The Together for the Republic Group (), previously La République En Marche group () until 2022 and as Renaissance Deputies until 2024, is a
parliamentary group
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in the
National Assembly of France
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including representatives of
Renaissance
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(formerly La République En Marche!). It was formed following the
2017 legislative election.
In the
2022 legislative election, which resulted in a
hung parliament
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, the group lost 141 seats from its original 313 seats. It remains the largest group in the National Assembly under the
16th legislature of the
Fifth Republic.
History
On 24 June 2017,
Richard Ferrand was elected La République En Marche group president with 306 votes and two abstentions.
On 27 June, the group voted to designate
François de Rugy
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People with the given name
* François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter
* Voltaire, Fran ...
its candidate for the office of
President of the National Assembly, to be elected later that day; with a total of 301 votes cast, he collected 153 against 59 for
Sophie Errante, 54 for
Brigitte Bourguignon, 32 for
Philippe Folliot, 2 blank votes and 1 null vote.
Pacôme Rupin,
Coralie Dubost,
Danièle Hérin and
Gilles Le Gendre were selected as the group's initial vice presidents;
Aurore Bergé,
Stanislas Guerini,
Olivia Grégoire and
Hervé Berville as spokespersons; and
Guillaume Gouffier-Cha and
Stéphanie Do as treasurers. De Rugy was elected President of the National Assembly the same day; former
Prime Minister
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Manuel Valls
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announced his intention to leave the
Socialist Party and seek to affiliate with the LREM parliamentary group.
At the time of its formation on 27 June, the LREM parliamentary group included 313 deputies, including 4 associated members.
Manuel Valls
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later joined the group as an associated member. On 5 September,
M'jid El Guerrab left the group and party after his physical assault of Socialist Boris Faure.
On 16 November, the
Constitutional Council nullified the election of deputy
Isabelle Muller-Quoy on 16 November 2017 under article L.O. 132 of the electoral code; a
by-election
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was subsequently held in her constituency in 2018 to fill the vacant seat. After his exclusion from
The Republicans and subsequent adhesion to La République En Marche!,
Thierry Solère left the
Constructives group for the La République En Marche group. On 8 December, the Constitutional Council nullified the election of
Lénaïck Adam in
French Guiana's 2nd constituency under article R42 of the electoral code; a
by-election
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was held in his constituency as a result. The nullification of the election of
Ramlati Ali in
Mayotte's 1st constituency on 19 January 2018 triggered another
by-election
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, as was the case in the
5th constituency for French residents overseas, where the nullification of the election of
Samantha Cazebonne triggered another
by-election
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.
List of presidents
Historical membership
See also
*
Rally of Democrats, Progressive and Independent group (Senate)
Notes
References
External links
Notices and portraits of deputies
Changes in the composition of groups
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