The Republican Right group (, DR), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement group (, UMP) from 2003 and 2015 and The Republicans group (, LR) from 2015 to 2024, is a

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in the

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including representatives of The Republicans (LR), formerly the

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement ( ; UMP ) was a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in France, political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullism, Gaullist tradition. During its existence, the UMP was o ...

History

The group was formed in the

of the 12th legislature of the French Fifth Republic on 25 June 2002 with 356 deputies following the

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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

, and again on 26 June 2012 with 185 members and 11 related after

. 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

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following

Michel Barnier Michel Jean Barnier (; born 9 January 1951) is a French politician who was Prime Minister of France from September to December 2024. A member of a series of Gaullist parties ( UDR, RPR, UMP, LR), Barnier has served in several French cabinet p ...

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 Jean-François Copé (; born 5 May 1964) is a French politician serving as Mayor of Meaux since 1995 with an interruption from 2002 to 2005. He was Government Spokesman between 2002 and 2007, when assumed other tenures in the government—inclu ...

. 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

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, 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

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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 Thierry Solère (born 17 August 1971) is a French politician who has served as the member of the National Assembly (France), National Assembly for the Hauts-de-Seine's 9th constituency, 9th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine from 2012 French legisla ...

announced the creation of a common group with the

Union of Democrats and Independents The Union of Democrats and Independents (, , UDI) is a Liberalism, liberal List of political parties in France, political party in France and former electoral alliance founded on 18 September 2012 on the basis of the UDI and Independents group, e ...

(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,

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Véronique Louwagie Véronique Louwagie (born 20 March 1961) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who has been serving as Minister Delegate for Trade, Crafts, Small and Medium Enterprises, Social and Solidarity Economy in the government of Prime Ministe ...

, Frédérique Meunier, François Cornut-Gentille,

Julien Aubert Julien Aubert (; born 11 June 1978) is a French politician and civil servant who represented the 5th constituency of the Vaucluse department in the National Assembly from 2012 to 2022. A member of The Republicans (LR) and its predecessor parti ...

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 Fren ...

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Guillaume Peltier Guillaume Peltier (; born 27 August 1976) is a French politician, former teacher and business leader, who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2024. He represented the 2nd constituency of the Loir-et-Cher department in t ...

, and

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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 annulled the election of Ian Boucard in Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency due to the distribution of misleading electoral leaflets by the candidate; as a result, a

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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 ...

, who won by 8 votes in Loiret's 4th constituency, on 18 December, triggering a

. Marine Brenier left the UDI, Agir and Independents group to rejoin the LR group on 23 January 2018, and Boucard won the by-election in

Territoire de Belfort The Territoire de Belfort (; "Territory of Belfort") is a department in the northeastern French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. In 2020 it had a population of 140,120.Antoine Savignat 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.< ...

Splinter factions

* Rassemblement-UMP group (2012 to 2013) *

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(from 2024)

List of presidents

Historical membership

References

External links

Notices and portraits of deputies

Changes in the composition of groups
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