12th legislature of the French Fifth Republic
The French legislative elections took place on 9 and 16 June 2002 to elect the 12th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, in a context of political crisis.
The Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin announced his political retirement after ...
on 25 June 2002 with 356 deputies following the
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 after his election unopposed on 19 June 2002, who later resigned to serve on the European Commission following
Michel Barnier
Michel Barnier (born 9 January 1951) is a French politician who served as the European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom (UK Task Force/UKTF) from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as Chief Negotiator, Task ...
.
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. 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, 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
Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ ...
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 announced the creation of a common group with the Union of Democrats and Independents (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 ...
Gérard Cherpion
Gérard Cherpion (; born 15 March 1948) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Vosges's 2nd constituency, and is a member of the Republicans.
On 24 February 2022, he announced he would stand down at the 2022 Fre ...
,
Arnaud Viala
Arnaud Viala (born 4 December 1974) is a French politician of the Republicans who was Member of Parliament for the Aveyron's 3rd constituency in the French National Assembly from 2015 to 2021.
Political career
In Parliament, Viala serves on t ...
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
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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 due to the distribution of misleading electoral leaflets by the candidate; as a result, a by-election 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, who won by 8 votes in
Loiret's 4th constituency
Loiret's 4th constituency is a French legislative constituency (France), constituency in Loiret.
A 2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election, by-election was held in the constituency in 2018 after the election of Jean-Pierre Door was annulled. ...
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 ...
Rassemblement-UMP group
The Rassemblement-UMP group split from the Union for a Popular Movement group on 27 November 2012. They held 73 Members of Parliament. It dissolved in 2013.
History
François Fillon contested the 2012 Union for a Popular Movement leadershi ...