List of political parties in France
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Template:Politics of France Political parties in France lists political parties in France.
Since the 1980s, France's government has alternated between two rather stable coalitions:
- on the left, one led by the French Socialist Party and with minor members such as the French Communist Party (and also Les Verts and the Left Radical Party)
- on the right, one led by the Union for a Popular Movement and its predecessor the Rally for the Republic, with the minor partner the Union for French Democracy.
It is difficult for parties outside those coalitions to make significant inroads, though the far-right National Front has had sizable successes.
Political parties and leaders
In the "remarks" column: "minor" indicates a party that makes less than 3% in national elections; "major" indicates a party that has a reasonable chance of leading a national government; "one-person" indicates a party that has only one leading and commanding personality.
| Name in English | Name | Acronym | Leader or chairman | Remarks | Trotskyites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revolutionary Communist League | Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire | LCR | Alain Krivine | |
| Workers' Struggle | Lutte Ouvrière | LO | Arlette Laguiller, spokeswoman | |
| Party of the Workers | Parti des Travailleurs | PT | minor | Left-wing |
| Socialist Party | Parti Socialiste | PS | François Hollande | major |
| Left Radical Party | Parti Radical de Gauche | PRG | Jean-Michel Baylet | minor; previously Parti Radical Socialiste, Radical Socialist Party or PRS, Mouvement des Radicaux de Gauche, Left Radical Movement or MRG, Radical |
| Citizenship, Action, Participation for the XXIst Century | (Citoyenneté Action Participation pour le XXIe siècle) | |||
| French Communist Party | Parti Communiste Français | PCF | Marie-George Buffet | |
| Right-wing | ||||
| Union for a Popular Movement | Union pour un Mouvement Populaire | UMP | major; as of 2005, the president (Jacques Chirac), the prime minister (Dominique de Villepin) and the speakers of both houses of parliament are from UMP. | |
| Union for French Democracy | Union pour la Démocratie Française | UDF | François Bayrou | |
| National Center of Independents and Peasants | Centre National des Indépendants et Paysans | CNI, CNIP | Annick du Roscoät | minor, associated with UMP |
| Radical Party | Parti Radical | RAD | minor, associated with UMP | |
| Greens | ||||
| The Greens | Les Verts | Yann Wehrling | ||
| Ecology Generation | Génération Écologie | GE | Brice Lalonde | minor |
| Independent Ecological Movement | Mouvement Écologiste Indépendant | MEI | Antoine Waechter | minor |
| Far-right | ||||
| National Front | Front National | FN | Jean-Marie Le Pen | one-person |
| National Republican Movement | Mouvement National Républicain | MNR | Bruno Mégret | one-person |
| The Right | La Droite | Charles Millon | minor, one-person | |
| Euroskeptic | ||||
| Citizen and Republican Movement | Mouvement républicain et citoyen | MRC | Jean-Pierre Chevènement | minor, one-person |
| Movement for France | Mouvement pour la France | MPF | Philippe de Villiers | minor, one-person |
| Rally for France and European Independence | Rassemblement pour la France et l'Indépendance de l'Europe | RPFIE | Charles Pasqua | minor, one-person | Former parties of note |
| Rally for the Republic | Rassemblement pour la République | RPR | Michelle Alliot-Marie | major; merged into UMP |
| Liberal Democracy | Démocratie Libérale | DL | Alain Madelin | originally Parti Républicain - Republican Party or PR; merged into UMP |
Other parties
- Abertzaleen Batasuna
- Basque Nationalist Party
- Batasuna
- Euskal Batasuna
- Eusko Alkartasuna
- Ezker Mugimendu Abertzalea
- Herritarren Zerrenda
- Hunt, Fish, Nature, Traditions (Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions) (traditional rural values)
See also
- Index of political parties to browse parties by name
- List of political parties to browse parties by country
- List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
- Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
- Liberalism and radicalism in Francefr:Partis et mouvements politiques français