The Rally of Democrats, Progressive and Independent (), formerly known as La République En Marche (), is a

parliamentary group A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political party, political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller politic ...

in the

Senate of France The Senate (, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly (France), National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. It is made up of 348 senators (''sénateurs'' and ...

including representatives of

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(RE).

History

The La République En Marche group in the

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was officially by

François Patriat François Patriat (; born 21 March 1943) is a French politician of Renaissance (RE, formerly LREM) who has been serving as president of the party's group in the Senate since 2017. He has represented the Côte-d'Or department in the Senate since ...

, its first president, on 28 June 2017, and included 25 members, of which 23 left from the socialist group. The group contained 29 members before the 2017 renewal.

List of presidents

List of vice presidents

* Xavier Iacovelli

Historical membership

References

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