The Republicans (France)

French political party

"Les Republicains" redirects here. For other uses, see Republicain.

The Republicans

Les Républicains

Abbreviation| LR
President| Éric Ciotti
Founder| Nicolas Sarkozy
Founded| 30 May 2015; 9 years ago (2015-05-30)
Preceded by| Union for a Popular Movement
Headquarters| 238 Rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris
Youth wing| Les Jeunes Républicains
Membership (2023)|  72,251[1]
Ideology| Liberal conservatism
Political position| Centre-right to right-wing
National affiliation| Union of the Right and Centre
European affiliation| European People's Party
International affiliation| Centrist Democrat International
European Parliament group| European People's Party Group[2]
Colours|

* Blue
* White
* Red

National Assembly|

56 / 577

Senate|

115 / 348

European Parliament|

6 / 79

Presidencies of regional councils|

3 / 17

Presidencies of departmental councils|

36 / 94

Website
republicains.fr

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The Republicans (French: Les Républicains [le ʁepyblikɛ̃]; LR) is a liberal conservative[3][4][5] political party in France, largely inspired by the tradition of Gaullism.[6][3][7] The party was formed on 30 May 2015 as the re-incorporation of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), which had been established in 2002 under the leadership of then-President of France Jacques Chirac.[8][9]

LR, as previously the UMP, used to be one of the two major political parties in the French Fifth Republic along with the centre-left Socialist Party, before being eclipsed by the National Rally and Renaissance. LR's candidate in the 2017 presidential election, former Prime Minister François Fillon, placed third in the first round, with 20.0% of the vote. Following the 2017 legislative election, LR became the second-largest party in the National Assembly, behind President Emmanuel Macron's La République En Marche! party. After the disappointing result in the 2019 European Parliament election, party leader Laurent Wauquiez resigned. He was replaced by Christian Jacob, who remained in office until after the 2022 legislative election, which saw LR lose half of its seats, although becoming the kingmaker in a hung parliament. One month before, in the 2022 presidential election, LR nominee Valérie Pécresse placed fifth with 4.7% of the vote. Despite these setbacks, LR is still the largest party in the Senate and heads a plurality of regions of France. LR is a member of the Centrist Democrat International[10] and the European People's Party,[11] and sits in the European People's Party Group in the European Parliament. Éric Ciotti became president of LR after the 2022 leadership election. Ciotti spoke during an 11 June interview in favor of an electoral alliance with National Rally to contest the upcoming 2024 French legislative election. This would have reversed the historic cordon sanitaire that the party had with the group.[12] Ciotti was expelled from his leadership position the following day and from the party on 14 June, though both decisions were reversed by a Paris court on 14 June.

## History[edit]

### Origins in the UMP[edit]

The UMP's (Union for a Popular Movement) change of party name and of party structure was one of the promises made by Nicolas Sarkozy during his campaign for the UMP presidency in 2014.[13] After his election in November 2014, Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of France from 2007 to 2012, put forward the request to the party's general committee to change its name to Les Républicains ("The Republicans") and alter the statutes of the party. The proposed statutes provided for, among other provisions, the election of the presidents of the departmental federations by direct democracy and consulting members on election nominations.[14] Nicolas Sarkozy wanted to change the name of the party in order to showcase the reunification of the different political views, from the social Gaullism of Henri Guaino to the right line of Patrick Buisson, into "one family".[15][13][16] As declared in an interview for the Journal du Dimanche, Sarkozy also wished to change the name in order to be ahead of his adversaries Alain Juppé and François Fillon (also belonging to the UMP) for the 2017 presidential elections.[17] This desire for changing the name was not received well by all members of the party. In an interview for BFMTV, Alain Juppé mocked the ex-French President for wanting to change the name of the UMP.[18] Additionally, Gilles Boyer, supporter of François Fillon, showed his reluctance regarding the change of name by tweeting, "We are republicans. We are not THE republicans."[15] This change of name was perceived by some journalists as an attempt to make the public forget the judicial problems linked to the UMP, especially the Bygmalion case, case in which some members of the UMP are suspected to have forged documents over the expenses of Nicolas Sarkozy's 2012 presidential campaign.[19][20][21]

Critics of the name change claimed it was unfair for Sarkozy to name the party "Republicans", because every French person is a republican if they support the values and ideals of the French Republic that emanated from the French Revolution, and as such the term is above party politics.[22] Left-wing associations and parties and 140 individuals, including 5 having "Républicain" as their last name, sued the UMP.[23][22] The court was in favour of the UMP's change in name, stating that the "manifestly unlawful disturbance" and the "imminent damage" alleged by the complainants have not been demonstrated.[23] The new name was adopted by the party bureau on 5 May 2015 and approved by the party membership on 28 May by an online "yes" vote of 83.3% on a 45.7% turnout after a court ruling in favour of Sarkozy.[24]

### Founding congress[edit]

The change to the name "The Republicans" was confirmed at the party's founding congress on 30 May 2015 at the Paris Event Centre in Paris, attended by 10,000 activists.[25] Angela Merkel, chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, sent a congratulatory message to the congress. The Republicans thus became the legal successor of the UMP and the leading centre-right party in France.[26]

The organisation has been declared in the préfecture de Saône-et-Loire on 9 April 2015.[27] According to the statement of this declaration, its aim is to "promote ideas of the right and centre, open to every people who wish to be member and debate in the spirit of a political party with republican ideas in France or outside France".[citation needed] This party foundation was published in the Journal officiel de la République française on 25 April 2015.[28]

### 2016 to 2018[edit]

On 3 July 2016, Nicolas Sarkozy announced that he would resign as leader that year in order to compete to be the centre-right candidate in the 2017 presidential election.[29]

In order to decide which candidate will represent The Republicans for the 2017 presidential elections, a party's primary was organised in November 2016.[30] The activists of the movement could choose between seven candidates: François Fillion, Alain Juppé, Nicolas Sarkozy, Jean-François Copé, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Bruno Le Maire and Jean-Frédéric Poisson. François Fillon, with 44,1% of the votes, and Alain Juppé, with 28,6%, were the two candidates qualified for the second round of the election.[30] François Fillon won the second turn of the election with 66,5% of the votes and was therefore appointed as The Republicans' candidate for the presidential election in 2017.[31]

François Fillon suffered a historic defeat in the first round of the presidential election, as he was the first centre-right candidate in the history of the Fifth Republic who failed to continue to the second round.[32] This led to the victory of Emmanuel Macron,[33] leader of his newly created party La République En Marche!.[34] François Fillon finished third in the first round of the presidential election with 20,01% of the vote, behind Emmanuel Macron (24,01%) and Marine le Pen (21,30%).[35] This defeat is mainly due to the Penelopegate scandal, as François Fillon was considered the favourite candidate by the polls before these revelations.[36]

The election victory of Emmanuel Macron in 2017 altered the French political landscape.[37] After Emmanuel Macron was elected as president, he appointed three centre-right politicians in his government from The Republicans, namely Édouard Philippe as Prime Minister, Bruno Le Maire as French Minister of the Economy and Finance, and Gérald Darmanin as Minister of Public Action and Accounts.[37] The fact that three ex-members from The Republicans are now part of the government, has allegedly divided the political party based on views of whether or not the republicans should support the incumbent government.[37] Some members of The Republicans, such as Thierry Solère or Sébastien Lecornu, therefore decided to leave the party in order to join La République En Marche!, the new political party created by Emmanuel Macron.[37] Other members, like Franck Riester or Fabienne Keller, decided to create a new political party: "Agir".[37] Additionally, a parliamentary group including LR dissidents supportive of the government line, "The Constructives", was formed in the National Assembly, separate from the existing group.[38]

A month after the presidential elections, the legislative elections took place in France. In the second round of the legislative elections in June, The Republicans won 112 seats in parliament, which is 82 less than the number of seats won by the UMP in 2012.[39][40] This result was the worst performance of a major centre-right political party in French history.[41]

On 11 July, the political bureau of The Republicans agreed to hold a leadership election for president of the party on 10 and 17 December;[42] Laurent Wauquiez was elected in a single round on 10 December, winning 74.64% of the votes.[43] Laurent Wauquiez's election for the head of the Party continued to divide The Republicans as 26 elected officials left the party between his election on 10 December and 21 February 2018.[44]

### Since 2019[edit]

On 2 June 2019, a week after overseeing the worst result for the centre-right in its history in the European elections with 8.48% of the vote, Wauquiez announced his resignation as president of The Republicans.[45] On 13 October 2019, Christian Jacob, former Minister of the French Civil Service, was elected as President of the party, taking from interim President Jean Leonetti.[46]

In the 2020 French Senate election, the Republicans held their majority.[47] In 2021 French regional elections, the party managed to retain all regional presidencies.

In December 2021, Valérie Pécresse won the Republican congress, winning the centre-right to be the Republican candidate in the 2022 French presidential election.[48] She earned 4.8% of the 1st round vote, which was under the 5% reimbursement threshold.[49] Consequently, the party's funding was left in a critical condition and Pécresse launched an appeal, having been in €5 million in party debt.[50] In the 2022 French legislative election, the Republicans lost 56 seats and fell from 2nd to 4th place in terms of seats.[51]

In the 2022 leadership election, Éric Ciotti was elected with 53.7% of the votes against his main opponent, Bruno Retailleau, who received 46.3% to become the next leader of the party.[52] Ciotti has largely been described as right-wing and of belonging in the populist faction of the party.[53][54][55]

#### 2024 leadership crisis[edit]

Main article: 2024 The Republicans (France) crisis

In the aftermath of the 2024 European Parliament election and the subsequent dissolution of the National Assembly by President Emmanuel Macron, Éric Ciotti declared his party would unite with National Rally for the upcoming 2024 snap election. This stance provoked a major schism within the party,[56] with French senators Sophie Primas and Jean-François Husson [fr] announcing on 11 June that they would leave the party.[57] Ciotti was voted out as president on 12 June, though he disputed the decision.[58] He was also expelled from the party on 14 June. A Paris court reviewed the case on 14 June and ruled in Ciotti's favor, reinstating him as party leader and a member of the party.[59] Ciotti's decision to ally with the RN was endorsed by the leader of the Les Jeunes Républicains Guilhem Carayon and by MEP Céline Imart, a member of the Fédération nationale des syndicats d'exploitants agricoles (FNSEA).[60]

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On the political spectrum, LR are positioned on the centre-right[61][62][63][64][65] to right-wing.[66][67][68][69][70][71] They are a conservative party,[72][73][74][75][6][76][77][78] and they have been also described as liberal-conservative due to their liberal stances,[3][4][5] as well as Christian-democratic.[79] In addition, the party also maintains a Gaullist[3][7][80] or neo-Gaullist[81][82][83][84] tradition.

LR have been described as experiencing a rightward turn under Éric Ciotti, their present leader, and his predecessor Laurent Wauquiez,[53][66] in an effort to distinguish the party from Emmanuel Macron's presidency.[54]

## Overseas territories[edit]

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In Guadeloupe, the Head of List of The Republicans is Sonia Petro.[85] She has also served as the President of the Federation of Republicans of Guadeloupe.[86]

## Leadership[edit]

### President[edit]

No. | Name | Portrait | Began | Left

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1  | Nicolas Sarkozy |  | 30 May 2015 | 23 August 2016
—  | Laurent Wauquiez |  | 23 August 2016 | 29 November 2016
Vacant from 29 November 2016 to 10 December 2017
2  | Laurent Wauquiez |  | 10 December 2017 | 2 June 2019
—  | Jean Leonetti |  | 2 June 2019 | 13 October 2019
3  | Christian Jacob |  | 13 October 2019 | 30 June 2022
—  | Annie Genevard |  | 30 June 2022  | 11 December 2022
4  | Éric Ciotti |  | 11 December 2022 | Incumbent

### Vice president[edit]

No.  | Name  | Portrait  | Began  | Left

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1  | Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet |  | 30 May 2015  | 15 December 2015
2  | Laurent Wauquiez |  | 15 December 2015  | 23 August 2016
29 November 2016  | 10 December 2017
Isabelle Le Callennec |  | 15 December 2015  | 13 December 2017
3  | Virginie Calmels |  | 13 December 2017  | 17 June 2018
Guillaume Peltier |  | 7 December 2021
Damien Abad |  | 23 October 2019
4  | Jean Leonetti |  | 17 June 2018
5  | Annie Genevard |  | 6 July 2021  | 18 January 2023
6  | Aurélien Pradié |  | 18 January 2023  | 18 February 2023
7  | François-Xavier Bellamy |  | 18 February 2023  | Incumbent

### Secretary-general[edit]

No.  | Name  | Portrait  | Began  | Left

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1  | Laurent Wauquiez |  | 30 May 2015  | 15 December 2015
2  | Éric Woerth |  | 15 December 2015  | 29 November 2016
3  | Bernard Accoyer |  | 29 November 2016  | 13 December 2017
4  | Annie Genevard |  | 13 December 2017  | 23 October 2019
5  | Aurélien Pradié |  | 23 October 2019  | 18 January 2023
6  | Annie Genevard |  | 18 January 2023  | Incumbent

### Treasurer[edit]

No.  | Name  | Portrait  | Began  | Left

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|
|
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1  | Daniel Fasquelle |  | 30 May 2015  | Incumbent

## Election results[edit]

### Presidential[edit]

Presidency of the French Republic Election year  | Candidate  | 1st round  | 2nd round  | Result

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Votes  | %  | Rank  | Votes  | %  | Rank
2017 | François Fillon | 7,212,995  | 20.01  |  3rd  | —  | Lost
2022 | Valérie Pécresse | 1,679,001  | 4.79  |  5th  | —  | Lost

### National Assembly[edit]

National Assembly Election year  | Leader  | 1st round  | 2nd round  | Seats  | +/−  | Rank
(seats)  | Government

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Votes  | %  | Votes  | %
2017 | François Baroin | 3,573,427  | 15.77  | 4,040,203  | 22.23  |

112 / 577

|  82  |  2nd  | Opposition
2022 | Christian Jacob | 2,370,811  | 10.42  | 1,447,838  | 6.98  |

61 / 577

|  51  |  4th  | Opposition
2024 | Éric Ciotti | TBD  | TBD  | TBD  | TBD  | TBD  | TBD  | TBD  | TBD

### European Parliament[edit]

Election year  | Leader  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/−

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2019 | François-Xavier Bellamy | 1,920,407  | 8.48  |

7 / 79

|  13
2024 | François-Xavier Bellamy | 1,783,965  | 7.25  |

6 / 81

|  2

## See also[edit]

* France portal
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* List of political parties in France
* The Republicans group (National Assembly)
* The Republicans group (Senate)

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## External links[edit]

* Official web site of Les Républicains

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The Republicans

Predecessors|

* Rally of the French People (1947–1955)
* National Centre of Social Republicans (1954–1958)
* Union for the New Republic (1958–1967)
* Union of Democrats for the Republic (1967–1976)
* Rally for the Republic (1976–2002)
* Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015)

Presidents|

* Nicolas Sarkozy (2015–2016)
* Laurent Wauquiez (2016 ad interim, 2017–2019)
* Jean Leonetti (2019 ad interim)
* Christian Jacob (2019–2022)
* Annie Genevard (2022 ad interim)
* Éric Ciotti (2022–present)

Secretaries-general|

* Laurent Wauquiez (2015)
* Éric Woerth (2015–2016)
* Bernard Accoyer (2016–2017)
* Annie Genevard (2017–2019)
* Aurélien Pradié (2019–present)

Presidential candidates|

* François Fillon (2017)
* Valérie Pécresse (2022)

Elections|

* 2016 presidential primary
* 2017 leadership election
* 2019 leadership election
* 2021 presidential primary
* 2022 leadership election

Parliamentary groups|

* National Assembly
* Senate

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Main political parties in France

Far-left|

* Lutte Ouvrière
* New Anticapitalist Party

Left|

* French Communist Party
* La France Insoumise
* The Ecologists
* Socialist Party

Centre|

* Renaissance
* Democratic Movement

Right|

* Horizons
* Union of Democrats and Independents
* The Republicans

Far-right|

* Debout la France
* National Rally

See also: Miscellaneous left, Miscellaneous centre and Miscellaneous right

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European People's Party

Parliamentary group

National parties|

| Member parties (EU)|

* ÖVP
* LE
* CD&V
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* HDZ
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* KDNP
* FG
* FI
* AP
* UdC
* PpI
* SVP
* PATT
* V
* TS-LKD
* CSV
* PN
* CDA
* PO
* PSL
* CDS-PP
* PPD-PSD
* PNL
* PMP
* UDMR/RMDSz
* KDH
* D
* Ali
* Slovensko
* NSi
* SDS
* SLS
* PP
* KD
* M

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Associated parties (non-EU)|

* PD
* XD
* VMRO - DPMNE/ВМРО - ДПМНЕ
* H
* SNS/СНС
* VMSZ/SVM
* DM-LC-AdC

Observer parties|

* HHK/ՀՀԿ
* Heritage/Ժառանգություն
* BCD/БХД
* AHP/АГП
* За Свабоду
* HDZ BiH
* PDP
* SDA
* HDZ 1990
* ENM/ენმ
* EG/ევსა
* LDK
* PLDM
* PAS
* PPDA
* BS
* KrF
* PDCS
* Batkivshchyna/Батьківщина
* YeS
* UDAR/УДАР
* Об'єднання «Самопоміч»/Ob'yednannya «Samopomich»

Presidents|

* Manfred Weber (President)
* Thanasis Bakolas (Secretary General)
* Mariya Gabriel (Vice-President)
* Olgierd Geblewicz (Vice-President)
* Esteban González Pons (Vice-President)
* Johannes Hahn (Vice-President)
* Andrzej Halicki (Vice-President)
* Esther de Lange (Vice-President)
* David McAllister (Vice-President)
* Siegfried Mureșan (Vice-President)
* Petteri Orpo (Vice-President)
* Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)
* Antonio Tajani (Vice-President)
* Paulo Rangel (Treasurer)
* Ursula von der Leyen (ex officio Vice-President)

European Parliament
Group Presidents|

* Manfred Weber (Chair)
* Arnaud Danjean (Vice-Chair)
* Esteban González Pons (Vice-Chair)
* Sandra Kalniete (Vice-Chair)
* Andrey Kovatchev (Vice-Chair)
* Esther de Lange (Vice-Chair)
* Vangelis Meimarakis (Vice-Chair)
* Siegfried Mureșan (Vice-Chair)
* Jan Olbrycht (Vice-Chair)
* Paulo Rangel (Vice-Chair)
* see European Parliament

European Commissioners|

* Ursula von der Leyen (President)
* Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President, An Economy that Works for the People)
* Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President, Democracy and Demography)
* Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President, Promoting the European Way of Life)
* Johannes Hahn (Budget and Administration)
* Phil Hogan (Trade)
* Mariya Gabriel (Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth)
* Stella Kyriakides (Health and Food Safety)
* Adina-Ioana Vălean (Transport)
* Olivér Várhelyi (Neighbourhood and Enlargement)
* see von der Leyen Commission

Heads of government
at the European Council|

* Karl Nehammer (Austria)
* Andrej Plenković (Croatia)
* Petteri Orpo (Finland)
* Kyriakos Mitsotakis (Greece)
* Simon Harris (Ireland)
* Evika Siliņa (Latvia)
* Luc Frieden (Luxembourg)
* Donald Tusk (Poland)
* Klaus Iohannis (Romania)
* Ulf Kristersson (Sweden)
* see European Council

Eurofoundation: Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

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International Democracy Union

* Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
* Asia Pacific Democrat Union
* Caribbean Democrat Union
* Democrat Union of Africa
* European Democrat Union
* European People's Party
* International Women's Democrat Union
* International Young Democrat Union
* Union of Latin American Parties

Member parties

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* Democratic Party
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* Dominica Freedom Party
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* Social Christian Party
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* Isamaa
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* United National Movement
* Christian Democratic Union
* Christian Social Union in Bavaria
* New Patriotic Party
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* Unionist Party
* National Party
* Fidesz
* Independence Party
* Bharatiya Janata Party
* Jamaica Labour Party
* Maldivian Democratic Party
* Liberal Democratic Party
* Democratic Party
* National Party

* Conservative Party
* VMRO–DPMNE
* Conservative Party
* Christian People's Party
* CDS–PP
* People's Action Movement
* United Workers Party
* New Democratic Party
* Democratic Party of Serbia
* Slovenian Democratic Party
* People Power Party
* People's Party
* United National Party
* People's Democratic Movement
* Moderate Party
* Forum for Democratic Change
* Conservative Party
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* Project Venezuela

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Authority control databases

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* VIAF

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