The Republicans (France)
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The Republicans
Les Républicains |
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| General Secretary | Bernard Accoyer |
| Vice Presidents |
Laurent Wauquiez Isabelle Le Callennec |
| Spokesperson in the Assembly | Christian Jacob |
| Spokesperson in the Senate | Bruno Retailleau |
| Founded | May 30, 2015 |
| Preceded by | UMP |
| Headquarters |
Rue de Vaugirard N. 238, 75015 Paris |
| Youth wing |
Les Jeunes Républicains ("The Young Republicans") |
| Membership (May 2015) | 213,030 |
| Ideology | Gaullism Liberal conservatism Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| International affiliation |
Centrist Democrat International International Democrat Union |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Colours | Blue, White, Red (French Tricolore) |
| National Assembly |
199 / 577
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| Senate |
144 / 348
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| European Parliament |
19 / 74
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| Regional Councils |
7 / 13
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| Departmental Councils |
66 / 101
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The Republicans (French: Les Républicains; LR) is a centre-right political party in France. The party was formed on 30 May 2015 by renaming the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party, which had been founded in 2002 under the leadership of former President of France Jacques Chirac. The party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Socialist Party (PS). The Republicans are a member of the European People's Party,Centrist Democrat International, and International Democrat Union.
After the election in November 2014 of Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of France from 2007 to 2012, as president of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), Sarkozy put forward a request to the party's general committee to change its name to "The Republicans" (Les Républicains) and alter the statutes of the party. With the name already chosen, vice-president of the UMP Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet presented Sarkozy and the party's political bureau the proposed new statutes. The proposed statutes provided for, among others, the election of the presidents of the departmental federations by direct democracy, the end of the political currents and consulting members on election nominations.
Critics of Sarkozy claimed it was "illegal" for him to name the party "Republicans" because every French person is a republican if they support the values and ideals of the French Republic that emanated from the French Revolution, and as such the term is above party politics. The new name was adopted by the party bureau on 5 May 2015 and approved by the party membership on 28 May by an online "yes" vote of 83.3% on a 45.7% turnout after a court ruling in favour of Sarkozy. The new party statutes were adopted by 96.3% of voters and the composition of the new political bureau by 94.8%.
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