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List of political parties in France - Definition and Overview

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Politics of France

Politics of France
Government of France
Political parties in France
Elections in France:
President: 2002


Political parties in France lists political parties in France. France has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Political parties and leaders

The general rule on naming applies. That means: the parties are named in the English translation and the original native name is placed on the first line of the article unless the native form is more commonly used in English than the English form. Rationale and specifics: See: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English).

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 PTminor
Left-wing
Socialist Party Parti Socialiste PS François Hollandemajor
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
Right-wing
Union for a Popular Movement Union pour un Mouvement Populaire UMP Nicolas Sarkozymajor; as of 2004, the president (Jacques Chirac), the prime minister (Jean-Pierre Raffarin) and the speakers of both houses of parliament are from UMP. Includes the affiliated Radical Party (Parti Radical)
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 Roscoätminor, associated with UMP
Ecologists
The Greens Les Verts Gilles Lemaire
Ecology Generation Génération Écologie GE Brice Lalondeminor
Independent Ecological Movement Mouvement Écologiste Indépendant MEI Antoine Waechterminor
Far-right
National Front Front National FN Jean-Marie Le Penone-person
National Republican Movement Mouvement National Républicain MNR Bruno Mégretone-person
The Right La Droite Charles Millonminor, one-person
Euroskeptic
Citizens' Movement Mouvement des Citoyens MdC Jean-Pierre Chevènementminor, one-person
Movement for France Mouvement pour la France MPF Philippe de Villiersminor, one-person
Rally for France and European Independence Rassemblement pour la France et l'Indépendance de l'Europe RPFIE Charles Pasquaminor, one-person
Former parties of note
Rally for the Republic Rassemblement pour la République RPR Michelle Alliot-Mariemajor
Liberal Democracy Démocratie Libérale DL Alain Madelin originally Parti Républicain - Republican Party or PR

Other parties

See also

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