Radical Party (France)
The Radical-Socialist and Radical Republican Party was a liberal and social-liberal political party in France. It was also often referred to simply as the Radical Party, or to prevent confusion with other French Radical parties as the Parti radical valoisien, abbreviated to Rad, PR, or PRV.
Democratic Movement (France)
The Democratic Movement is a centrist political party in France that is characterised by a strong pro-European stance. MoDem was founded by François Bayrou to succeed the Union for French Democracy (UDF) and contest the 2007 legislative election, after his strong showing in the 2007 presidential election. Initially named the Democratic Party, the party was renamed "Democratic Movement", because there was already a small Democratic Party in France. MoDem secured an agreement with En Marche! in the 2017 legislative election after Bayrou endorsed the candidacy of Emmanuel Macron in February. In June 2017, the MoDem and its MEPs were accused of potentially fictitious employment practices within the European Parliament. Bayrou resigned on 21 June from his post as Justice Minister soon after he became embroiled in the fictitious employment scandals, and allegations of harassment against a journalist reporting on the scandal.
Manuel Valls
Manuel Carlos Valls Galfetti is a French and Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2014 until 2016. He was previously Minister of the Interior from 2012 to 2014. He was a member of the Socialist Party, and was a candidate in their primary for the 2017 presidential election, losing the Socialist nomination in the second round to Benoît Hamon.
François de Rugy
François Henri Goullet de Rugy is a French politician serving as Minister of Ecology since 2018. Since 2007 he has represented the Loire-Atlantique department, originally as a member of the Democratic and Republican Left, a parliamentary group that includes his former political party Europe Ecology – The Greens. In 2015 he joined the Ecologist Party and later La République En Marche parliamentary group.
Union of Democrats and Independents
The Union of Democrats and Independents is a centrist, liberal political party in France founded on 18 September 2012 on the basis of the parliamentary group of the same name in the National Assembly. The party was composed of separate political parties who retained their independence. As most of them have been expelled or have left, the Democratic European Force is the last founding party to participate in the UDI.
Socialist Party (France)
The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and was, for decades, the largest party of the French centre-left. The PS used to be one of the two major political parties in the French Fifth Republic, along with the Republicans. The Socialist Party replaced the earlier French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1969, and is currently led by First Secretary Olivier Faure. The PS is a member of the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Socialist International (SI) and the Progressive Alliance.
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron is a French politician serving as President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He was Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs from 2014 to 2016.
The Republicans (France)
The Republicans is a centre-right, Gaullist, conservative political party in France.
2017 French legislative election
Legislative elections were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic. They followed the two-round presidential election won by Emmanuel Macron. The centrist party he founded in 2016, La République En Marche! (REM), led an alliance with the centrist Democratic Movement (MoDem); together, the two parties won 350 of the 577 seats – a substantial majority – in the National Assembly, including an outright majority of 308 seats for REM. The Socialist Party (PS) was reduced to 30 seats and the Republicans (LR) reduced to 112 seats, and both parties' allies also suffered from a marked drop in support; these were the lowest-ever scores for the centre-left and centre-right in the legislative elections. The movement founded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, la France Insoumise (FI), secured 17 seats, enough for a group in the National Assembly. Among other major parties, the French Communist Party (PCF) secured ten and the National Front (FN) obtained eight seats. Both rounds of the legislative election were marked by record low turnout.
Richard Ferrand
Richard Ferrand is a French politician serving as President of the National Assembly since 2018. He has been the member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th constituency since 2012. A longtime member of the Socialist Party, he was the General Secretary of La République En Marche! from October 2016 and became leader of the La République En Marche! group of the National Assembly in June 2017.
Christophe Castaner
Christophe Castaner is a French lawyer and politician who has been serving as the Minister of the Interior since 16 October 2018 and as the Executive Officer of La République En Marche! since 2017. From 17 May 2017 to 16 October 2018, he was Secretary of State for Relations with Parliament under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe; until 24 November 2017 he served as Spokesperson of the Government. He was also spokesperson for Emmanuel Macron during his campaign for the presidential election of 2017.
Mounir Mahjoubi
Mounir Mahjoubi is a French politician and entrepreneur serving as the Secretary of State for Digital Affairs in the Second Philippe government since June 2017. He previously held the position in the First Philippe government, starting May 2017. A former President of the French Digital Council until his resignation in January 2017 to join the presidential campaign of Emmanuel Macron, he also served as a member of the National Assembly from June to July 2017. Mahjoubi worked as digital manager of Macron's campaign team and has been a member of La République En Marche! since January 2017.
Second Philippe government
The second Philippe government is the forty-first government of the Fifth Republic of France. It is the second government formed by Édouard Philippe under President Emmanuel Macron, following the 2017 legislative elections and the dissolution of the first Philippe government on 19 June 2017.