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
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
Democratic Movement
MoDem
Ensemble
François Bayrou
Centre to centre-right
Liberalism , social liberalism , Christian democracy
Horizons
Ensemble
Édouard Philippe
Centre-right
Liberal conservatism
The Ecologists
LÉ
NUPES
Marine Tondelier
Centre-left to left-wing
Green politics
Left Party
PG
NUPES
Eric Coquerel , Danielle Simonnet
Left-wing
Democratic socialism , Left-wing populism , Left-wing nationalism
Friends of Eric Ciotti [fr ]
ADAEC
On the Right Group
Eric Ciotti
Far-right
Conservatism , Gaullism
French Communist Party
PCF
GDR , NUPES
Fabien Roussel
Left-wing to far-left
Communism , soft Euroscepticism
Territories of Progress
TDP
Renaissance , Ensemble
Olivier Dussopt
Centre [ 4] to centre-left [ 5] [ 6]
Social liberalism , Social democracy
Génération.s
NUPES
Benoît Hamon
Centre-left to left-wing
Social democracy , Democratic socialism
Union of Democrats and Independents
UDI
UDC
Jean-Christophe Lagarde
Centre to centre-right
Centrism , Social liberalism , Pro-Europeanism , Christian democracy
Agir
Renaissance , Ensemble
Franck Riester
Centre-right to Right-wing
Conservative liberalism , Pro-Europeanism
Utiles [fr ]
LIOT
Bertrand Pancher
Centre
Pro-Europeanism , Humanism , Localism
French Future
LAF
National Rally group
Jean-Philippe Tanguy
Right-wing to far-right
Gaullism National conservatism Souverainism Euroscepticism
Soyons libres
SL
LR , UDC
Valérie Pécresse
Centre-right
Liberal conservatism , Gaullism , Economic liberalism , Pro-Europeanism
L'Après
New Popular Front
Left-wing
Socialism Political ecology
Dare France
OLF
Senate Republicans
Julien Aubert
Gaullism
Ecosocialist Left [fr ]
GES
FI group , NUPES
Left-wing
Socialism , Eco-socialism , anti-globalisation
New Energy [fr ]
Ne
The Republican Right group
David Lisnard
Right-wing
Liberalism , Ordoliberalism , Christian democracy , Economic liberalism , Gaullism
Radical Party
RAD
Ensemble , LT
Laurent Hénart ,Sylvia Pinel
Centre
Liberalism , Pro-Europeanism
The Centrists
LC
LT , UDC
Hervé Morin
Centre to centre-right
Centrism , Conservative liberalism , Christian democracy
Centrist Alliance
AC
LaREM
Philippe Folliot
Centre
Centrism , Liberalism
Place Publique
PP
NUPES
Raphaël Glucksmann
Centre-left
Social democracy , Pro-Europeanism
The Convention
LC
Bernard Cazeneuve
Left-wing
Socialism
Territories44
T44
Ecologist Group
Jean-Claude Raux
Left-wing
Green politics
New Anticapitalist Party
NPA
NFP
Christine Poupin [fr ]
Far-left
Anti-capitalism Alter-globalisation Eco-socialism Euroscepticism Feminism Progressivism Socialism of the 21st century
En Commun
EC
Ensemble
Philippe Hardouin
Centre-left
Green politics
Ecology Generation
GE
NUPES
Delphine Batho
Centre
Green politics , integral ecology , eco-feminism
Ecological Revolution for the Living
REV
NUPES
Aymeric Caron
Left-wing
Animal rights , Social democracy
Independent Workers' Party
POI
FI group , NUPES
Left-wing
Marxism
Republican and Socialist Left
GRS
FI group , FGR
Emmanuel Maurel ,Marie-Noëlle Lienemann
Left-wing
Socialism , Euroscepticism , economic interventionism , statism
For a popular and social ecology [fr ]
PEPS
La France Insoumise group
Left-wing
Anti-capitalism , Social ecology , Communalism , Democratic confederalism , Ecofeminism
We France [fr ]
NF
The Republican Right group
Xavier Bertrand
Right-wing
Conservatism Liberal conservatism
Du courage [fr ]
DC
Aurélien Pradié
Right-wing
Radical Party of the Left
PRG
Guillaume Lacroix [fr ]
Centre-left
Social liberalism , Pro-Europeanism
Democratic European Force
FED
UDI , UDC
Jean-Christophe Lagarde
Centre-right
Centrism , social liberalism , Pro-Europeanism , Christian democracy
La France Audacieuse
LFA
Senate Republicans
Christian Estrosi
Centre-right
Gaullism Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism
Reconquête
R!
None
Éric Zemmour
Far-right
National conservatism , Anti-immigration , Gaullism , Soft Euroscepticism
Conservative Movement [fr ]
MC
None
Laurence Trochu
Right-wing to Far-right
Conservatism Social conservatism National conservatism Christian democracy Soft Euroscepticism
La Force du 13
LFD13
None
Jean-Noël Guérini
Left-wing
Social democracy
Together in our Territories
ESNT
Territories44
Ronan Dantec [fr ]
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
Left-wing to far-left
Basque independence Left-wing nationalism Abertzale left Socialism Ecologism
Corsica
Femu a Corsica
Femu
LT
Gilles Simeoni
Centre
Corsican nationalism , Corsican autonomism
Corsica
Party of the Corsican Nation
PNC
LT
Jean-Christophe Angelini
Left-wing
Corsican nationalism , left-wing nationalism , social democracy
Corsica
Bonapartist Central Committee
CCB
Horizons group
André Villanova
Centre-right
Ajaccio localism , Corsican regionalism , Bonapartism , Conservatism , Constitutional monarchism
French Polynesia
Tapura Huiraatira
TH
Ensemble
Édouard Fritch
Centre-right
Liberalism , autonomism , anti-independence
French Polynesia
Tavini Huiraatira
TH
GDR
Oscar Temaru
Left-wing
French Polynesian independence , social democracy , democratic socialism , progressivism
French Polynesia
A here ia Porinetia
AHIP
Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories
Nicole Sanquer
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
Centre to Centre-right
French Polynesian autonomy Anti-independence
French Guiana
Guiana Rally
GR
LREM
Rodolphe Alexandre
Centre
French Guiana
Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement
MDES
NUPES
Fabien Canavy
Far-left
Guianese nationalism , Anti-colonialism ,Marxism
French Guiana
New Force of Guyana [fr ]
NFG
RDPI
Marie-Laure Phinéra-Horth
Left-wing
French Guiana
Pou Lagwiyann Dékolé
PLD
NFP
Davy Rimane
Left-wing
Localism
French diaspora
Solidarity alliance of French people abroad [fr ]
ASFE
The Republicans
Évelyne Renaud-Garabedian [fr ]
Centre-right to Right-wing
Guadeloupe
United Guadeloupe, Solidary and Responsible
GUSR
LREM
Guy Losbar
Centre-left
Social democracy , social liberalism , autonomism
Guadeloupe
Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe
PPDG
NUPES
Jacques Bangou
Centre-left to left-wing
Democratic socialism , Post-Marxism , Guadeloupean autonomy
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupean Federation of the Socialist Party [fr ]
FGPS
NUPES
Olivier Nicolas
Centre-Left
Democratic socialism , Progressivism , Social democracy , Social-ecology , Pro-Europeanism
Guadeloupe
Eko Zabym
EK
LIOT , Utiles
Olivier Serva
localism
Martinique
Péyi-A
GDR
Jean-Philippe Nilor, Marcelin Nadeau
Left-wing
Post-Marxism , Separatism
Martinique
Socialist Federation of Martinique
FSM
PS
Béatrice Bellay
Left-wing
Socialism
Martinique
La Martinique Ensemble
LME
Socialist group in the Senate
Catherine Conconne
Left-wing
Localism
Martinique
Dynamique Trinitéenne
LME
Socialist group in the Senate
Frederic Buval
Left-wing
Localism
Martinique
Martinican Progressive Party
PPM
NUPES
Serge Letchimy
Left-wing
Progressivism , Democratic socialism , Autonomism
New Caledonia
The Rally
The Republicans
Thierry Santa
Right-wing
Anti-separatism , Gaullism , Conservatism , Liberal conservatism , Christian democracy
New Caledonia
Caledonian Union
UC
CRCE-Kanaky , Ensemble Citoyens
Daniel Goa
Centre-left
Separatism , Melanesian socialism , Christian left
New Caledonia
Générations NC
GNC
Renaissance group
Nicolas Metzdorf
Centre to centre-right
Anti-separatism , Autonomism , Conservative liberalism , Centralism , Ecologism
Picardy [ a]
Picardie debout
FI group , NUPES
François Ruffin
Far-left
Anti-capitalism , protectionism , left-wing souverainism , left-wing populism , participatory democracy , eco-socialism
Réunion
For Réunion
PLA
NUPES
Huguette Bello
Left-wing
Post-Marxism , Democratic socialism
Réunion
Rézistans Equality 974
RÉ974
FI group , NUPES
Jean-Hugues Ratenon
Left-wing
Social democracy , regionalism
Réunion
Le Progrès
LP
NUPES
Left-wing
Social democracy
Seine-Saint-Denis
Seine-Saint-Denis at Heart!
SSDAC
LFI
Aly Diouara
Left-wing
Localism
Saint Martin
Saint-Martinois Rally
RSM
NUPES
Louis Mussington
Left-wing
Autonomism
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Cap sur l'avenir [fr ]
LREM
Annick Girardin
Centre-left
Classical radicalism
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Archipelago Tomorrow
AD
RDSE
Gérard Grignon
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:
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:
Green politics, Centrism, anti-nuclear
CNIP: National Centre of Independents and Peasants
None
Bruno North
Regional:
French nationalism , Conservatism , Agrarianism , Euroscepticism
VIA: VIA, the Way of the People
None
Jean-Frédéric Poisson
Regional:
Christian democracy ,Social conservatism , Christian right , Soft Euroscepticism
PLB: Brittany Movement and Progress
None
André Lavanant
Regional:
Breton nationalism , Regionalism , Socialism , Ecology
PA: Animalist Party
None
Antoine Stathoulias, Douchka Markovic, Hélène Thouy , Pierre Mazaheri
Regional:
Animal welfare , Animal rights
BE: Brittany Ecology
None
None
Regional:
Progressivism , Green politics , European federalism , Alter-globalization , Regionalism
DLF: Debout la France
None
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan
Regional:
French nationalism , National conservatism , Traditional Gaullism , Hard Euroscepticism , Souverainism , Right-wing populism
Cap Ecology
None
Corinne Lepage
Regional:
Environmentalism , Green liberalism , Green politics
ND: New Deal
New Popular Front
Felix David-Riviere & Aline Mouquet
Regional:
Progressivism , Keynesianism , European federalism
LS: League of the South
None
Jacques Bompard
Regional:
National conservatism , souverainism , identitarian , anti-globalization , regionalism , patriotism , localism , Poujadism , liberal conservatism
LL: The Localists [fr ]
None
Hervé Juvin
Regional:
Identitarian
UBD: Breton Democratic Union
Régions et Peuples Solidaires , New Popular Front
Lydie Massard & Pierre-Emmanuel Marais
Regional:
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
References
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