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| Abbreviation | LR |
| President | Disputed[a] |
| Founder | Nicolas Sarkozy |
| Founded | 30 May 2015 |
| Preceded by | Union for a Popular Movement |
| Headquarters | 238 Rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris |
| Youth wing | Les Jeunes Républicains |
| Membership (2023) |  72,251[3] |
| 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 International Democracy Union |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party Group[4] |
| Colours | |
| National Assembly | 61 / 577 |
| Senate | 115 / 348 |
| European Parliament | 7 / 79 |
| Presidencies of regional councils | 3 / 17 |
| Presidencies of departmental councils | 36 / 94 |
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The Republicans (French: Les Républicains [le ʁepyblikɛ̃]; LR) is a liberal conservative[5][6][7] political party in France, largely inspired by the tradition of Gaullism.[8][5][9] 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.[10][11]
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[12] and the European People's Party,[13] 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.[14] Ciotti was expelled from the party the following day.[1]
- ^ a b "France's rightwing Les Républicains vote out leader Éric Ciotti over election pact with far right". France 24. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Goury-Laffont, Victor (12 June 2024). "French conservative party ousts leader over alliance with far right". Politico. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Schuck, Nathalie (11 December 2023). "Les Républicains, cette " brouette de grenouilles " qui s'agitent" [The Republicans, that "wheelbarrow of frogs" waving about]. Le Point (in French). Groupe Artémis. Archived from the original on 15 December 2023.
- ^ "france | EPP Group in the European Parliament". Eppgroup.eu. 2 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "France". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Fillon, le triomphe du libéral-conservatisme". Causeur. 28 November 2016.
- ^ "Libéral et conservateur : le programme de François Fillon pour la France". Le Parisien. 22 November 2016.
- ^ André Knouwel (2021). "Political Partoes". In Rory Costello; Neil Robinson (eds.). Comparative European Politics: Distinctive Democracies, Common Challenges. Oxford University Press. p. 46. ISBN 9780198811404.
- ^ "Les Républicains » : comment Sarkozy veut dépasser la logique de parti". lessechos.fr. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ Bolton, Doug (30 May 2015). "Nicolas Sarkozy changes UMP party's name to The Republicans ahead of political comeback". The Independent. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "France's UMP party changes name to The Republicans, boosting Sarkozy". Reuters Editorial. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Partidos Archivo". idc-cdi. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "EPP - European People's Party - Member Parties". 50.8398374;4.3671204: European People's Party. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Cohen, Roger; Breeden, Aurelien (11 June 2024). "France in Shock as Conservative Leader Embraces Far Right". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
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