular Republican Movement (MRP) Christian democratic party.
Majority party Minority party Third party Leader Léon Blum: Édouard Daladier: Louis Marin: Party SFIO: PRRRS: Republican Union: Alliance Popular Front: Popular Front: National Front Last election 129 seats 157 seats 76 seats Seats won 149 111 128 Seat change 20 46 52 Popular vote 1,955,306 1,422,611 1,666,004 Percentage 19.86% 14.45% 16.92% ...
In 1974, the divisions in the Gaullist movement permitted the election of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to the Presidency of the French Republic. Representing the pro-European and pseudo-Orleanist centre-right, he was the first non-Gaullist to become head of state since the beginning of the Fifth Republic in 1958.
Political leaders on many sides agreed to support the General's return to power with the notable exceptions of François Mitterrand, who was a minister in Guy Mollet's Socialist government, Pierre Mendès-France (a member of the Radical-Socialist Party, former Prime Minister), Alain Savary (also a member of the French Section of the Workers ...
A Biographical Dictionary of French Political Leaders since 1870 (1990) Bell, David S., and Byron Criddle. Exceptional Socialists: The Case of the French Socialist Party (2014) Berstein, Serge, and Jean-Pierre Rioux. The Pompidou Years, 1969–1974 (The Cambridge History of Modern France) (2000) excerpt; Brouard, Sylvain et al.