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Sarthe's 4th Constituency
The 4th constituency of the Sarthe is a French legislative constituency in the Sarthe ''département''. In the 2007 legislative election, the constituency was won by François Fillon. Fillon was appointed Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ..., whereupon he automatically lost his seat; in France, a member of the executive cannot simultaneously be a member of the legislature. On 20 July his deputy candidate, Marc Joulaud, who had previously held the seat himself, automatically took Fillon's place in the Assembly. Historic representation Election results 2024 2022 , - , colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9", , - * PS dissident without the support of the NUPES alliance 2017 , - , colspan="8" bgcolor= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarthe
Sarthe () is a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, and the province of Maine, situated in the '' Grand-Ouest'' of the country. It is named after the river Sarthe, which flows from east of Le Mans to just north of Angers. It had a population of 566,412 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 72 Sarthe INSEE History In the late 18th century, before it was officially Sarthe, the nobility built their mansions and chateaux in this region, as an escape from Paris. The department was created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790, pursuant to the law of 22 December 1789, starting from a part of the |
Stéphane Le Foll
Stéphane Le Foll (; born 3 February 1960) is a French politician serving as Mayor of Le Mans since 2018. A member of the Socialist Party, he was Minister of Agriculture under President François Hollande from 2012 to 2017. Political career Member of the European Parliament, 2004–2012 Born in Le Mans, Le Foll was elected to the European Parliament for the Socialist Party, part of Party of European Socialists, in 2004. In parliament, Le Foll was a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. From 2010 to 2012, he also served on the Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the parliament’s delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council. Le Foll served until 2012, when he was appointed to the Government of France. Minister of Agriculture, 2012–2017 Le Foll successfully stood as a candidate for the National Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miscellaneous Right
Miscellaneous right (', ''DVD'') in France refers to centre-right or right-wing candidates who are not members of any large party. This can include members of small right-wing parties, dissidents expelled from their party for running against their party's candidate, or candidates who were never formal members of a party. Numerous ' candidates are elected at both local and national levels. See also * Independent conservative, a term used in the United Kingdom and Canada as a label for independent candidates with conservative views *Independent Liberal (Australia), a member of the Liberal Party of Australia who either contests an election or sits in a legislature as an independent * Independent Republican (United States), a term used in the United States for independent candidates who loosely identify with the ideals of the national Republican Party but who choose not to formally affiliate with the party *Miscellaneous centre Miscellaneous centre (''Divers centre'', ''DVC'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or Bureaucracy, bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party and therefore they choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In some cases, a politician may be a member of an unregistered party and therefore officially recognised as an independent. Officeholders may become independents after losing or r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Republicans (France)
The Republicans (, ; LR) is a liberal-conservative List of political parties in France, political party in France, largely inspired by the tradition of Gaullism. 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. LR is a member of the Centrist Democrat International and the European People's Party, and sits in the European People's Party Group in the European Parliament. The UMP used to be one of the two major party, major political parties in the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, along with the centre-left Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party, before being eclipsed by the National Rally and Renaissance (French political party), Renaissance. The LR candidate in the 2017 French presidential election, 2017 presidential election, former Prime Minister François Fillon, placed third in the first round, with 20.0% of the vote. Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaissance (French Political Party)
Renaissance (RE) is a political party in France that is typically described as liberal and centrist or centre-right. The party was originally known as (EM) and later (, LREM, LaREM or REM), before adopting its current name in September 2022. RE is the leading force of the centrist Ensemble coalition, coalesced around Emmanuel Macron's original presidential majority. The party was established on 6 April 2016 by Macron, a former Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs, who was later elected president in the 2017 presidential election with 66.1% of the second-round vote. Subsequently, the party ran candidates in the 2017 legislative election, including dissidents from the Socialist Party (PS) and the Republicans (LR), as well as minor parties, winning an absolute majority in the National Assembly. Macron was re-elected in the 2022 presidential election, but the party lost its absolute majority in the 2022 legislative election. Macron conceived RE as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Rally
The National Rally (, , RN), known as the National Front from 1972 to 2018 (, , FN), is a French far-right politics, far-right political party, described as right-wing populist and French nationalism, nationalist. It is the single largest National Rally group (National Assembly), parliamentary opposition party in the National Assembly (France), National Assembly since 2022. It Opposition to immigration, opposes immigration, advocating significant cuts to legal immigration, protection of French identity, and stricter control of illegal immigration. The party advocates a "more balanced" and "independent" French foreign policy, opposing French military intervention in Africa while supporting France leaving NATO's integrated command. It also supports reform of the European Union (EU), economic interventionism, protectionism, and zero tolerance for breaches of Law and order (politics), law and order. The party was founded in 1972 by the Ordre Nouveau (1960s), Ordre Nouveau to be t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Caroline Le Pen
Marie-Caroline Le Pen (born 23 January 1960) is a French politician and member of the Le Pen family. The eldest of the three daughters of Jean-Marie Le Pen and his first wife Pierrette Lalanne, she became involved in the National Front (FN) in her youth. She was regional councilor for Île-de-France from 1992 to 2004. When the FN split in 1998, she followed Bruno Mégret to the National Republican Movement (MNR) with her husband, Philippe Olivier. After a break up with her family, she became closer to her sister Marine Le Pen in the end of the 2000s, finally returning to the FN in 2016. She was re-elected to the Île-de-France regional council in 2021. In the 2024 legislative elections, Marie-Caroline Le Pen stood in the fourth constituency of Sarthe, the former constituency of François Fillon, who was Prime Minister of France between 2007 and 2012. She lost to Élise Leboucher Élise Leboucher (born 9 October 1982) is a French politician from La France Insoumise. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Together (coalition)
Ensemble (, stylised in all caps), known in full as Ensemble pour la République (''Together for the Republic''), is a liberal political coalition in France created by Emmanuel Macron. Formed in November 2021 as Ensemble Citoyens, it makes up the presidential majority and includes Renaissance (RE, formerly known as En Marche and La République En Marche!), Democratic Movement (MoDem), Horizons, En commun, and the Progressive Federation. The coalition included the parties Agir and Territories of Progress (TDP) until they were merged into the rebranded Renaissance. Ensemble has mainly been described as being centrist and sometimes as centre-right on the political spectrum. After the 2022 French legislative election, the coalition won a plurality of seats but lost its majority in the National Assembly. In 2024, they were reduced further into third place in terms of votes but second in seats. History On 17 December 2017, at the congress of the Democratic Movement (Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Popular Front
The New Popular Front ( , NFP) is a broad Left-wing politics, left-wing electoral alliance with centre-left politics, centre-left and far-left politics, far-left factions in France. It was launched on 10 June 2024 to contest the 2024 French legislative election following the gains of History of far-right movements in France, far-right parties in the 2024 European Parliament election in France, 2024 European Parliament election. The Front stood in opposition to both Ensemble (political coalition), Ensemble, the presidential camp of Emmanuel Macron, as well as the far-right National Rally. The Front is an alliance of La France Insoumise, the Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party, the Ecologist Pole, the French Communist Party, Génération.s, Génération·s, the Republican and Socialist Left, the New Anticapitalist Party, and other Centre-left politics, centre-left and left-wing political parties, comprising the majority of French Left#Left-wing political parties, left-wing p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élise Leboucher
Élise Leboucher (born 9 October 1982) is a French politician from La France Insoumise. She became the Member of Parliament for Sarthe's 4th constituency in the 2022 French legislative election. In the 2022 French legislative election, she unseated Socialist Party MP Sylvie Tolmont. She defeated Marie-Caroline Le Pen in the 2024 French legislative election by 225 votes. References See also * List of deputies of the 16th National Assembly of France This is a list of Deputy (France), deputies of the 16th legislature of the French Fifth Republic, 16th National Assembly (France), National Assembly of France under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic. They were elected in the 2022 French le ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Leboucher, Elise Living people 1982 births Members of Parliament for Sarthe 21st-century French women politicians Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic La France Insoumise politicians Women members of the National Assembly (Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 French Legislative Election
Legislative elections in France, Legislative elections were held in France on 12 and 19 June 2022 to elect the 577 Deputy (France), members of the 16th National Assembly (France), National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic. The elections took place following the 2022 French presidential election, which was held in April 2022. They have been described as the most indecisive legislative elections since the establishment of the five-year presidential term in 2000 French constitutional referendum, 2000 and subsequent change of the electoral calendar in 2002. The governing Ensemble Citoyens, Ensemble coalition remained the largest bloc in the National Assembly but substantially Presidential majority, lost its ruling majority, resulting in the formation of France's first minority government since 1993 French legislative election, 1993; for the first time since 1997 French legislative election, 1997, the incumbent president of France did not have an absolute majority i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
