The La France Insoumise group (french: Groupe parlementaire LFI-NUPES) is a

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in the

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founded following the 2017 legislative election. It is led by Mathilde Panot since 2021, having previously been led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon between 2017 and 2021. The group, which includes representatives of

La France Insoumise La France Insoumise (FI or LFI; ; "France Unbowed") is a left-wing populist political party in France, launched in 2016 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former co-president of the Left Party (PG). It aim ...

(FI) and other left-wing parties, currently has seventy five members.

History

Groupe France Insoumise à l'Assemblée Nationale 2017

In the 2017 legislative election,

(FI), the movement founded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon prior to the

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, failed to secure an alliance with the

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(PCF) permitting common investitures between the two movements. Both subsequently decided to form separate parliamentary groups; Chassaigne, president of the

Democratic and Republican Left group The Democratic and Republican Left group (french: groupe de la Gauche démocrate et républicaine or GDR) is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly including representatives of the French Communist Party (PCF) as well as leftist parties w ...

(GDR), declared that his deputies would not actively oppose the FI deputies in the

. Mélenchon's wish to impose voting discipline upon his group and demand that members respect the movement's program ''L'Avenir en commun'' ("The common future") proved a barrier to an alliance between the two groups. A total of 17 candidates running under the FI label were elected in the second round of the legislative elections, enough for the formation of a

. Stéphane Peu, elected under the FI label but a member of the PCF, ultimately chose to remain within the GDR group, while

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, who ran under the

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label, stated that he intended to sit with the FI group if elected. On 27 June, Mélenchon was unanimously voted as the president of the group. At the time of its formation on 27 June, the parliamentary group included 17 deputies.

Aymeric Caron Aymeric Caron (; born 4 December 1971) is a French politician and former radio and television journalist who has represented the 18th constituency of Paris in the National Assembly since 2022. He was elected as a member of the Ecological Revo ...

from the

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'' (in French), 19 June 2022.

Organisation

Executives of the movement include: Jean-Luc Mélenchon,

Danièle Obono Danièle Obono (; born 12 July 1980) is a Gabonese-French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for Paris's 17th constituency since 2017. She has also been the spokesperson for La France Insoumise. Obono was re-elected in ...

, Mathilde Panot,

Bastien Lachaud Bastien Lachaud (born 5 August 1980) is a French politician representing La France insoumise. He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Seine-Saint-Denis. A former history teacher, Lacha ...

Alexis Corbière Alexis Corbière (; born 17 August 1968) is a French politician. A member of La France Insoumise (FI), he has been member of the National Assembly for the 7th constituency of the Seine-Saint-Denis department since 2017. Corbière is also a sp ...

and

Éric Coquerel Éric Coquerel (born 30 December 1958) is a French politician representing La France Insoumise. He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Seine-Saint-Denis. In 2022, following the parliame ...

Members

Ugo Bernalicis Ugo Bernalicis () is a French politician and represents the department of Nord, in the French National Assembly. Biography Early life Ugo Bernalicis was born into a family close to the communist movement, with a militant father, an electe ...

Michel Larive Michel Larive (born 22 August 1966) is a French politician representing la France Insoumise. He was deputy for Ariège's 2nd constituency from 2017 to 2022. In the 2022 French legislative election, he was the only La France Insoumise MP to ...

Adrien Quatennens Adrien Quatennens (; born 23 May 1990) is a French politician who has represented Nord's 1st constituency in the National Assembly since 2017. From June 2019 until September 2022, he was also the party coordinator of La France Insoumise (LFI). ...

Sabine Rubin Sabine Rubin is a French politician representing la France Insoumise. She was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, becoming the Member of Parliament for the 9th constituency of the department of Seine-Saint-Denis. See als ...

Muriel Ressiguier Muriel Ressiguier (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician formerly of La France Insoumise. She was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Hérault. Ressiguier was the Member of Parliamen ...

* Loïc Prud'homme *

Clémentine Autain Clémentine Autain (; born 26 May 1973) is a French politician and journalist who has represented the 11th constituency of the Seine-Saint-Denis department in the National Assembly since 2017. She is a member of La France Insoumise (LFI). Aut ...

Caroline Fiat Caroline Fiat (born 28 January 1977) is a French politician who has represented the 6th constituency of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the National Assembly since 2017. She is a member of La France Insoumise, having previously been an ...

List of presidents

Historical membership

References

External links

Notices and portraits of deputies

Changes in the composition of groups
{{Political groups of the 15th legislature of the National Assembly of France La France Insoumise National Assembly (France) Parliamentary groups in France