This article contains a list of political parties in France.
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]
Name | Abbr. | Leader | Députés | Senators | MEPs | Presidency of regional councils |
Presidency of departmental councils |
Position | Ideology | |
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Renaissance | RE | Stéphane Séjourné |
155 / 577
|
13 / 348
|
11 / 74
|
1 / 18
|
2 / 98
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Centre[3] | Liberalism | |
The Republicans | LR | Eric Ciotti |
62 / 577
|
116 / 348
|
7 / 74
|
3 / 18
|
39 / 98
|
Centre-righttoright-wing | Conservatism | |
National Rally | RN | Jordan Bardella |
88 / 577
|
3 / 348
|
19 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Right-wingtofar-right | Right-wing populism | |
Socialist Party | PS | Olivier Faure |
27 / 577
|
63 / 348
|
2 / 74
|
5 / 18
|
27 / 98
|
Centre-left | Social democracy | |
La France Insoumise | FI | Manuel Bompard |
69 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
3 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Left-wingtofar-left | Left-wing populism |
This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (June 2022)
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Party | Abbr. | National coalition |
Leader or chair | Députés | Senators | MEPs | Presidency of regional councils |
Presidency of departmental councils |
Political position |
Ideology | |
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Democratic Movement | MoDem | Ensemble | François Bayrou |
49 / 577
|
3 / 348
|
6 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
1 / 98
|
Centretocentre-right | Liberalism, social liberalism, Christian democracy | |
Horizons | Ensemble | Édouard Philippe |
28 / 577
|
13 / 348
|
2 / 74
|
1 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Centre-right | Liberal conservatism | ||
Left Party | PG | NUPES | Eric Coquerel, Danielle Simonnet |
20 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
2 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
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Left-wing | Democratic socialism, left-wing populism, left-wing nationalism | |
The Ecologists | LÉ | NUPES | Marine Tondelier |
16 / 577
|
12 / 348
|
9 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
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Centre-lefttoleft-wing | Green politics | |
French Communist Party | PCF | GDR, NUPES | Fabien Roussel |
12 / 577
|
14 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Left-wingtofar-left | Communism, soft Euroscepticism | |
Union of Democrats and Independents | UDI | UDC | Jean-Christophe Lagarde |
10 / 577
|
32 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
8 / 98
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Centretocentre-right | Centrism, social liberalism, pro-Europeanism, Christian democracy | |
Ecosocialist Left [fr] | GES | FI group, NUPES |
4 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
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Left-wing | Socialism, eco-socialism, anti-globalisation | ||
Radical Party | RAD | Ensemble, LT | Laurent Hénart, Sylvia Pinel |
5 / 577
|
8 / 348
|
2 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
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Centre | Liberalism, pro-Europeanism | |
Génération.s | NUPES | Benoît Hamon |
4 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
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Centre-lefttoleft-wing | Social democracy, democratic socialism | ||
En Commun | EC | Ensemble | Philippe Hardouin |
4 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
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Centre-left | Green politics | |
The Centrists | LC | LT, UDC | Hervé Morin |
1 / 577
|
7 / 348
|
1 / 74
|
1 / 18
|
2 / 98
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Centretocentre-right | Centrism, conservative liberalism, Christian democracy | |
Soyons libres | SL | LR, UDC | Valérie Pécresse |
2 / 577
|
6 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
1 / 18
|
1 / 98
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Centre-right | Liberal conservatism, Gaullism, economic liberalism, pro-Europeanism | |
Ecology Generation | GE | NUPES | Delphine Batho |
1 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
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Centre | Green politics, integral ecology, eco-feminism | |
Radical Party of the Left | PRG | Guillaume Lacroix [fr] |
0 / 577
|
4 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
2 / 98
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Centre-left | Social liberalism, Pro-Europeanism | ||
Ecological Revolution for the Living | REV | NUPES | Aymeric Caron |
1 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Left-wing | Animal rights, Social democracy | |
Ecologist Party | PE | LREM | François de Rugy |
1 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Centre-left | Green politics, green liberalism, environmentalism, social-liberalism, European federalism | |
Debout la France | DLF | None | Nicolas Dupont-Aignan |
1 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Right-wingtofar-right | French nationalism, national conservatism, Gaullism, Republicanism, souverainism, social conservatism, Euroscepticism | |
Independent Workers' Party | POI | FI group, NUPES |
1 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Left-wing |
Marxism | ||
Reconquête | R! | None | Éric Zemmour |
1 / 577
|
1 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Far-right | National conservatism, Anti-immigration, Gaullism, Soft Euroscepticism | |
Democratic European Force | FED | UDI, UDC | Jean-Christophe Lagarde |
0 / 577
|
2 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Centre-right | Centrism, social liberalism, pro-Europeanism, Christian democracy | |
Centrist Alliance | AC | LaREM | Philippe Folliot |
2 / 577
|
4 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Centre | Centrism, liberalism | |
La Force du 13 | LFD13 | None | Jean-Noël Guérini |
0 / 577
|
1 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Left-wing | Social democracy | |
Modern Left | LGM | UDI | Jean-Marie Bockel |
0 / 577
|
1 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Centre | Social liberalism | |
Democracy and republic |
0 / 577
|
1 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
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Republican and Socialist Left | GRS | FI group, FGR | Emmanuel Maurel, Marie-Noëlle Lienemann |
0 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
1 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Left-wing | Socialism, Euroscepticism, economic interventionism, statism | |
Place Publique | PP | NUPES | Raphaël Glucksmann |
0 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
2 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Centre-left | Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism | |
Cap Ecology | Cap écologie | LREM | Corinne Lepage |
0 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
1 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Centretocentre-left | Environmentalism, Green liberalism, Green politics | |
New Deal | ND | NUPES | Arnaud Lelache & Aline Mouquet |
0 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
1 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Centre-lefttoleft-wing | Progressivism, Keynesianism, European federalism | |
French Future | LAF | National Rally group | Jean-Philippe Tanguy |
5 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Right-wingtofar-right | Gaullism National conservatism Souverainism Euroscepticism | |
Progressive Federation | FP | Renaissance group | François Rebsamen |
2 / 577
|
0 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Left-wing | Social democracy Progressivism Pro-Europeanism | |
La France Audacieuse | LFA | Senate Republicans | Christian Estrosi |
0 / 577
|
2 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Centre-right | Gaullism Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism | |
Dare France | OLF | Senate Republicans | Julien Aubert |
5 / 577
|
4 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
0 / 98
|
Gaullism | ||
The Convention | LC | Bernard Cazeneuve |
3 / 577
|
2 / 348
|
0 / 74
|
0 / 18
|
2 / 98
|
Left-wing | Socialism |
This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (August 2022)
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Acronym and Name | National coalition | Leader or Chairman | Territorial councillors | Ideology | |
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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 | None | Bruno North | Regional:
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 | None | André Lavanant | Regional:
1 / 1,880
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Breton nationalism, Regionalism, Socialism, Ecology | |
PA: Animalist Party | None | Antoine Stathoulias, Douchka Markovic, Hélène Thouy, Pierre Mazaheri | Regional:
1 / 1,880
|
Animal welfare, Animal rights | |
BE: Brittany Ecology | None | None | Regional:
1 / 1,880
|
Progressivism, Green politics, European federalism, Alter-globalization, Regionalism |
Acronym and Name | National coalition | Leader or Chairman | Political Position |
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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 Rally | None | Philippe Cartellier | Monarchism, conservatism, Gaullism, Capetism |
GE: Ecology Generation | None | Yves Piétrasanta | Green politics, green conservatism, centre-right |
GR: Revolutionary Left | None | Collective | Marxism, socialism, Trotskyism |
PCOF: Workers' Communist Party of France | None | Collective | 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 | None | Collective | Communism, 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 Party | None | Guilhem d'Urbal | Libertarianism |
PT: Workers' Party | None | Collective | Communism, Trotskyism, Lambertism, Internationalism, Euroscepticism |
UCL: Libertarian Communist Union | None | Collective | Anarchist Communism, Anarcha-feminism |
JC: New Jacobin Party | None | Gerald d'Ouvril, acting leader
Maximilien Robespierre, youth leader |
Jacobinism, Republicanism |
Volt: Volt France | None | Cécile Richard, Adrien Copros | European federalism, Social liberalism, Progressivism, Pro-Europeanism |
SP: Solidarity and Progress | None | Jacques Cheminade | Euroscepticism, LaRouchism |
AP: Animalist Party | None | Hélène Thouy | Animal welfare, animal rights |
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