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2024 The Republicans Crisis
The Republican alliance crisis () was triggered by the formation of the Union of the Rights for the Republic, an alliance between Éric Ciotti, the president of The Republicans (LR), and the National Rally (RN) ahead of the 2024 French legislative election. LR MPs and senators questioned claims the alliance was revolutionary. The senior members unanimously removed its president for unsanctioned negotiations and disrespect for party statutes, which was unprecedented in France. This broke the traditional '' cordon sanitaire'' led by Chirac, against the National Rally. Two opposing groups of Republican candidates were nominated. Its national investiture commission (CNI) nominated 400, including all outgoing MPs except Ciotti and Christelle d'Intorni. Ciotti nominated around 60, labeled by the French Ministry of the Interior the Union of the Far-Right, half not LR members, and petitioned RN candidates in other constituencies. Before parliament was dissolved, media businessm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric Ciotti
Éric Ciotti ( or , ; born 28 September 1965) is a French politician who led The Republicans (LR) from 2022 to 2024. He has represented Alpes-Maritimes's 1st constituency in the National Assembly since the 2007 legislative election. Once a member of The Republicans' right-wing, he was seeking to distance the party from Emmanuel Macron's presidency. He left The Republicans in 2024, and is now the leader of the Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR) party and parliamentary group. Ciotti briefly served as First Deputy Mayor of Nice under Mayor Christian Estrosi in 2008, before he assumed the presidency of the Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes from 2008 to 2017. He sought the party's nomination for the 2022 presidential election at its 2021 congress; he unexpectedly placed first in the first round of voting, but was defeated by centre-right candidate Valérie Pécresse in the second round. In December 2022, following Pécresse's historic loss in the presidential ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 French Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in France on 10 and 24 April 2022. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a Two-round system, runoff was held, in which Emmanuel Macron defeated Marine Le Pen and was re-elected as President of France. Macron, from La République En Marche! (LREM), had defeated Le Pen, leader of the National Rally, once already in the 2017 French presidential election, for the term which expired on 13 May 2022. Macron became the first president of France to win a re-election bid since Jacques Chirac won in 2002 French presidential election, 2002. In the first round Macron finished first with 28% of the vote, followed by Le Pen with 23%, Jean-Luc Mélenchon of La France Insoumise with 22% and Éric Zemmour of Reconquête with 7%. Valérie Pécresse of The Republicans (France), the Republicans received 5% of the vote and Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris and Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party candidate, 2%. Both the Republicans and the Socialists, consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Figaro
() is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in several plays by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799): ''Le Barbier de Séville'', ''The Guilty Mother, La Mère coupable'', and the eponym, eponymous ''The Marriage of Figaro (play), Le Mariage de Figaro''. One of his lines became the paper's motto: "Without the freedom to criticise, there is no flattering praise". The oldest national newspaper in France, is considered a French newspaper of record, along with and ''Libération''. Since 2004, the newspaper has been owned by Dassault Group. Its editorial director has been Alexis Brézet since 2012. ''Le Figaro'' is the second-largest national newspaper in France, after ''Le Monde''. It has a Centre-right politics, centre-right editorial stance and is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Other Groupe Figaro publications include ''Le Figaro Magazine'', ''TV Magazine'' and ''Eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse (; AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency. With 2,400 employees of 100 nationalities, AFP has an editorial presence in 260 cities across 150 countries. Its main regional headquarters are based in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong and Washington, D.C. AFP publishes stories, videos, photos and graphics in French, English, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, and German. Two-thirds of its turnover comes from its own commercial activities, with the remaining one-third being provided by the French government (amounting to 113.3 million euros in 2022) as compensation for carrying out its mission of general interest. In December 2024, AFP was ranked as the 27th most visited news site in the world, with over 105 million monthly readers. History Agence France-Presse has its origins in the Agence Havas, founded in 1835 in Paris by Charles-Louis Havas, making it the world's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 French Pension Reform Law
In 2023, a law was passed in France that raises the retirement age from 62 to 64 with a requirement that the retiree has worked at least 43 years. Its provisions, which 2023 French pension reform strikes, sparked strikes, were highly controversial, as was Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne's invocation of Article 49 of the French Constitution#Commitment of responsibility on a bill (49.3), Article 49.3 of the French Constitution, allowing a draft law to pass without a vote unless the Assembly adopts a motion of no confidence within a set time. March 2023 votes of no confidence in the government of Élisabeth Borne, Two such motions were filed within the required timeframe, and both of them were voted down on 20 March. The law was to deal with a pension system budget deficit projected to reach €13.5 billion per year by 2030. History On 30 January, the bill was introduced to the National Assembly (France), National Assembly. In February, the Assembly debated the measure. On 14 Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Morano
Nadine Morano (; born 6 November 1963 in Nancy) is a French politician of the Republicans who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2014. She previously was a member of the National Assembly and a minister. Early life Morano was born on 6 November 1963 in Nancy, France. Her father was a truck driver. Her mother, Monique Generelli, was a switchboard operator, daughter of a Piedmontese mason from Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Political career Morano served as a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2008, representing Meurthe-et-Moselle. In parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs (2002-2007) and the Defense Committee (2007-2008). Morano served as the Deputy Minister for Apprenticeship and Vocational Training under the Minister of Labour, Employment and Health, Xavier Bertrand. She was previously Secretary of State for Family in the government of François Fillon on 18 March 2008. Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Wauquiez
Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez (; born 12 April 1975) is a French politician who has presided over the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes from 2016 to 2024. He is a member of The Republicans (LR), which he led from 2017 to 2019 following the resignation of Nicolas Sarkozy. Wauquiez was Secretary of State for European Affairs under the Foreign Minister Alain Juppé; and previously Secretary of State for Employment under the Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment from March 2008 in François Fillon's government. He also was Government Spokesman from June 2007 to March 2008 as Minister of State under the Prime Minister. He was elected as 2nd Vice President of the ORU Fogar at the organisation's General Assembly held in Quito, Ecuador on 16 October 2016. On 10 December 2017, Wauquiez was elected to the presidency of The Republicans with 74% of the vote. Pundits have described him as moving the party to the right. On 2 June 2019, a week after overseeing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurélien Pradié
Aurélien Pradié (; born 14 March 1986) is a French politician who has represented the Lot's 1st constituency, 1st constituency of the Lot (department), Lot Departments of France, department in the National Assembly (France), National Assembly since 2017 French legislative election, 2017. He has also held a seat in the Regional Council of Occitania since 2021, previously in office from 2016 to 2018. In addition to his work in Parliament, he was appointed secretary-general of The Republicans (France), The Republicans (LR) in 2019 after Christian Jacob (politician), Christian Jacob was elected party leader, making him its third highest-ranking politician. Early life and education Pradié was born on 14 March 1986 in Cahors to parents who managed a small nut business. He has a younger brother who is a baker. After a stroke, his father became a Paraplegia, paraplegic. Pradié has said that this moment "forged his commitment" to public service, notably on issues related to the Disab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Retailleau
Bruno Daniel Marie Paul Retailleau (; born 20 November 1960) is a French politician who has served as Minister of the Interior (France), Minister of the Interior and Minister of State in the Bayrou government, as well as the preceding Barnier government since 2024. In May 2025, he was elected leader of The Republicans (France), The Republicans' party. Retailleau represented the Vendée Departments of France, department in the National Assembly (France), National Assembly from 1994 to 1997 as Philippe de Villiers's Substitute (elections), substitute and in the Senate (France), Senate, from 2004 to 2024. He presided over the Senate Republicans from 2014 to 2024. He also served as List of presidents of departmental councils (France), President of the General Council of Vendée from 2010 to 2015 and List of current presidents of the regional councils of France and the Corsican Assembly, President of the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire from 2015 until 2017. Following his appointm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Monde
(; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including 40,000 sold abroad. It has been available online since 1995, and it is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It should not be confused with the monthly publication ', of which has 51% ownership but is editorially independent. is considered one of the French newspapers of record, along with ''Libération'' and . A Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Reuters Institute poll in 2021 found that is the most trusted French newspaper. The paper's journalistic side has a collegial form of organization, in which most journalists are tenured, unionized, and financial stakeholders in the business. While shareholders appoint the company's CEO, the editor is elected by ''Le Monde''s journali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 The Republicans (France) Leadership Election
The 2022 The Republicans leadership election was held on 3–4 December (first round) and 10–11 December 2022 (second round) following the resignation of Christian Jacob. Éric Ciotti was elected to lead the party, winning in the second round against Bruno Retailleau Bruno Daniel Marie Paul Retailleau (; born 20 November 1960) is a French politician who has served as Minister of the Interior (France), Minister of the Interior and Minister of State in the Bayrou government, as well as the preceding Barnier gov .... Results References {{The Republicans (France) 2022 elections in France Political party leadership elections in France History of The Republicans (France) 2022 political party leadership elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reconquête
Reconquête (, ), stylised as Reconquête! (often shortened as R!), is a far-right political party in France founded in late 2021 by Éric Zemmour, who has since served as its leader. He was a candidate in the 2022 presidential election, in which he placed fourth with just over 7% of the vote as the best newcomer. History Background From September 2021, opinion polling for the 2022 presidential election showed a sharp rise in favour of far-right journalist and author Éric Zemmour in the months before he formally became a candidate. A series of opinion polls suggested that Zemmour might reach the presidential election's second round, competing against incumbent President Emmanuel Macron. Although there had been speculation about a possible run for the presidential nomination of The Republicans in the party's 2021 congress, Zemmour opted to put his name forward as the nominee of a new party. Launch Éric Zemmour formally announced his candidacy for the presidency on 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
