The Republicans group (french: Groupe les Républicains), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement group (french: Groupe de l'Union pour un mouvement populaire), is a
parliamentary group
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in the
National Assembly
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including representatives of The Republicans (LR), formerly the
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Social ...
.
History
The group was formed in the
National Assembly
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legislative elections
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under the name of the Union for the Presidential Majority group (''groupe de l'Union pour la majorité présidentielle''), and was renamed to the Union for a Popular Movement group (''groupe de l'Union pour un mouvement populaire'') in line with that of its associated party on 5 March 2003. The group was subsequently reformed on 26 June 2007 with 314 members and 6 related following the
legislative elections
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, and again on 26 June 2012 with 185 members and 11 related after
legislative elections
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. On 2 June 2015, the name of the group was changed to The Republicans group (''groupe Les Républicains'') following the renaming of the party to The Republicans.
The UMP group in the National Assembly was initially presided over by
Jacques Barrot
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after his election unopposed on 19 June 2002, who later resigned to serve on the
European Commission
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following
Michel Barnier
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.
Bernard Accoyer
Bernard Accoyer (, born 12 August 1945 in Lyon) is a French politician who was President of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2012. He was also the Mayor of Annecy-le-Vieux. serving until June 2007, after which successfully sought to become president of the National Assembly and replaced by
Jean-François Copé
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. After Copé became General Secretary of the UMP, Christian Jacob was elected to succeed him on 23 November 2010. Jacob was re-elected most recently on 21 June 2017, collecting 62 votes against
Damien Abad
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Abad previously served as Member of the National Assembly for Ain's 5th constitue ...
, who received 32 votes.
In the 2017 legislative elections, only 112 deputies under the label of the Republicans were elected, a "historic reversal" for the party, with the right and centre registering its worst score in the history of the Fifth Republic, the previous record being 158 deputies in the 1981 legislative elections. With the election of
Emmanuel Macron
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and appointment of three right-wing ministers to his government, divisions in the right re-emerged, with a number of "constructives" interested in supporting his project. On 21 June,
Thierry Solère
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Union of Democrats and Independents
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(UDI) likely to contain 18 UDI and about 15 LR deputies. The formation of two parliamentary groups on the right represented a symbolic divorce to the two threads on the right (moderates and hardliners) and the end of the old UMP, created in 2002 to unite the right and centre.
On 27 June,
Virginie Duby-Muller
Virginie Duby-Muller (born 16 August 1979) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who has been a member of the National Assembly since the 2012 elections, representing Haute-Savoie's 4th constituency. Within her party, she has been ser ...
,
Damien Abad
Damien Abad (; born 5 April 1980) is a French politician who briefly served as Minister of Solidarity in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in 2022.
Abad previously served as Member of the National Assembly for Ain's 5th constitue ...
,
Valérie Lacroute
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In modern politics, and history, a parliam ...
,
Véronique Louwagie
Véronique Louwagie (born 20 March 1961) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who has been representing Orne's 2nd constituency in the National Assembly since the 2012 election.
Political career
In parliament, Louwagie serves on the ...
Julien Aubert
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,
Gérard Cherpion
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On 24 February 2022, he announced he would stand down at the 2022 Fre ...
Guillaume Peltier
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, and
Gilles Lurton
Gilles Lurton (born on 6 July 1963)
is a French politician. He has represented Ille-et-Vilaine's 7th constituency since 2012, first as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement and then the Republicans.
Biography
His first political office ...
were designated as the group's vice presidents. At the time of its formation on 27 June, the parliamentary group included 100 deputies, including 5 associated members.
On 8 December, the
constitutional council Constitutional Council might refer to:
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* Constitutional Council (France)
* Constitutional Council (Ivory Coast)
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* Constitutional Council (Cambodia)
* Constitutional Council (Kaz ...
annulled the election of
Ian Boucard
Ian Boucard (born 5 May 1988) is a French politician who served as deputy for Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency from June to December 2017, with the invalidation of his election triggering a by-election in early 2018 in which he was re-el ...
in
Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency
Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency is one of two French legislative constituencies in the department of Territoire de Belfort. It is currently represented by Ian Boucard
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due to the distribution of misleading electoral leaflets by the candidate; as a result, a
by-election
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was held to fill the vacant seat in 2018, and Boucard was re-elected. The constitutional council subsequently annulled the election of
Jean-Pierre Door
Jean-Pierre Door (born 1 April 1942, in Sully-sur-Loire) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Loiret department, and is a member of The Republicans (France), The Republicans.
He won the 2018 Loiret's 4th constituen ...
by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
.
Marine Brenier
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left the
UDI, Agir and Independents group
The UDI and Independent Deputies (french: Députés UDI & indépendants) is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly (France), National Assembly of France including members of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), Agir (France), Ag ...
to rejoin the LR group on 23 January 2018, and Boucard won the by-election in
Territoire de Belfort
The Territoire de Belfort () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, eastern France. It had a population of 141,318 in 2019.Antoine Savignat
Antoine Savignat (born 22 July 1975) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who served as member of the French National Assembly after winning a by-election in 2018 for Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency.
Political career
In parliament, S ...
after he won the by-election in
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.
The Republicans group (Senate)
The Republicans group (french: groupe Les Républicains), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement group (french: groupe Union pour un mouvement populaire), is a parliamentary group in the French Senate including representatives of The Republica ...