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The Republicans
Les Républicains
PresidentNicolas Sarkozy
Vice PresidentNathalie Kosciusko-Morizet
General SecretaryLaurent Wauquiez
Founded30 May 2015 (2015-05-30)
Preceded byUnion for a Popular Movement
Headquarters238, rue de Vaugirard 75015 Paris Cedex 15
Membership (May 2015)213,030
IdeologyGaullism[1][2][3]
Conservatism
Liberal conservatism[3][4]
Christian democracy[3]
Political positionCentre-right[5]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International,
International Democrat Union
Colours    Blue, white, red
National Assembly
199 / 577
Senate
143 / 348
European Parliament
20 / 74
Regional Councils
331 / 1,880
General Councils
66 / 101
Website
www.republicains.fr

The Republicans (French: Les Républicains; LR) is a centre-right political party in France, and is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with its centre-left rival the Socialist Party (PS). The Republicans was formed on 30 May 2015 as a rebranding of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) of the French centre-right founded under former President Jacques Chirac.[6]

The leader of the Republicans, Nicolas Sarkozy, was President of France between 2007 and 2012, until defeated by PS candidate François Hollande in the 2012 presidential election. The Republicans is a member of the European People's Party (EPP), the Centrist Democrat International (CDI) and the International Democrat Union (IDU).

History

After the election of Nicolas Sarkozy, the former President of France (2007–2012), as president of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) in November 2014, he put forward a request to the party's general committee to change its name to the Republicans. Critics of Sarkozy claimed it was illegal for him to name the party "Republicans" because every French person is a republican in that 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.[7] The general committee approved the change on 6 May and, after a court ruling in favor of Sarkozy, was ratified by 83 percent of the party's membership at it's founding congress on 30 May 2015. The Republicans thus became the legal successor of the UMP as the leading centre-right political party in France.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hloušek, Vít; Kopeček, Lubomír (2010). Origin, Ideology and Transformation of Political Parties: East-Central and Western Europe Compared. Ashgate. p. 157.
  2. ^ Slomp, Hans (2011). Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics. Vol. 2. ABC-CLIO. p. 385.
  3. ^ a b c Wolfram Nordsieck. "http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/france.html". Parties-and-elections.de. Retrieved 21 April 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  4. ^ Kaeding, Michael (2007). Better regulation in the European Union: Lost in Translation or Full Steam Ahead?. Leiden University Press. p. 123.
  5. ^ Magstadt, Thomas M. (2011). Understanding Politics (9th ed.). Wadsworth, Cengage Learning. p. 183.
  6. ^ Bolton, Doug (30 May 2015). "Nicolas Sarkozy changes UMP party's name to The Republicans ahead of political comeback". The Independent. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  7. ^ Chrisafis, Angelique (26 May 2015). "France: judges clear way for Sarkozy to rename UMP party Les Républicains". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  8. ^ AFP (29 May 2015). "France's Sarkozy renames UMP party 'The Republicans'". Yahoo News. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
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