Meurthe-et-Moselle is a département in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. Its prefecture and largest city is Nancy and it borders the departments of Meuse to the west, Vosges to the south, Moselle and Bas-Rhin and it borders the Belgian province of Luxembourg and the country of Luxembourg by the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette to the north. It had a population of 733,760 in 2019.
The Democratic and Republican Left group is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly including representatives of the French Communist Party (PCF) as well as leftist parties with bases in Overseas France.
Deputies, also known in English as members of Parliament (MPs), are the legislators who sit in the National Assembly, the lower house of the French Parliament. The 16th and current legislature of the Fifth Republic has a total of 577 deputies, elected in 577 constituencies across metropolitan (539) and overseas France (27), as well as for French residents overseas (11).
The Republican Right group, formerly the Union for a Popular Movement group from 2003 and 2015 and The Republicans group from 2015 to 2024, is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly including representatives of The Republicans (LR), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement.
The 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic was the French Parliament that was in office from 27 June 2017 until 21 June 2022. The party of President Emmanuel Macron, La République En Marche! (LREM), obtained an absolute majority of 308 deputies, alongside its ally, the Democratic Movement (MoDem), which secured 42 seats. The newly-installed deputies elected François de Rugy as President of the National Assembly when the National Assembly first convened on 27 June. The legislative election saw a record level of renewal, with only a quarter of the deputies elected in 2012 also elected in 2017, as well as a significant increase in the representation of women and youth. With seven planned parliamentary groups, it would be the most fragmented National Assembly since 1958.
Adrien Quatennens is a French politician who has represented Nord's 1st constituency in the National Assembly since 2017. From June 2019 until September 2022, he was also the party coordinator of La France Insoumise (LFI). He lost that position after acknowledging having engaged in domestic violence against his former wife. Quatennens was first elected to the National Assembly in the 2017 legislative election before he was reelected in 2022. He was sentenced to four months imprisonment on parole for domestic violence in late 2022 upon being convicted of domestic violence against his wife.
Danièle Obono is a left-wing Gabonese-French politician who has represented the Paris's 17th constituency in the National Assembly since 2017. A member of La France Insoumise (FI), she was reelected in the first round of the 2022 legislative election and again in the 2024 legislative election.
Stéphanie Do is a French politician and a member of La République En Marche!. She was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the 10th constituency of department of Seine-et-Marne, under the investiture of La République En Marche. Do held a position in the Bureau of the National Assembly of the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic as a secretary.
The Together for the Republic Group, previously La République En Marche group until 2022 and as Renaissance Deputies until 2024, is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly of France including representatives of Renaissance. It was formed following the 2017 legislative election.
The La France insoumise - New Popular Front group is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly founded following the 2017 legislative election.
Mathieu Klein is a French politician serving as Mayor of Nancy since 2020.
The Republican and Socialist Left is a socialist political party in France. It was founded on 3 February 2019 after the merger of the Alternative for a Republican, Ecologist and Socialist Program (APRÉS) and the Citizen and Republican Movement (MRC) of Jean-Luc Laurent and Jean-Pierre Chevènement. APRÉS had been founded in October 2018 by Emmanuel Maurel and Marie-Noëlle Lienemann after their departure from the Socialist Party and was close to La France Insoumise.
The New Ecological and Social People's Union was a left-wing electoral alliance of political parties in France. Formed on May Day 2022, the alliance included La France Insoumise (LFI), the Socialist Party (PS), the French Communist Party (PCF), The Ecologists (LE), Ensemble! (E!), and Génération.s (G.s), and their respective smaller partners. It was the first wide left-wing political alliance since the Plural Left in the 1997 French legislative election. Over 70 dissident candidates who refused the accord still ran.
Rachel Keke Raïssa is an Ivorian-born French politician and former chambermaid. A member of the National Assembly from 2022 to 2024, she represents the 7th constituency of the Val-de-Marne department. She is a member of La France Insoumise (LFI).
Estelle Youssouffa is a French politician who has served as a Member of the French Parliament for Mayotte's 1st constituency since June 2022.
Murielle Lepvraud is a French politician. A member of La France Insoumise, she currently serves as National Assembly deputy for Côtes-d'Armor's 4th constituency.
Perceval Gaillard is a French politician from La France Insoumise. He was elected member of the National Assembly for Réunion's 7th constituency in the 2022 French legislative election.
Martine Étienne is a French politician from La France Insoumise. She was elected as the Member of Parliament for Meurthe-et-Moselle's 3rd constituency in the 2022 French legislative election.
Philippe Guillemard is a French politician.
Andrée Taurinya is a French politician. She is a member of La France Insoumise and has been Member of Parliament for Loire's 2nd constituency since 2022.
