The Territoire de Belfort is a department in the northeastern French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. In 2020 it had a population of 140,120. The department,which encompasses a relatively small surface area of 609.4 km2,is located just southwest of the European Collectivity of Alsace. It also shares a border with the Swiss canton of Jura to the southeast. Its prefecture is Belfort.
L'Est Républicain is a daily regional French newspaper based in Nancy,France.
Michèle Tabarot is a French politician of the Republicans who served as a member of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2024,representing Alpes-Maritimes' 9th constituency.
Damien Abad is a French politician who briefly served as Minister of Solidarity in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in 2022.
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.
Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency is one of two French legislative constituencies in the department of Territoire de Belfort. It is currently represented by Ian Boucard of The Republicans (LR).
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is a region in eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions,from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016,after the regional elections of December 2015,electing 100 members to the Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
The Republicans is a liberal-conservative political party in France,largely inspired by the tradition of Gaullism. The party was formed in 2015 as the refoundation of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP),which had been established in 2002 under the leadership of then-President of France,Jacques Chirac.
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.
The UDI and Independent Deputies was a parliamentary group in the National Assembly of France including members of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI),Agir (2017–2020),and some dissidents of The Republicans (LR) after the 2017 legislative elections.
A leadership election for the presidency of The Republicans (LR) was held on 10 December 2017,the first since the refoundation of the party in 2015,before which it was known as the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP),and seventh overall including the UMP congresses.
The first round of a by-election was held in Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency on 28 January 2018,with a second round on 4 February because no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was called due to the invalidation of the election of Isabelle Muller-Quoy,candidate of La République En Marche! (REM),in the June 2017 legislative elections by the Constitutional Council on 16 November 2017. It was the first legislative by-election held during the 15th National Assembly.
The first round of a by-election was held in Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency on 28 January 2018,with a second round on 4 February because no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was called due to the invalidation of the election of Ian Boucard,candidate of The Republicans (LR),in the June 2017 legislative elections by the Constitutional Council on 8 December 2017,due to the distribution of misleading electoral leaflets by Boucard's campaign between the two rounds.
Aurélien Pradié is a French politician who has represented the 1st constituency of the Lot department in the National Assembly since 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 (LR) in 2019 after Christian Jacob was elected party leader,making him its third highest-ranking politician.
Cédric Perrin is a French politician who has represented the Territoire de Belfort in the Senate since 2014. He is a member of The Republicans (LR),formerly the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Since 26 October 2023,he has presided over the bicameral Délégation parlementaire au renseignement,which supervises France's three main intelligence agencies.
Miss Franche-Comté is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the region of Franche-Comté. Women representing the region under various different titles have competed at Miss France since 1926,although the Miss Franche-Comtétitle was not used regularly until 1974.
Gilberte Céline Marin-Moskovitz was a French Socialist Party politician who served as deputy of Territoire de Belfort's 2nd constituency in the National Assembly from 1988 to 1991 and again from 1997 to 2000. She was also elected a councillor to the Belfort Municipal City Council in 1977 and was a four-term General Councillor of the canton of Belfort-Sud between 1982 and 2008. Marin-Moskovitz was appointed Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1996.
Hubert Brigand is a French politician,a member of the Républicains party. He was elected deputy for the 4th constituency of Côte-d'Or in the 2022 legislative elections. He was Côte-d'Or departmental councillor from 1988 to 2022 and mayor of Châtillon-sur-Seine from 1995 to 2022.
