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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]

Elected parties

Major nationwide represented parties

Name Abbr. National Coalition European affiliation Leader Députés Senators MEPs Presidency of
regional councils		 Presidency of
departmental councils 		Position Ideology
Renaissance RE Ensemble ALDE/Renew Europe Gabriel Attal
99 / 577
13 / 348
5 / 81
1 / 18
2 / 98
 Centre[3] to centre-right[10] Liberalism
The Republicans LR UDC, Senate Republicans EPP/EPP group Eric Ciotti
47 / 577
116 / 348
6 / 81
3 / 18
39 / 98
 Centre-right to right-wing Conservatism
Liberal conservatism
National Rally RN National Rally group Patriots.eu/Patriots for Europe Jordan Bardella
122 / 577
3 / 348
30 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
 Far-right French nationalism
Right-wing populism
Socialist Party PS New Popular Front PES/S&D Olivier Faure
65 / 577
63 / 348
10 / 81
5 / 18
27 / 98
 Centre-left to left-wing Social democracy
Pro-Europeanism
La France Insoumise LFI New Popular Front ELA/GUE/NGL Manuel Bompard
75 / 577
0 / 348
9 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
 Left-wing Democratic socialism
Left-wing populism
Soft Euroscepticism
Democratic Movement MoDem Ensemble EDP/Renew Europe François Bayrou
33 / 577
3 / 348
3 / 81
0 / 18
1 / 98
 Centre to centre-right Liberalism, Christian democracy
Horizons HOR Ensemble Renew Europe Édouard Philippe
26 / 577
13 / 348
2 / 81
1 / 18
0 / 98
 Centre-right Liberal conservatism
The Ecologists LÉ New Popular Front EGP/Greens/EFA Marine Tondelier
25 / 577
12 / 348
5 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
 Centre-left to left-wing Green politics


Other nationwide represented parties

Party Abbr. National
coalition		 Leader or chair Députés Senators MEPs Presidency of
regional councils		 Presidency of
departmental councils		 Political
position		 Ideology
Left Party PG New Popular Front Eric Coquerel,
Danielle Simonnet
20 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 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, New Popular Front 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 New Popular Front 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
Identity–Freedoms IDL National Rally group Laurence Trochu
3 / 577
0 / 348
4 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
 Far-right French nationalism, National conservatism, Islamophobia, Anti-immigration, Economic liberalism
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, New Popular Front
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
0 / 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 New Popular Front 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
Territories44 T44 Ecologist Group Jean-Claude Raux
1 / 577
1 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
 Left-wing Green politics
New Anticapitalist Party NPA New Popular Front 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 New Popular Front 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 New Popular Front Aymeric Caron
1 / 577
0 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
 Left-wing Animal rights, Social democracy
Independent Workers' Party POI FI group, New Popular Front
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
La Force du 13 LFD13 None Jean-Noël Guérini
0 / 577
1 / 348
0 / 81
0 / 18
0 / 98
 Left-wing Social democracy
Together in our Territories ESNT Territories44 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

Territory Party Abbr. National
coalition		 Leader or chair Députés Senators MEPs Presidency of
regional councils		 Presidency of
departmental councils		 Political
position		 Ideology
 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
 Corsica Femu a Corsica Femu LT Gilles Simeoni
1 / 4
1 / 2
0 / 79
1 / 1
 Centre Corsican nationalism, Corsican autonomism
 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
 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
 French Polynesia Tapura Huiraatira TH Ensemble Édouard Fritch
1 / 3
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Centre-right Liberalism, Autonomism, Anti-independence
 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
 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
 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
French Guiana Guiana Rally GR LREM Rodolphe Alexandre
0 / 2
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Centre
French Guiana Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement MDES NFP Fabien Canavy
1 / 2
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Far-left Guianese nationalism, Anti-colonialism,Marxism
French Guiana New Force of Guyana [fr] NFG RDPI Marie-Laure Phinéra-Horth
0 / 2
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Left-wing
French Guiana Pou Lagwiyann Dékolé PLD NFP Davy Rimane
1 / 2
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Left-wing Localism
France 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
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
Guadeloupe Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe PPDG NFP Jacques Bangou
1 / 4
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Centre-left to left-wing Democratic socialism, Post-Marxism, Guadeloupean autonomy
Guadeloupe Guadeloupean Federation of the Socialist Party [fr] FGPS NFP Olivier Nicolas
1 / 4
1 / 3
0 / 79
0 / 1
0 / 1
 Centre-Left Democratic socialism, Progressivism, Social democracy, Social-ecology, Pro-Europeanism
Guadeloupe Eko Zabym EK LIOT, Utiles Olivier Serva
1 / 4
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Localism
 Martinique Péyi-A GDR, NFP Jean-Philippe Nilor, Marcelin Nadeau
3 / 4
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Left-wing Post-Marxism, Separatism
 Martinique Socialist Federation of Martinique FSM Socialist group in the Senate, NFP Béatrice Bellay
1 / 4
0 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Left-wing Socialism
 Martinique La Martinique Ensemble LME Socialist group in the Senate, NFP Catherine Conconne
0 / 4
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Left-wing Localism
 Martinique Dynamique Trinitéenne LME Socialist group in the Senate, NFP Frederic Buval
0 / 4
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Left-wing Localism
 Martinique Martinican Progressive Party PPM NFP Serge Letchimy
0 / 4
0 / 2
0 / 79
1 / 1
 Left-wing Progressivism, Democratic socialism, Autonomism
 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
 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
 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
 Picardy[a] Picardie debout FI group, NFP 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
Réunion For Réunion PLA NFP Huguette Bello
2 / 7
1 / 2
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Left-wing Post-Marxism, Democratic socialism
Réunion Rézistans Equality 974 RÉ974 FI group, NFP Jean-Hugues Ratenon
2 / 7
0 / 348
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Left-wing Social democracy, Regionalism
Réunion Le Progrès LP NFP
1 / 7
0 / 4
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Left-wing Social democracy
Seine-Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis at Heart! SSDAC LFI, NFP Aly Diouara
1 / 12
0 / 6
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Left-wing Localism
Saint Martin Saint-Martinois Rally RSM NFP Louis Mussington
1 / 1
1 / 2
0 / 79
1 / 1
 Left-wing Autonomism
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Cap sur l'avenir [fr] LREM Annick Girardin
0 / 1
1 / 1
0 / 79
0 / 1
 Centre-left Classical radicalism
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 Name National coalition Leader or Chairman Territorial councillors Ideology
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 reconquête 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
 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
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 Mouquet Regional:
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 Marais Regional:
4 / 1,880
 Autonomism, Environmentalism, Pro-Europeanism

Non-elected parties

Acronym and Name National coalition Leader or Chairman Political 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 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

French Revolution

Historical parties

Political parties in French overseas possessions

Historical parties

See also

Notes

  1. ^ part of Hauts-de-France

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