The Independent Ecological Movement is a political party in France founded by Antoine Waechter, former presidential candidate of The Greens in 1994. The MEI hoped to replace the Greens as the major green party, but due to the Green's electoral deals with larger parties, it failed to do so. They claim to be purely ecologist, and neither on the left or right. Waechter failed to win enough endorsements to be a candidate in the 1995 French presidential election. The party ran candidates in the 2004 regional elections and in the 2004 European Parliament election in France and were able to prevent the Greens from gaining more seats, such as in the Eastern EU parliamentary region where the MEI's 3% were enough to prevent the Greens from taking 2 seats there instead of one.
A constitutional referendum was held in France on 24 September 2000. The proposal to reduce the mandate of the President from seven years to five years was approved by 73.2% of those who voted, but turnout was just 30.2%.
European Parliament elections were held in France on 13 June 1999. Once again, abstention was very high for this type of election- only 47% of eligible voters voted. The election was also the first French European election to be won by the Socialist Party (PS).
Legislative elections were held in France on 11 and 25 May 1924. They resulted in a victory for the left-wing Cartel des Gauches, an alliance of Radicals and Socialists, which governed until July 1926 under the premierships of Édouard Herriot, Paul Painlevé and Aristide Briand.
Jean-Marie Vanlerenberghe is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as a member of the Senate since 2001.
The Union for the New Republic, was a French political party founded on 1 October 1958 that supported Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle in the 1958 elections.
For elections in the European Union, Massif central–Centre is a European Parliament constituency in France.
For elections in the European Union, South-East France is a European Parliament constituency. It consists of the regions of Corsica, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and the former region Rhône-Alpes.
For elections in the European Union, South-West France is a European Parliament constituency. It consists of the region Aquitaine and Occitanie.
France is a European Parliament constituency for elections in the European Union covering the member state of France. It is currently represented by 79 Members of the European Parliament. From 2004 until 2019, eight subdivided constituencies represented France in the European Parliament.
Pascale Gruny was a member of the National Assembly of France. She represented the Aisne department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
Philippe Folliot is a French politician who serves as a member of the National Assembly of France, representing the Tarn department. He is the founder of the Centrist Alliance.
The Independent Ecological Alliance was a French electoral coalition originally created to participate in the 2009 European elections composed of the Independent Ecological Movement, Ecology Generation, and France in Action.
Anne Sander is a French economist and politician of the Republicans who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014 and as one of the five Quaestors of the European Parliament since 2019.
From 2004 to 2019, there were eight European Parliament constituencies in France. Since the 2019 European Parliament election, there has been a single constituency covering the whole country.
Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé is a French lawyer and politician of The Centrists who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.
Annika Bruna is a French politician. She was elected as a National Rally Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European parliamentary election.
Mathilde Androuët is a French politician. She was elected as a National Rally Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European parliamentary election.
The 2024 European Parliament election is scheduled to be held from 6 to 9 June. This will be the tenth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first European Parliament election after Brexit. This election will also coincide with a number of other elections in some European Union member states.
Nora Mebarek is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been a Member of the European Parliament since February 2020.
