The Union of the Far-Right (, UXD) was a political and electoral descriptor created by the French

Ministry of the Interior An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, the ...

for the

2024 French legislative election Legislative elections in France, Legislative elections were held in France on 30 June and 7 July 2024 (and one day earlier for some voters outside of metropolitan France) to elect all 577 Deputy (France), members of the 17th legislature of th ...

to denote candidates from The Republicans (LR) party that were supported and endorsed by the

National Rally The National Rally (, , RN), known as the National Front from 1972 to 2018 (, , FN), is a French far-right politics, far-right political party, described as right-wing populist and French nationalism, nationalist. It is the single largest Nat ...

(RN). ''

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'' classified these investitures as joint LR–RN candidacies. Following the second round of the election, a total of seventeen Union of the Far-Right candidates were elected to the

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History

Following the 2024 European election results, President

Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He was Ministry of Economy and Finance (France), Minister of Economics, Industr ...

announced the dissolution of the

. The first round of snap elections took place on 30 June 2024, while the second round took place on 7 July 2024. On 11 June 2024, in response to the announcement,

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 m ...

, leader of The Republicans (LR), suggested that the LR form a political and electoral alliance with the

(RN) and run joint candidates at the upcoming elections.

Marine Le Pen Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen (; born 5 August 1968) is a French lawyer and politician of the far-right National Rally, National Rally party (RN). She served as the party's president from 2011 to 2021, and ran for the French presidency in ...

, leader of the RN group in the National Assembly, described Ciotti’s announcement as a "brave choice". His response was heavily criticized within LR itself, which led to executives of the party ousting him as leader, causing a crisis within The Republicans. The votes expelling him from party leadership and from the party altogether were overturned on 14 June. Ciotti subsequently entered into negotiations with the RN, announcing on 17 June 2024 that an agreement had been reached for the RN to support and field no opposition to 62 Ciotti-allied LR candidates in the election. He later denounced the classification of his 63 candidates as the "Union of the Far-Right" by the

as a "low manoeuvre by the Macronists aimed at destabilizing our candidates and our voters", calling it "a democratic scandal of unprecedented gravity". On 9 July 2024, Ciotti announced the formation of the On the Right group in the National Assembly, gathering 16 of the 17 candidates he put forward for the elections.

Elected candidates

* Alexandre Allegret-Pilot, Gard's 5th constituency * Charles Alloncle, Hérault's 9th constituency *

Brigitte Barèges Brigitte Barèges (; born 1 May 1953) is a French politician and lawyer who has been a member of the National Assembly since 2024, representing Tarn-et-Garonne's 1st constituency. She is a member of the Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR ...

, Tarn-et-Garonne's 1st constituency * Matthieu Bloch, Doubs's 3rd constituency * Bernard Chaix, Alpes-Maritimes's 3rd constituency *

Marc Chavent Marc Chavent (; born 28 June 1968) is a French politician who has represented the 5th constituency of Ain in the National Assembly since 2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, in ...

Ain's 5th constituency The 5th constituency of the Ain is a French legislative constituency in the Ain ''département''. It was created by ordinance n°2009-935 of 29 July 2009, ratified by the French Parliament on 21 January 2010. It consists of the cantons of Ambé ...

, Alpes-Maritimes's 1st constituency * Christelle d'Intorni, Alpes-Maritimes's 5th constituency * Olivier Fayssat, Bouches-du-Rhône's 6th constituency * Bartolomé Lenoir, Creuse's constituency * Hanane Mansouri, Isère's 8th constituency * Maxime Michelet, Marne's 3rd constituency * Éric Michoux, Saône-et-Loire's 4th constituency * Sophie-Laurence Roy, Yonne's 2nd constituency * Vincent Trébuchet, Ardèche's 2nd constituency * Sophie Vaginay-Ricourt, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 2nd constituency * Gérault Verny, Bouches-du-Rhône's 14th constituency

References

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History

Elected candidates

See also

References