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The Republicans
Les Républicains
PresidentNicolas Sarkozy
Vice PresidentNathalie Kosciusko-Morizet
General SecretaryLaurent Wauquiez
FounderNicolas Sarkozy
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
IdeologySarkozysm
Gaullism[1][2][3]
Liberalism[3]
Conservatism[4][5]
Christian democracy[3]
Political positionCentre-right
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party[6]
Colours Blue, White, Red (French tricolor)
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. The Republicans was formed on 30 May 2015 as a rebranding of and successor to the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) founded by former President Jacques Chirac.[7][8] The party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Socialist Party (PS).

The leader of the Republicans, Nicolas Sarkozy, was President of France between 2007 and 2012, until his defeat by PS candidate François Hollande in the 2012 presidential election. The Republicans is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament.

History

UMP name change

After the election of Nicolas Sarkozy, the former President of France from 2007 to 2012, as president of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) in November 2014, Sarkozy put forward a request to the party's general committee to change its name to The Republicans (Les Républicains) and alter the statutes of the party. With the name already chosen, vice-president of the UMP Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet presented Sarkozy and the party's political bureau the proposed new statutes. The proposed statutes provided for, among others, the election of the presidents of the departmental federations by direct democracy, the end of the political currents and consulting members on election nominations.[9] Critics of Sarkozy claimed it was illegal for him to name the party "Republicans" because every French person is a republican if 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.[10] The new name was adopted by the party bureau on 5 May 2015 and approved by the party membership on 28 May by an online "yes" vote of 83.3% on a 45.7% turnout after a court ruling in favour of Sarkozy.[11] The new party statutes were adopted by 96.3% of voters and the composition of the new political bureau by 94.8%.

Founding Congress

The change to The Republicans was officially confirmed at its founding congress on 30 May 2015 at the Paris Event Centre in Paris, attended by 10,000 activists.[12] Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, sent a congratulatory message to the congress. The Republicans thus became the legal successor of the UMP and the leading centre-right political party in France.[13]

The organisation has been declared in the préfecture de Saône-et-Loire on 9 April 2015.[14] According to the statement of this declaration, its aim is to "promote ideas of the right and centre, open to every people who wish to be member and debate in the spirit of a political party with republican ideas in France or outside France".[citation needed] This party foundation was published in the Journal officiel de la République française on 25 April 2015.[15]

See also

References

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  6. ^ http://www.eppgroup.eu/meps/country/france
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/29/us-france-sarkozy-idUSKBN0OE2J120150529
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  10. ^ Chrisafis, Angelique (26 May 2015). "France: judges clear way for Sarkozy to rename UMP party Les Républicains". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  11. ^ Pauline Théveniaud (avec Olivier Beaumont), Congrès des «Républicains» : «Un jour de renaissance», pour Sarkozy Le Parisien, 30 mai 2015
  12. ^ Alexandre Lemarié et Matthieu Goar, Sarkozy met les Républicains en ordre de bataille pour 2017 Le Monde, 30 mai 2015
  13. ^ AFP (29 May 2015). "France's Sarkozy renames UMP party 'The Republicans'". Yahoo News. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  14. ^ http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/publications/assoc/pdf/2015/0017/JOAFE_PDF_Unitaire_20150017_01214.pdf
  15. ^ No d'annonce : 1214 Paru le : 25/04/2015 Association : LES REPUBLICAINS. Identification R.N.A. : W715002794 No de parution : 20150017 Département (Région) : Saône-et-Loire (Bourgogne) Lieu parution : Déclaration à la préfecture de Saône-et-Loire. Type d'annonce : ASSOCIATION/CREATION
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