List of political parties in France

This article contains a list of political parties in France.

France has a multi-party political system: one in which the number of competing political parties is sufficiently large as to make it almost inevitable that, in order to participate in the exercise of power, any single party must be prepared to negotiate with one or more others with a view to forming electoral alliances and/or coalition agreements.

The dominant French political parties are also characterised by a noticeable degree of intra-party factionalism, making each of them effectively a coalition in itself.

Up until recently, the government of France had alternated between two rather stable coalitions:

• on the centre-left, one led by the Socialist Party and with minor partners such as The Greens and the Radical Party of the Left.
• on the centre-right, one led by The Republicans (and previously its predecessors, the Union for a Popular Movement, Rally for the Republic) and the Union of Democrats and Independents.

This was the case until the 2017 presidential election, when Emmanuel Macron of the centrist La République En Marche! defeated Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally in the second round. This was the first time in which a third party had won the presidency, as well as the first time that neither of the major coalitions had appeared in the second round of a presidential election. This was followed shortly by a significant victory for LREM in the 2017 legislative election, winning a majority of 350 seats. Both the traditional coalitions suffered major defeats.

In the 2022 presidential election, the same scenario repeated, with Emmanuel Macron being again victorious. Both traditional parties (Socialist Party and The Republicans) scored less than 5% each, with Jean-Luc Mélenchon's La France Insoumise emerging as the dominant left-wing party, ranking third in the first round.

The National Rally (previously known as the National Front before a name change in 2018) has also experienced significant successes in other elections. Since 2014, the party has established itself as a major party in France, finishing in first place in the 2014 and 2019 European elections as well as in the 2015 local elections, though the party failed to win government in any regions due to the last-ditch alliance between the centre-left and the centre-right coalitions in Hauts-de-France and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Elected parties

Major nationwide represented parties

Name		Abbr.	Leader	Députés	Senators	MEPs	Presidency of regional councils	Presidency of departmental councils	Position	Ideology
	Renaissance	RE	Stéphane Séjourné	99 / 577	13 / 348	11 / 74	1 / 18	2 / 98	Centre	Liberalism
	The Republicans	LR	Eric Ciotti	47 / 577	116 / 348	7 / 74	3 / 18	39 / 98	Centre-right to right-wing	Conservatism Liberal conservatism
	National Rally	RN	Jordan Bardella	126 / 577	3 / 348	19 / 74	0 / 18	0 / 98	Right-wing to far-right	French nationalism Right-wing populism
	Socialist Party	PS	Olivier Faure	65 / 577	63 / 348	2 / 74	5 / 18	27 / 98	Centre-left	Social democracy Pro-Europeanism
	La France Insoumise	LFI	Manuel Bompard	75 / 577	0 / 348	3 / 74	0 / 18	0 / 98	Left-wing to far-left	Democratic socialism Left-wing populism Soft Euroscepticism

Other nationwide represented parties

Party		Abbr.	National coalition	Leader or chair	Députés	Senators	MEPs	Presidency of regional councils	Presidency of departmental councils	Political position	Ideology
	Democratic Movement	MoDem	Ensemble	François Bayrou	33 / 577	3 / 348	6 / 81	0 / 18	1 / 98	Centre to centre-right	Liberalism, social liberalism, Christian democracy
	Horizons		Ensemble	Édouard Philippe	26 / 577	13 / 348	2 / 81	1 / 18	0 / 98	Centre-right	Liberal conservatism
	The Ecologists	LÉ	NUPES	Marine Tondelier	25 / 577	12 / 348	9 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Centre-left to left-wing	Green politics
	Left Party	PG	NUPES	Eric Coquerel, Danielle Simonnet	20 / 577	0 / 348	2 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Left-wing	Democratic socialism, Left-wing populism, Left-wing nationalism
	Union of the Right for the Republic	UDR	On the Right Group	Eric Ciotti	17 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Far-right	Conservatism, Gaullism
	French Communist Party	PCF	GDR, NUPES	Fabien Roussel	9 / 577	14 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Left-wing to far-left	Communism, soft Euroscepticism
	Territories of Progress	TDP	Renaissance, Ensemble	Olivier Dussopt	9 / 577	2 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Centre to centre-left	Social liberalism, Social democracy
	Génération.s		NUPES	Benoît Hamon	6 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Centre-left to left-wing	Social democracy, Democratic socialism
	Union of Democrats and Independents	UDI	UDC	Jean-Christophe Lagarde	5 / 577	32 / 348	1 / 81	0 / 18	8 / 98	Centre to centre-right	Centrism, Social liberalism, Pro-Europeanism, Christian democracy
	Agir		Renaissance, Ensemble	Franck Riester	5 / 577	5 / 348	1 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Centre-right to Right-wing	Conservative liberalism, Pro-Europeanism
	Utiles		LIOT	Bertrand Pancher	5 / 577	2 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Centre	Pro-Europeanism, Humanism, Localism
	French Future	LAF	National Rally group	Jean-Philippe Tanguy	5 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Right-wing to far-right	Gaullism National conservatism Souverainism Euroscepticism
	Soyons libres	SL	LR, UDC	Valérie Pécresse	4 / 577	6 / 348	0 / 81	1 / 18	1 / 98	Centre-right	Liberal conservatism, Gaullism, Economic liberalism, Pro-Europeanism
	L'Après		New Popular Front		4 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Left-wing	Socialism Political ecology
	Dare France	OLF	Senate Republicans	Julien Aubert	3 / 577	4 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98		Gaullism
	Ecosocialist Left	GES	FI group, NUPES		2 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Left-wing	Socialism, Eco-socialism, anti-globalisation
	New Energy	Ne	The Republican Right group	David Lisnard	1 / 577	9 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Right-wing	Liberalism, Ordoliberalism, Christian democracy, Economic liberalism, Gaullism
	Radical Party	RAD	Ensemble, LT	Laurent Hénart, Sylvia Pinel	1 / 577	8 / 348	2 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Centre	Liberalism, Pro-Europeanism
	The Centrists	LC	LT, UDC	Hervé Morin	1 / 577	7 / 348	0 / 81	1 / 18	2 / 98	Centre to centre-right	Centrism, Conservative liberalism, Christian democracy
	Centrist Alliance	AC	LaREM	Philippe Folliot	1 / 577	4 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Centre	Centrism, Liberalism
	Place Publique	PP	NUPES	Raphaël Glucksmann	1 / 577	1 / 348	3 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Centre-left	Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism
	The Convention	LC		Bernard Cazeneuve	1 / 577	2 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	2 / 98	Left-wing	Socialism
	Territories44	T44	Ecologist Group	Jean-Claude Raux	1 / 577	1 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Left-wing	Green politics
	New Anticapitalist Party	NPA	NFP	Christine Poupin	1 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Far-left	Anti-capitalism Alter-globalisation Eco-socialism Euroscepticism Feminism Progressivism Socialism of the 21st century
	En Commun	EC	Ensemble	Philippe Hardouin	1 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Centre-left	Green politics
	Ecology Generation	GE	NUPES	Delphine Batho	1 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Centre	Green politics, integral ecology, eco-feminism
	Ecological Revolution for the Living	REV	NUPES	Aymeric Caron	1 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Left-wing	Animal rights, Social democracy
	Independent Workers' Party	POI	FI group, NUPES		1 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Left-wing	Marxism
	Republican and Socialist Left	GRS	FI group, FGR	Emmanuel Maurel, Marie-Noëlle Lienemann	1 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Left-wing	Socialism, Euroscepticism, economic interventionism, statism
	For a Popular and Social Ecology	PEPS	La France Insoumise group		1 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Left-wing	Anti-capitalism, Social ecology, Communalism, Democratic confederalism, Ecofeminism
	We France	NF	The Republican Right group	Xavier Bertrand	1 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Right-wing	Conservatism Liberal conservatism
	Du courage	DC		Aurélien Pradié	1 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Right-wing
	Radical Party of the Left	PRG		Guillaume Lacroix	0 / 577	4 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	2 / 98	Centre-left	Social liberalism, Pro-Europeanism
	Democratic European Force	FED	UDI, UDC	Jean-Christophe Lagarde	0 / 577	2 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Centre-right	Centrism, social liberalism, Pro-Europeanism, Christian democracy
	La France Audacieuse	LFA	Senate Republicans	Christian Estrosi	0 / 577	2 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Centre-right	Gaullism Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism
	Reconquête	R!	None	Éric Zemmour	0 / 577	0 / 348	1 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Far-right	National conservatism, Anti-immigration, Gaullism, Soft Euroscepticism
	Conservative Movement	MC	None	Laurence Trochu	0 / 577	0 / 348	1 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Right-wing to Far-right	Conservatism Social conservatism National conservatism Christian democracy Soft Euroscepticism
	La Force du 13	LFD13	None	Jean-Noël Guérini	0 / 577	1 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Left-wing	Social democracy
	Together in our Territories	ESNT	Territories44	Ronan Dantec	0 / 577	1 / 348	0 / 81	0 / 18	0 / 98	Left-wing	Socialism, Green politics, Breton nationalism

Regional parties with national representation

Territory	Party		Abbr.	National coalition	Leader or chair	Députés	Senators	MEPs	Presidency of regional councils	Presidency of departmental councils	Political position	Ideology
Basque Country		Euskal Herria Bai	EH Bai	New Popular Front	Nikolas Blain	1 / 3	0 / 348	0 / 79	0 / 1		Left-wing to far-left	Basque independence Left-wing nationalism Abertzale left Socialism Ecologism
Corsica		Femu a Corsica	Femu	LT	Gilles Simeoni	1 / 4	1 / 2	0 / 79	1 / 1		Centre	Corsican nationalism, Corsican autonomism
Corsica		Party of the Corsican Nation	PNC	LT	Jean-Christophe Angelini	1 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Left-wing	Corsican nationalism, Left-wing nationalism, Social democracy
Corsica		Bonapartist Central Committee	CCB	Horizons group	André Villanova	1 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Centre-right	Ajaccio localism, Corsican regionalism, Bonapartism, Conservatism, Constitutional monarchism
Französisch-Polynesien		Tapura Huiraatira	TH	Ensemble	Édouard Fritch	1 / 3	1 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Centre-right	Liberalism, Autonomism, Anti-independence
Französisch-Polynesien		Tavini Huiraatira	TH	GDR	Oscar Temaru	1 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 79	1 / 1		Left-wing	French Polynesian independence, Social democracy, Democratic socialism, Progressivism
Französisch-Polynesien		A here ia Porinetia	AHIP	Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories	Nicole Sanquer	1 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Right-wing to far-right	French Polynesian autonomism Anti-independence French republicanism Local reformism
Französisch-Polynesien		Ia Ora te Nuna'a		RDPI, Ensemble Citoyens	Teva Rohfritsch	0 / 3	1 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Centre to Centre-right	French Polynesian autonomy Anti-independence
Französisch-Guayana		Guiana Rally	GR	LREM	Rodolphe Alexandre	0 / 2	1 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Centre
Französisch-Guayana		Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement	MDES	NUPES	Fabien Canavy	1 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Far-left	Guianese nationalism, Anti-colonialism,Marxism
Französisch-Guayana		New Force of Guyana	NFG	RDPI	Marie-Laure Phinéra-Horth	0 / 2	1 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Left-wing
Französisch-Guayana		Pou Lagwiyann Dékolé	PLD	NFP	Davy Rimane	1 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Left-wing	Localism
French diaspora		Solidary Alliance of French People Abroad	ASFE	The Republicans	Évelyne Renaud-Garabedian	0 / 11	3 / 6	0 / 79	0 / 1		Centre-right to Right-wing
Guadeloupe		United Guadeloupe, Solidary and Responsible	GUSR	LREM	Guy Losbar	0 / 4	2 / 3	0 / 79	1 / 1		Centre-left	Social democracy, Social liberalism, Autonomism
Guadeloupe		Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe	PPDG	NUPES	Jacques Bangou	1 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Centre-left to left-wing	Democratic socialism, Post-Marxism, Guadeloupean autonomy
Guadeloupe		Guadeloupean Federation of the Socialist Party	FGPS	NUPES	Olivier Nicolas	1 / 4	1 / 3	0 / 79	0 / 1	0 / 1	Centre-Left	Democratic socialism, Progressivism, Social democracy, Social-ecology, Pro-Europeanism
Guadeloupe		Eko Zabym	EK	LIOT, Utiles	Olivier Serva	1 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1			Localism
Martinique		Péyi-A		GDR	Jean-Philippe Nilor, Marcelin Nadeau	3 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Left-wing	Post-Marxism, Separatism
Martinique		Socialist Federation of Martinique	FSM	PS	Béatrice Bellay	1 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Left-wing	Socialism
Martinique		La Martinique Ensemble	LME	Socialist group in the Senate	Catherine Conconne	0 / 4	1 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Left-wing	Localism
Martinique		Dynamique Trinitéenne	LME	Socialist group in the Senate	Frederic Buval	0 / 4	1 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Left-wing	Localism
Martinique		Martinican Progressive Party	PPM	NUPES	Serge Letchimy	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 79	1 / 1		Left-wing	Progressivism, Democratic socialism, Autonomism
Neukaledonien		The Rally		The Republicans	Thierry Santa	0 / 2	1 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Right-wing	Anti-separatism, Gaullism, Conservatism, Liberal conservatism, Christian democracy
Neukaledonien		Caledonian Union	UC	CRCE-Kanaky, Ensemble Citoyens	Daniel Goa	1 / 2	1 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Centre-left	Separatism, Melanesian socialism, Christian left
Neukaledonien		Générations NC	GNC	Renaissance group	Nicolas Metzdorf	1 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Centre to centre-right	Anti-separatism, Autonomism, Conservative liberalism, Centralism, Ecologism
Picardy		Picardie debout		FI group, NUPES	François Ruffin	1 / 10	0 / 348	0 / 79	0 / 1	0 / 3	Far-left	Anti-capitalism, Protectionism, Left-wing souverainism, Left-wing populism, Participatory democracy, Eco-socialism
Réunion		For Réunion	PLA	NUPES	Huguette Bello	2 / 7	1 / 2	0 / 79	0 / 1		Left-wing	Post-Marxism, Democratic socialism
Réunion		Rézistans Equality 974	RÉ974	FI group, NUPES	Jean-Hugues Ratenon	2 / 7	0 / 348	0 / 79	0 / 1		Left-wing	Social democracy, Regionalism
Réunion		Le Progrès	LP	NUPES		1 / 7	0 / 4	0 / 79	0 / 1		Left-wing	Social democracy
Seine-Saint-Denis		Seine-Saint-Denis at Heart!	SSDAC	LFI	Aly Diouara	1 / 12	0 / 6	0 / 79	0 / 1		Left-wing	Localism
St. Martin		Saint-Martinois Rally	RSM	NUPES	Louis Mussington	1 / 1	1 / 2	0 / 79	1 / 1		Left-wing	Autonomism
St. Pierre und Miquelon		Cap sur l'avenir		LREM	Annick Girardin	0 / 1	1 / 1	0 / 79	0 / 1		Centre-left	Classical radicalism
St. Pierre und Miquelon		Archipelago Tomorrow	AD	RDSE	Gérard Grignon	1 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 79	0 / 1		Centre-right	Christian democracy, Social conservatism

Region-only parties

Acronym and Name		National coalition	Leader or Chairman	Territorial councillors	Ideology
	LMR: Rurality Movement	None	Eddie Puyjalon	Regional: 4 / 1,880	Traditional rural values; refusal of environmental legislation and regulations restricting the right to hunt and fish, conservative, Eurosceptic
	MEI: Independent Ecological Movement	None	Antoine Waechter	Regional: 3 / 1,880	Green politics, Centrism, anti-nuclear
	CNIP: National Centre of Independents and Peasants	None	Bruno North	Regional: 4 / 1,880	French nationalism, Conservatism, Agrarianism, Euroscepticism
	VIA: VIA, the Way of the People	None	Jean-Frédéric Poisson	Regional: 2 / 1,880	Christian democracy,Social conservatism, Christian right, Soft Euroscepticism
	PLB: Brittany Movement and Progress	None	André Lavanant	Regional: 1 / 1,880	Breton nationalism, Regionalism, Socialism, Ecology
	PA: Animalist Party	None	Antoine Stathoulias, Douchka Markovic, Hélène Thouy, Pierre Mazaheri	Regional: 1 / 1,880	Animal welfare, Animal rights
	BE: Brittany Ecology	None	None	Regional: 1 / 1,880	Progressivism, Green politics, European federalism, Alter-globalization, Regionalism
	DLF: Debout la France	None	Nicolas Dupont-Aignan	Regional: 2 / 1,880	French nationalism, National conservatism, Traditional Gaullism, Hard Euroscepticism, Souverainism, Right-wing populism
	Cap Ecology	None	Corinne Lepage	Regional: 4 / 1,880	Environmentalism, Green liberalism, Green politics
	ND: New Deal	New Popular Front	Felix David-Riviere & Aline Mouquet	Regional: 2 / 1,880	Progressivism, Keynesianism, European federalism
	LS: League of the South	None	Jacques Bompard	Regional: 2 / 1,880	National conservatism, souverainism, identitarian, anti-globalization, regionalism, patriotism, localism, Poujadism, liberal conservatism
	LL: The Localists	None	Hervé Juvin	Regional: 2 / 1,880	Identitarian
	UBD: Breton Democratic Union	Régions et Peuples Solidaires, New Popular Front	Lydie Massard & Pierre-Emmanuel Marais	Regional: 4 / 1,880	Autonomism, Environmentalism, Pro-Europeanism

Non-elected parties

Acronym and Name	National coalition	Leader or Chairman	Political Position
UPR: Popular Republican Union	None	François Asselineau	French nationalism, Hard Euroscepticism
CJ: Comités Jeanne	None	Jean-Marie Le Pen	Nationalism, Euroscepticism, souverainism
AR: Royal Alliance	None	Pierre Bernard	Monarchism (Orléanism), conservatism, Euroscepticism
NAR: New Royalist Action	None	Bertrand Renouvin	Monarchism, conservatism, Euroscepticism, Gaullism
RD: Democratic Rally	None	Philippe Cartellier	Monarchism, conservatism, Gaullism, Capetism
GE: Ecology Generation	None	Yves Piétrasanta	Green politics, green conservatism, centre-right
GR: Revolutionary Left	None	Collective	Marxism, socialism, Trotskyism
PCOF: Workers' Communist Party of France	None	Collective	Communism, Marxism–Leninism, Hoxhaism, Anti-revisionism
PRCF: Pole of Communist Revival in France	None	Léon Landini	Communism, Marxism-Leninism, Left-wing nationalism
OCML-VP: Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization – Proletarian Way	None	Collective	Communism, Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
PP: Pirate Party	None	Maxime Rouquet, Guillaume Lecoquierre	Intellectual property reform, protection of privacy and individual liberty
LO: Workers' Struggle	None	Nathalie Arthaud, spokeswoman	Trotskyism, internationalism, feminism
PL: Libertarian Party	None	Guilhem d'Urbal	Libertarianism
PT: Workers' Party	None	Collective	Communism, Trotskyism, Lambertism, Internationalism, Euroscepticism
UCL: Libertarian Communist Union	None	Collective	Anarchist Communism, Anarcha-feminism
JC: New Jacobin Party	None	Gerald d'Ouvril, acting leader Maximilien Robespierre, youth leader	Jacobinism, Republicanism
Volt: Volt France	None	Cécile Richard, Adrien Copros	European federalism, Social liberalism, Progressivism, Pro-Europeanism
SP: Solidarity and Progress	None	Jacques Cheminade	Euroscepticism, LaRouchism
AP: Animalist Party	None	Hélène Thouy	Animal welfare, animal rights

French Revolution

• Jacobin Club (Centre-left to left-wing)
  • Girondist (Centre-left)
  • Maraisards (Syncretic)
  • Montagnards (Radicalism)
• Cordeliers Club (Left-wing to far-left)
  • Hébertistes (Far-left)
• Feuillants Club
• Enragés (Far-left)
• Monarchiens (Centre to centre-right)
• Club de Clichy (Right-wing)
• Bonapartists (1815)

Historical parties

• Bonapartists (1815, 1851–1889)
• Socialist Party of France (1902)
• French Socialist Party (1902)
• French Socialist Party (1919)
• Socialist Party of France – Jean Jaurès Union
• French Section of the Workers International
• Democratic Republican Alliance
• Union of the Democratic Forces (1958–1960)
• French Agrarian and Farmer Party (PAPF; 1927–1939)
• Agrarian and Social Republican Party (PRAS; 1936–1940)
• National Popular Rally (RNP; 1941–1945)
• Farmers' Social Union Party (1945–1951)
• The New Democrats (2020–2022)

Political parties in French overseas possessions

• 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 Barthélemy
• List of political parties in the Collectivity of Saint Martin
• List of political parties in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
• List of political parties in Wallis and Futuna

Historical parties

• French India Socialist Party
• Mahé Socialist Party

See also

• Liberalism and radicalism in France
• Lists of political parties