The Constructives: Republicans, UDI, and Independents group
Groupe Les Constructifs : républicains, UDI, indépendants |
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Chamber | National Assembly |
Legislature(s) | 15th (Fifth Republic) |
Foundation | 27 June 2017 |
Member parties |
LR UDI DVD DVC |
President |
Franck Riester Stéphane Demilly |
Constituency |
Seine-et-Marne's 5th Somme's 5th |
Representation |
35 / 577
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Ideology | Liberalism |
The Constructives: Republicans, UDI, and Independents group (French: groupe Les Constructifs : républicains, UDI, indépendants) is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly including members of The Republicans (LR) and the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) after the 2017 legislative elections.
In the aftermath of the legislative elections on 11 and 18 June 2017, the split between Macron-compatible "constructives" within the Republicans (LR) and the rest of the party re-emerged. On 21 June, Thierry Solère announced the creation of a new common group in the National Assembly with the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) likely to contain 18 UDI and about 15 LR deputies. The formation of two parliamentary groups on the right represented a symbolic divorce to the two threads on the right (the moderates and the hardliners) and the end of the old Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) which had been created in 2002 to unite the right and centre.
On 27 June, the group announced that Franck Riester (LR) and Stéphane Demilly (UDI) would preside as co-presidents. At the time of its formation on 27 June, the parliamentary group included 35 deputies, including 1 associated member.