List of political parties in France

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France has a multi-party political system: one in which the number of competing political parties is sufficiently large as to make it almost inevitable that, in order to participate in the exercise of power, any single party must be prepared to negotiate with one or more others with a view to forming electoral alliances and/or coalition agreements.

The dominant French political parties are also characterised by a noticeable degree of intra-party factionalism, making each of them effectively a coalition in itself.

Up until recently, the government of France had alternated between two rather stable coalitions:

This was the case until the 2017 presidential election, when Emmanuel Macron of the centrist La République En Marche! defeated Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally in the second round. This was the first time in which a third party had won the presidency, as well as the first time that neither of the major coalitions had appeared in the second round of a presidential election. This was followed shortly by a significant victory for LREM in the 2017 legislative election, winning a majority of 350 seats. Both the traditional coalitions suffered major defeats.

In the 2022 presidential election, the same scenario repeated, with Emmanuel Macron being again victorious. Both traditional parties (Socialist Party and The Republicans) scored less than 5% each, with Jean-Luc Mélenchon's La France Insoumise emerging as the dominant left-wing party, ranking third in the first round.

The National Rally (previously known as the National Front before a name change in 2018) has also experienced significant successes in other elections. Since 2014, the party has established itself as a major party in France, finishing in first place in the 2014 and 2019 European elections as well as in the 2015 local elections, [1] though the party failed to win government in any regions due to the last-ditch alliance between the centre-left and the centre-right coalitions in Hauts-de-France and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. [2]

Elected parties

Major nationwide represented parties

NameAbbr.Leader Députés Senators MEPs Presidency of
regional councils
Presidency of
departmental councils
PositionIdeology
Renaissance RE Stéphane Séjourné
99 / 577
13 / 348
11 / 74
1 / 18
2 / 98
Centre [3] to centre-right [10] Liberalism
The Republicans LR Eric Ciotti
47 / 577
116 / 348
7 / 74
3 / 18
39 / 98
Centre-right to right-wing Conservatism
Liberal conservatism
National Rally RN Jordan Bardella
126 / 577
3 / 348
19 / 74
0 / 18
0 / 98
Far-right French nationalism
Right-wing populism
Socialist Party PS Olivier Faure
65 / 577
63 / 348
2 / 74
5 / 18
27 / 98
Centre-left Social democracy
Pro-Europeanism
La France Insoumise LFI Manuel Bompard
75 / 577
0 / 348
3 / 74
0 / 18
0 / 98
Left-wing Democratic socialism
Left-wing populism
Soft Euroscepticism

Other nationwide represented parties

PartyAbbr.National
coalition
Leader or chair Députés Senators MEPs Presidency of
regional councils
Presidency of
departmental councils
Political
position
Ideology
Democratic Movement MoDem Ensemble François Bayrou
33 / 577
3 / 348
6 / 81
0 / 18
1 / 98
Centre to centre-right Liberalism, Christian democracy
Horizons Ensemble Édouard Philippe
26 / 577
13 / 348
2 / 81
1 / 18
0 / 98
Centre-right Liberal conservatism
The Ecologists NUPES Marine Tondelier
25 / 577
12 / 348
9 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Centre-left to left-wing Green politics
Left Party PG NUPES Eric Coquerel,
Danielle Simonnet
20 / 577
0 / 348
2 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Left-wing Democratic socialism, Left-wing populism, Left-wing nationalism
Union of the Right for the Republic UDR On the Right Group Eric Ciotti
17 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Far-right Conservatism, Gaullism
French Communist Party PCF GDR, NUPES Fabien Roussel
9 / 577
14 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Left-wing to far-left Communism, soft Euroscepticism
Territories of Progress TDP Renaissance, Ensemble Olivier Dussopt
9 / 577
2 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Centre [11] to centre-left [12] [13] Social liberalism, Social democracy
Génération.s NUPES Benoît Hamon
6 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Centre-left to left-wing Social democracy, Democratic socialism
Union of Democrats and Independents UDI UDC Jean-Christophe Lagarde
5 / 577
32 / 348
1 / 81
0 / 18
8 / 98
Centre to centre-right Centrism, Social liberalism, Pro-Europeanism, Christian democracy
Agir Renaissance, Ensemble Franck Riester
5 / 577
5 / 348
1 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Centre-right to Right-wing Conservative liberalism, Pro-Europeanism
Utiles  [ fr ] LIOT Bertrand Pancher
5 / 577
2 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Centre Pro-Europeanism, Humanism, Localism
French Future LAF National Rally group Jean-Philippe Tanguy
5 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Right-wing to far-right Gaullism
National conservatism
Souverainism
Euroscepticism
Soyons libres SL LR, UDC Valérie Pécresse
4 / 577
6 / 348
0 / 81
1 / 18
1 / 98
Centre-right Liberal conservatism, Gaullism, Economic liberalism, Pro-Europeanism
L'Après New Popular Front
4 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Left-wing Socialism
Political ecology
Dare France OLF Senate Republicans Julien Aubert
3 / 577
4 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Gaullism
Ecosocialist Left  [ fr ]GES FI group, NUPES
2 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Left-wing Socialism, Eco-socialism, anti-globalisation
New Energy  [ fr ]Ne The Republican Right group David Lisnard
1 / 577
9 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Right-wing Liberalism, Ordoliberalism, Christian democracy, Economic liberalism, Gaullism
Radical Party RAD Ensemble, LT Laurent Hénart,
Sylvia Pinel
1 / 577
8 / 348
2 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Centre Liberalism, Pro-Europeanism
The Centrists LC LT, UDC Hervé Morin
1 / 577
7 / 348
0 / 81
1 / 18
2 / 98
Centre to centre-right Centrism, Conservative liberalism, Christian democracy
Centrist Alliance AC LaREM Philippe Folliot
1 / 577
4 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Centre Centrism, Liberalism
Place Publique PP NUPES Raphaël Glucksmann
1 / 577
1 / 348
3 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Centre-left Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism
The Convention LC Bernard Cazeneuve
1 / 577
2 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
2 / 98
Left-wing Socialism
Territories44T44 Ecologist Group Jean-Claude Raux
1 / 577
1 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Left-wing Green politics
New Anticapitalist Party NPA NFP Christine Poupin  [ fr ]
1 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Far-left Anti-capitalism
Alter-globalisation
Eco-socialism
Euroscepticism
Feminism
Progressivism
Socialism of the 21st century
En Commun EC Ensemble Philippe Hardouin
1 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Centre-left Green politics
Ecology Generation GE NUPES Delphine Batho
1 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Centre Green politics, integral ecology, eco-feminism
Ecological Revolution for the Living REV NUPES Aymeric Caron
1 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Left-wing Animal rights, Social democracy
Independent Workers' Party POI FI group, NUPES
1 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Left-wing

Marxism

Republican and Socialist Left GRS FI group, FGR Emmanuel Maurel,
Marie-Noëlle Lienemann
1 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Left-wing Socialism, Euroscepticism, economic interventionism, statism
For a Popular and Social Ecology  [ fr ]PEPS La France Insoumise group
1 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Left-wing Anti-capitalism, Social ecology, Communalism, Democratic confederalism, Ecofeminism
We France  [ fr ]NF The Republican Right group Xavier Bertrand
1 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Right-wing Conservatism
Liberal conservatism
Du courage  [ fr ]DC Aurélien Pradié
1 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Right-wing
Radical Party of the Left PRG Guillaume Lacroix  [ fr ]
0 / 577
4 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
2 / 98
Centre-left Social liberalism, Pro-Europeanism
Democratic European Force FED UDI, UDC Jean-Christophe Lagarde
0 / 577
2 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Centre-right Centrism, social liberalism, Pro-Europeanism, Christian democracy
La France Audacieuse LFA Senate Republicans Christian Estrosi
0 / 577
2 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Centre-right Gaullism Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism
Reconquête R!None Éric Zemmour
0 / 577
0 / 348
1 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Far-right National conservatism, Anti-immigration, Gaullism, Soft Euroscepticism
Conservative Movement  [ fr ]MCNone Laurence Trochu
0 / 577
0 / 348
1 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Right-wing to Far-right Conservatism
Social conservatism
National conservatism
Christian democracy
Soft Euroscepticism
La Force du 13 LFD13None Jean-Noël Guérini
0 / 577
1 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Left-wing Social democracy
Together in our TerritoriesESNTTerritories44 Ronan Dantec  [ fr ]
0 / 577
1 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
Left-wing Socialism, Green politics, Breton nationalism

Regional parties with national representation

TerritoryPartyAbbr.National
coalition
Leader or chair Députés Senators MEPs Presidency of
regional councils
Presidency of
departmental councils
Political
position
Ideology
Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country Euskal Herria Bai EH Bai New Popular Front Nikolas Blain
1 / 3
0 / 348
0 / 79
0 / 1
Left-wing to far-left Basque independence
Left-wing nationalism
Abertzale left
Socialism
Ecologism
Flag of Corsica.svg  Corsica Femu a Corsica Femu LT Gilles Simeoni
1 / 4
1 / 2
0 / 79
1 / 1
Centre Corsican nationalism, Corsican autonomism
Flag of Corsica.svg  Corsica Party of the Corsican Nation PNC LT Jean-Christophe Angelini
1 / 4
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Left-wing Corsican nationalism, Left-wing nationalism, Social democracy
Flag of Corsica.svg  Corsica Bonapartist Central Committee CCB Horizons group André Villanova
1 / 4
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Centre-right Ajaccio localism, Corsican regionalism, Bonapartism, Conservatism, Constitutional monarchism
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia Tapura Huiraatira TH Ensemble Édouard Fritch
1 / 3
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Centre-right Liberalism, Autonomism, Anti-independence
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia Tavini Huiraatira TH GDR Oscar Temaru
1 / 3
0 / 2
0 / 79
1 / 1
Left-wing French Polynesian independence, Social democracy, Democratic socialism, Progressivism
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia A here ia Porinetia AHIP Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories Nicole Sanquer
1 / 3
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Right-wing to far-right French Polynesian autonomism
Anti-independence
French republicanism
Local reformism
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia Ia Ora te Nuna'a RDPI, Ensemble Citoyens Teva Rohfritsch
0 / 3
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Centre to Centre-right French Polynesian autonomy
Anti-independence
Flag of French Guiana.svg French Guiana Guiana Rally GR LREM Rodolphe Alexandre
0 / 2
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Centre
Flag of French Guiana.svg French Guiana Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement MDES NUPES Fabien Canavy
1 / 2
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Far-left Guianese nationalism, Anti-colonialism,Marxism
Flag of French Guiana.svg French Guiana New Force of Guyana  [ fr ]NFG RDPI Marie-Laure Phinéra-Horth
0 / 2
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Left-wing
Flag of French Guiana.svg French Guiana Pou Lagwiyann Dékolé PLD NFP Davy Rimane
1 / 2
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Left-wing Localism
Flag of France.svg French diaspora Solidary Alliance of French People Abroad  [ fr ]ASFE The Republicans Évelyne Renaud-Garabedian  [ fr ]
0 / 11
3 / 6
0 / 79
0 / 1
Centre-right to Right-wing
Unofficial flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg Guadeloupe United Guadeloupe, Solidary and Responsible GUSR LREM Guy Losbar
0 / 4
2 / 3
0 / 79
1 / 1
Centre-left Social democracy, Social liberalism, Autonomism
Unofficial flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg Guadeloupe Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe PPDG NUPES Jacques Bangou
1 / 4
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Centre-left to left-wing Democratic socialism, Post-Marxism, Guadeloupean autonomy
Unofficial flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg Guadeloupe Guadeloupean Federation of the Socialist Party  [ fr ]FGPS NUPES Olivier Nicolas
1 / 4
1 / 3
0 / 79
0 / 1
0 / 1
Centre-Left Democratic socialism, Progressivism, Social democracy, Social-ecology, Pro-Europeanism
Unofficial flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg Guadeloupe Eko ZabymEK LIOT, Utiles Olivier Serva
1 / 4
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Localism
Flag-of-Martinique.svg  Martinique Péyi-A GDR Jean-Philippe Nilor, Marcelin Nadeau
3 / 4
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Left-wing Post-Marxism, Separatism
Flag-of-Martinique.svg  Martinique Socialist Federation of Martinique FSM PS Béatrice Bellay
1 / 4
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Left-wing Socialism
Flag-of-Martinique.svg  Martinique La Martinique EnsembleLME Socialist group in the Senate Catherine Conconne
0 / 4
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Left-wing Localism
Flag-of-Martinique.svg  Martinique Dynamique TrinitéenneLME Socialist group in the Senate Frederic Buval
0 / 4
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Left-wing Localism
Flag-of-Martinique.svg  Martinique Martinican Progressive Party PPM NUPES Serge Letchimy
0 / 4
0 / 2
0 / 79
1 / 1
Left-wing Progressivism, Democratic socialism, Autonomism
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia The Rally The Republicans Thierry Santa
0 / 2
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Right-wing Anti-separatism, Gaullism, Conservatism, Liberal conservatism, Christian democracy
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia Caledonian Union UC CRCE-Kanaky, Ensemble Citoyens Daniel Goa
1 / 2
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Centre-left Separatism, Melanesian socialism, Christian left
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia Générations NC GNC Renaissance group Nicolas Metzdorf
1 / 2
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Centre to centre-right Anti-separatism, Autonomism, Conservative liberalism, Centralism, Ecologism
Picardie flag.svg  Picardy [lower-alpha 1] Picardie debout FI group, NUPES François Ruffin
1 / 10
0 / 348
0 / 79
0 / 1
0 / 3
Left-wing Anti-capitalism, Protectionism, Left-wing souverainism, Left-wing populism, Participatory democracy, Eco-socialism
Proposed flag of Reunion (VAR).svg Réunion For Réunion PLA NUPES Huguette Bello
2 / 7
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
Left-wing Post-Marxism, Democratic socialism
Proposed flag of Reunion (VAR).svg Réunion Rézistans Equality 974 RÉ974 FI group, NUPES Jean-Hugues Ratenon
2 / 7
0 / 348
0 / 79
0 / 1
Left-wing Social democracy, Regionalism
Proposed flag of Reunion (VAR).svg Réunion Le Progrès LP NUPES
1 / 7
0 / 4
0 / 79
0 / 1
Left-wing Social democracy
Proposition de drapeau fr departement Seine-Saint-Denis.svg Seine-Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis at Heart!SSDAC LFI Aly Diouara
1 / 12
0 / 6
0 / 79
0 / 1
Left-wing Localism
Local flag of the Collectivity of Saint Martin.svg Saint Martin Saint-Martinois Rally RSM NUPES Louis Mussington
1 / 1
1 / 2
0 / 79
1 / 1
Left-wing Autonomism
Flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.svg Saint Pierre and Miquelon Cap sur l'avenir  [ fr ] LREM Annick Girardin
0 / 1
1 / 1
0 / 79
0 / 1
Centre-left Classical radicalism
Flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.svg Saint Pierre and Miquelon Archipelago Tomorrow AD RDSE Gérard Grignon
1 / 1
0 / 1
0 / 79
0 / 1
Centre-right Christian democracy, Social conservatism

Region-only parties

Acronym and NameNational coalitionLeader or ChairmanTerritorial councillorsIdeology
LMR: Rurality Movement None Eddie Puyjalon Regional:
4 / 1,880
Traditional rural values; refusal of environmental legislation and regulations restricting the right to hunt and fish, conservative, Eurosceptic
MEI: Independent Ecological Movement None Antoine Waechter Regional:
3 / 1,880
Green politics, Centrism, anti-nuclear
CNIP: National Centre of Independents and Peasants NoneBruno NorthRegional:
4 / 1,880
French nationalism, Conservatism, Agrarianism, Euroscepticism
VIA: VIA, the Way of the People None Jean-Frédéric Poisson Regional:
2 / 1,880
Christian democracy,Social conservatism, Christian right, Soft Euroscepticism
PLB: Brittany Movement and Progress NoneAndré LavanantRegional:
1 / 1,880
Breton nationalism, Regionalism, Socialism, Ecology
PA: Animalist Party NoneAntoine Stathoulias, Douchka Markovic, Hélène Thouy, Pierre MazaheriRegional:
1 / 1,880
Animal welfare, Animal rights
BE: Brittany Ecology NoneNoneRegional:
1 / 1,880
Progressivism, Green politics, European federalism, Alter-globalization, Regionalism
DLF: Debout la France None Nicolas Dupont-Aignan Regional:
2 / 1,880
French nationalism, National conservatism, Traditional Gaullism, Hard Euroscepticism, Souverainism, Right-wing populism
Cap Ecology None Corinne Lepage Regional:
4 / 1,880
Environmentalism, Green liberalism, Green politics
ND: New Deal New Popular Front Felix David-Riviere & Aline MouquetRegional:
2 / 1,880
Progressivism, Keynesianism, European federalism
LS: League of the South None Jacques Bompard Regional:
2 / 1,880
National conservatism, souverainism, identitarian, anti-globalization, regionalism, patriotism, localism, Poujadism, liberal conservatism
LL: The Localists  [ fr ]None Hervé Juvin Regional:
2 / 1,880
Identitarian
UBD: Breton Democratic Union Régions et Peuples Solidaires, New Popular Front Lydie Massard & Pierre-Emmanuel MaraisRegional:
4 / 1,880
Autonomism, Environmentalism, Pro-Europeanism

Non-elected parties

Acronym and NameNational coalitionLeader or ChairmanPolitical Position
UPR: Popular Republican Union None François Asselineau French nationalism, Hard Euroscepticism
CJ: Comités Jeanne None Jean-Marie Le Pen Nationalism, Euroscepticism, souverainism
AR: Royal Alliance None Pierre Bernard Monarchism (Orléanism), conservatism, Euroscepticism
NAR: New Royalist Action None Bertrand Renouvin Monarchism, conservatism, Euroscepticism, Gaullism
RD: Democratic RallyNonePhilippe CartellierMonarchism, conservatism, Gaullism, Capetism
GE: Ecology Generation None Yves Piétrasanta Green politics, green conservatism, centre-right
GR: Revolutionary LeftNoneCollectiveMarxism, socialism, Trotskyism
PCOF: Workers' Communist Party of France NoneCollective Communism, Marxism–Leninism, Hoxhaism, Anti-revisionism
PRCF: Pole of Communist Revival in France None Léon Landini Communism, Marxism-Leninism, Left-wing nationalism
OCML-VP: Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization – Proletarian Way NoneCollectiveCommunism, Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
PP: Pirate Party None Maxime Rouquet, Guillaume Lecoquierre Intellectual property reform, protection of privacy and individual liberty
LO: Workers' Struggle None Nathalie Arthaud, spokeswoman Trotskyism, internationalism, feminism
PL: Libertarian PartyNoneGuilhem d'UrbalLibertarianism
PT: Workers' Party NoneCollective Communism, Trotskyism, Lambertism, Internationalism, Euroscepticism
UCL: Libertarian Communist Union NoneCollective Anarchist Communism, Anarcha-feminism
JC: New Jacobin PartyNoneGerald d'Ouvril, acting leader

Maximilien Robespierre, youth leader

Jacobinism, Republicanism
Volt: Volt France NoneCécile Richard, Adrien Copros European federalism, Social liberalism, Progressivism, Pro-Europeanism
SP: Solidarity and ProgressNone Jacques Cheminade Euroscepticism, LaRouchism
AP: Animalist Party None Hélène Thouy Animal welfare, animal rights

French Revolution

Historical parties

Political parties in French overseas possessions

Historical parties

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Agir, officially Agir, la droite constructive, was a political party in France, established on 26 November 2017. The majority of its founding members were previously associated with the Constructive faction within the centre-right Republicans. Styling itself as a "liberal, social, European, humanist and reformist" party, Agir was founded by a group of 19 established politicians as an alternative to the Republicans. The party merged with Renaissance in 2022.

The Radical Movement, officially the Radical, Social and Liberal Movement, was a liberal, radical and social-liberal political party in France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 French legislative election</span>

Legislative elections were held in France on 12 and 19 June 2022 to elect the 577 members of the 16th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. The elections took place following the 2022 French presidential election, which was held in April 2022. They have been described as the most indecisive legislative elections since the establishment of the five-year presidential term in 2000 and subsequent change of the electoral calendar in 2002. The governing Ensemble coalition remained the largest bloc in the National Assembly but substantially lost its ruling majority, resulting in the formation of France's first minority government since 1993; for the first time since 1997, the incumbent president of France did not have an absolute majority in Parliament. As no alliance won a majority, it resulted in a hung parliament for the first time since 1988.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Ecological and Social People's Union</span> Political coalition in France

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Centrism in France</span> Political history

Centrism in France has played a major role in French politics over many decades. This page presents the parties, political movements and personalities linked to Centrism in France according to their political traditions or their background. The different families of centrism are presented in the different sections.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 French legislative election</span>

Legislative elections were held in France on 30 June and 7 July 2024 to elect all 577 members of the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. The election followed the dissolution of the National Assembly by President Emmanuel Macron, triggering a snap election after the National Rally (RN) made substantial gains and Macron's Besoin d'Europe electoral list lost a significant number of seats in the 2024 European Parliament election in France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Popular Front</span> Political coalition in France

The New Popular Front is a broad left-wing electoral alliance in France. It was launched on 10 June 2024 to contest the 2024 French legislative election following the gains of far-right parties in the 2024 European Parliament election in France. The Front stood in opposition to both Ensemble, the presidential camp of Emmanuel Macron, as well as the far-right National Rally.

France entered a political crisis after the 2024 French legislative election organized by the French president Emmanuel Macron in June 2024. The results placed the left-wing coalition New Popular Front (NFP) in first place above the presidential party, Renaissance (RE), in second place, and the far-right party National Rally (RN) in third place. The French government submitted its resignation on 15 July 2024, but was kept in place by the president while awaiting the appointment of a new prime minister to form a new government. At the same time, the caretaker French government continued operations in New Caledonia aimed at "pacifying" the region following unrest and uprisings sparked by a controversial reform. Emmanuel Macron announced to delay the appointment of a new prime minister until after the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. Initially, Macron announced that he would chose a new prime minister in mid-August. In mid-August, Emmanuel Macron said that he would begin consultations with the main political parties on 23 August.

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