The National Rally,known as the National Front from 1972 to 2018,is a French far-right political party,described as right-wing populist and nationalist. It is the single largest parliamentary opposition party in the National Assembly since 2022. Its candidate was defeated in the second round in the 2002,2017 and 2022 presidential elections. It opposes immigration,advocating significant cuts to legal immigration,protection of French identity,and stricter control of illegal immigration. The party advocates a "more balanced" and "independent" French foreign policy,opposing French military intervention in Africa while supporting France leaving NATO's integrated command. It also supports reform of the European Union (EU) and its related organisations as well as economic interventionism,protectionism,and zero tolerance for breaches of law and order.
Claude Malhuret is a French physician and politician of Agir who has been a member of the Senate since 2014,representing the department of Allier. He is the president of The Independents –Republic and Territories (LIRT) parliamentary group in the Senate since 2017.
Jean-Claude Gaudin was a French politician for The Republicans. He served as the Mayor of Marseille from 1995 to 2020.
Fabienne Keller is a French politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She was previously the mayor (UDF) of Strasbourg,France,from March 2001 to March 2008.
Nathalie Geneviève Marie Kosciusko-Morizet,often referred to by her initials NKM,is an engineer and former politician.
Rachida Dati is a French politician and former magistrate who has been serving as Minister of Culture since January 2024 in the government of Gabriel Attal and government of Michel Barnier.
Sophie Joissains is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. She represents the Bouches-du-Rhône department and is a member of the Radical Party.
Joël Giraud is a French politician who briefly served as Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities under Prime Minister Jean Castex in 2022. A member of both Renaissance (RE) and the Radical Movement (MR),he previously represented the 2nd constituency of the Hautes-Alpes department in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2020 and served as Secretary of State for Rurality from 2020 until 2022.
Marc d'Anna,writing under the pen name Alexandre del Valle,is a Franco-Italian geopolitologist,writer,professor,columnist,and political commentator.
The Republicans is a liberal conservative political party in France,largely inspired by the tradition of Gaullism. The party was formed on 30 May 2015 as the re-incorporation of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP),which had been established in 2002 under the leadership of then–President of France,Jacques Chirac.
Nathalie Appéré is a French politician who has served as the president of Rennes Métropole since 2020 and the mayor of Rennes since 2014. She is a member of the Socialist Party (PS).
Nathalie Lydie Jeanne Loiseau is a French politician,diplomat and academic administrator who has served as a Member of European Parliament since 2019. Previously she was director of the École nationale d'administration (ENA) from 2012 to 2017 and served as the French Minister for European Affairs from 21 June 2017 to 27 March 2019. She was the top candidate of the La République En Marche electoral list in the 2019 European elections.
Renaissance (RE) is a political party in France that is typically described as liberal and centrist or centre-right. The party was originally known as En Marche ! (EM) and later La République En Marche !,before adopting its current name in September 2022. RE is the leading force of the centrist Ensemble coalition,coalesced around Emmanuel Macron's original presidential majority.
Olivier Véran is a French neurologist and politician who was Minister of Solidarity and Health in the governments of successive prime ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2020 to 2022. As such,he was a key figure amid the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
The Senate Republicans,formerly the Union for a Popular Movement group,is a parliamentary group in the French Senate including representatives of The Republicans (LR),formerly the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). It is currently the largest group in the Senate. Its president has been Bruno Retailleau since 2014.
HervéMarseille is a French politician who has presided over the Centrist Union group in the Senate since 2017 and over the Union of Democrats and Independents party since 2022. He has represented the Hauts-de-Seine department in the Senate since 2011.
Valérie Hayer is a French lawyer and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019 in the Renew Europe. Since 2024,she has been leading the Renew Europe group in parliament. She is a member of Renaissance,which she joined in 2017 following her departure from the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI).
Laurence Farreng is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since May 2019,having been elected on the Renew Europe list. She was re-elected in 2024. She is also a Pau town Councillor and Community Councillor of the Pau Béarn Pyrénées Agglomeration.
Ensemble is a liberal political coalition in France created by Emmanuel Macron. Formed in November 2021 as Ensemble Citoyens,it makes up the presidential majority and includes Renaissance,Democratic Movement (MoDem),Horizons,En commun,and the Progressive Federation. The coalition included the parties Agir and Territories of Progress (TDP) until they were merged into the rebranded Renaissance. Ensemble has mainly been described as being centrist,and sometimes as centre-right on the political spectrum.
Micheline Jacques is a French Barthélemois politician. She has served in the French Senate for Saint Barthélemy since 1 October 2020 as a member of The Republicans (LR). Jacques is the first woman to represent Saint Barthélemy in the national Senate since the seat's creation in 2008.
