List of political parties in France

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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.

Contents 1 Political parties and leaders in Metropolitan France 1.1 Nationwide parties parties 1.2 Mainland (and Corsican) regionalist parties 2 Political parties in French oversea possessions 2.1 Overseas departemental parties represented in the National Assembly 2.2 Lists 3 See also

Political parties and leaders in Metropolitan France

Nationwide parties parties

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	Political position
Trotskyists
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
French Communist Party	Parti Communiste Français	PCF	Marie-George Buffet
Citizen and Republican Movement	Mouvement républicain et citoyen	MRC	Jean-Pierre Chevènement	minor, one-person	eurosceptic
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
Citizenship, Action, Participation for the XXIst Century	(Citoyenneté Action Participation pour le XXIe siècle)	CAP21	Corinne Lepage	minor
Far-right
National Front	Front National	FN	Jean-Marie Le Pen	one-person	strong law enforcement, against immigration, eurosceptic
National Republican Movement	Mouvement National Républicain	MNR	Bruno Mégret	one-person	strong law enforcement, against immigration, eurosceptic
The Right	La Droite		Charles Millon	minor, one-person
Euroskeptic
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
Miscellaneous
Hunt, Fish, Nature, Traditions	Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions	CPNT	Jean Saint-Josse	minor, mostly in European and local elections	traditional rural values; refusal of environmental legislation and regulations restricting the right to hunt
Pleasure Party	Parti du Plaisir	PDP	Cindy Lee	extremely 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

Mainland (and Corsican) regionalist parties

(with past or present representation in at least a regional council)

• Alsace d'abord (Alsace, far-right regionalist)(had 3 seats in the Alsace regional council in 1998)
• Ligue savoisienne (Savoie, liberal separatist)(had 1 seat in the Rhône-Alpes regional council in 1998)
• Union Démocratique Bretonne (Brittany, left-wing regionalist)(member of the present left-wing governing coalition in the Britanny region with PS and Les Verts)
• Unione Naziunale (Corsica, nationalist separatist)(8 seats int the present territorial assembly)

Political parties in French oversea possessions

Note: Many of the parties in French oversea posessions have strong ties to counterparts in Metropolitan France.

Overseas departemental parties represented in the National Assembly

This list is incomplete.

• Guadeloupe Communist Party (Guadeloupe: Parti Communiste Guadeloupéen)
• Guadeloupean Objective (Guadeloupe: Objectif Guadeloupéen)
• Pluralist Left (Guadeloupe: Gauche Pluriel)
• Build the Martinique Country (Martinique: Bâtir le Pays Martinique)
• Martinican Independence Movement (Martinique: Mouvement Indépendantiste Martiniquais)
• Walwari (French Guiana: Walwari)
• Guianese Socialist Party (French Guiana: Parti socialiste guyanais, or PSG)
• Communist Party of Réunion (Reunion: Parti communiste réunionnais, or PCR)

Lists

• List of political parties in French Guiana
• List of political parties in French Polynesia
• List of political parties in Guadeloupe
• List of political parties in Martinique
• List of political parties in Mayotte
• List of political parties in New Caledonia
• List of political parties in Reunion
• List of political parties in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
• List of political parties in Wallis and Futuna

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 France