The Republicans (France)

The Republicans (French: Les Républicains, [le ʁepyblikɛ̃]; LR) is a centre-right liberal-conservative political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullist tradition. It holds pro-European views.[2]

The Republicans Les Républicains
Abbreviation	LR
President	Christian Jacob
Secretary-General	Aurélien Pradié
Vice President	Annie Genevard
Group president in the National Assembly	Virginie Duby-Muller
Group president in the Senate	Bruno Retailleau
Founder	Nicolas Sarkozy
Founded	30 May 2015; 7 years ago (2015-05-30)
Preceded by	Union for a Popular Movement
Headquarters	238 Rue de Vaugirard 75015 Paris
Youth wing	Les Jeunes Républicains ("The Young Republicans")
Membership (2021)	148,862 (2021)
Ideology	Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Gaullism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	Union of the Right and Centre
European affiliation	European People's Party
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
European Parliament group	European People's Party[1]
Colours	Blue   White   Red
National Assembly	61 / 577
Senate	148 / 348
European Parliament	7 / 74
Presidency of Regional Councils	6 / 17
Presidency of Departmental Councils	43 / 94
Website
www.republicains.fr
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The party was formed on 30 May 2015 from the renaming and refoundation of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), which had been established in 2002 under the leadership of then President of France Jacques Chirac.[3][4]

LR, as previously the UMP, used to be one of the two major political parties in the French Fifth Republic along with the centre-left Socialist Party. Following the 2017 legislative election, LR is the second largest party in the National Assembly, behind President Emmanuel Macron's La République En Marche! party. LR is a member of the European People's Party,[5] the Centrist Democrat International,[6] and the International Democrat Union.[7]