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 right-wing 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.	National coalition	Leader or chair	Députés	Senators	MEPs	Presidency of regional councils	Presidency of departmental councils	Political position	Ideology
	La République En Marche!	LREM	Ensemble Citoyens	Stanislas Guerini	270 / 577	17 / 348	11 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre	Liberalism, Pro-Europeanism
	The Republicans	LR	LR group	Christian Jacob	102 / 577	138 / 348	7 / 74	7 / 17	44 / 101	Centre-right	Christian democracy, Gaullism
	National Rally	RN	RBM	Marine Le Pen	6 / 577	2 / 348	20 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Far-right	Right-wing populism, Euroscepticism
	Socialist Party	PS	New Left	Olivier Faure	25 / 577	63 / 348	2 / 74	5 / 17	27 / 101	Centre-left	Social democracy

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
	Territories of Progress	TDP	LREM	Xavier Iacovelli	46 / 577	4 / 348	1 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre to Centre-left	Social liberalism, Social democracy
	Democratic Movement	MoDem	Ensemble Citoyens	François Bayrou	39 / 577	6 / 348	5 / 74	0 / 17	1 / 101	Centre to centre-right	Liberalism, social liberalism, Christian democracy
	En Commun	EC	LREM	Philippe Hardouin	22 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre-left	Green politics
	La France Insoumise	FI	None	Jean-Luc Mélenchon	17 / 577	0 / 348	5 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Left-wing to far-left	Democratic socialism, eco-socialism, left-wing populism, environmentalism, alter-globalisation, soft Euroscepticism
	Radical Party	RAD	Ensemble Citoyens, LT	Laurent Hénart, Sylvia Pinel	10 / 577	19 / 348	1 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre	Liberalism, pro-Europeanism
	French Communist Party	PCF	GDR	Pierre Laurent	10 / 577	18 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	1 / 101	Left-wing	Communism, soft Euroscepticism
	Agir		Ensemble Citoyens, Agir ensemble		9 / 577	6 / 348	1 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre-right	Conservative liberalism, Christian democracy
	Left Party	PG	None	Eric Coquerel, Danielle Simonnet	8 / 577	0 / 348	5 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Left-wing	Democratic socialism, left-wing populism, environmentalism, alter-globalisation, soft Euroscepticism
	The Centrists	LC	LT	Hervé Morin	5 / 577	9 / 348	1 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre to centre-right	Centrism, conservative liberalism, Christian democracy
	Centrist Alliance	AC	LREM	Philippe Folliot	4 / 577	3 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre	Centrism, liberalism
	The New Democrats	ND	EELV	Aurélien Taché Émilie Cariou	4 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre-left	Social liberalism, Social democracy, Environmentalism
	Soyons libres	SL	LR	Valérie Pécresse	3 / 577	2 / 348	0 / 74	1 / 17	1 / 101	Centre-right	Liberal conservatism, Gaullism, Economic liberalism, Pro-Europeanism
	Radical Party of the Left	PRG		Guillaume Lacroix	3 / 577	2 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	2 / 101	Centre-left	Social liberalism, Pro-Europeanism
	Ecologist Party	PE	LREM	François de Rugy	3 / 577	1 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre-left	Green politics, green liberalism, environmentalism, social-liberalism, European federalism
	Centrist Alliance	AC	MoDem, LREM	Jean Arthuis	2 / 577	9 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre	Liberalism, pro-Europeanism, centrism
	Democratic European Force	FED	UDI	Jean-Christophe Lagarde	2 / 577	4 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre-right	Centrism, social liberalism, pro-Europeanism, Christian democracy
	Mouvement des citoyens	MDC	SOC	Jean-Marie Alexandre	2 / 577	1 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Left-wing	Social democracy, souverainism
	Reconquête	R!	None	Éric Zemmour	2 / 577	0 / 348	4 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Far-right	National conservatism, Anti-immigration, Gaullism, Soft Euroscepticism
	Horizons		Ensemble Citoyens	Édouard Philippe	2 / 577	0 / 348	1 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre-right	Liberal conservatism, Christian democracy
	Ensemble!		FI group	None	2 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Left-wing	Socialism, eco-socialism, anti-globalisation
	Movement of Progressives	MdP	EDS	Robert Hue	1 / 577	1 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Left-wing	Democratic socialism
	Place Publique	PP		Raphaël Glucksmann	1 / 577	0 / 348	2 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre-left	Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism
	Debout la France	DLF	None	Nicolas Dupont-Aignan	1 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Right-wing to far-right	French nationalism, national conservatism, Gaullism, Republicanism, souverainism, social conservatism, Euroscepticism
	Freedom Ecology Fraternity	LEF	LT		1 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre-left	Green politics
	The Patriots	LP		Florian Philippot	1 / 577	2 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Right-wing to far-right	Euroscepticism, souverainism, Gaullism, populism, statism, animal rights
	Republican and Socialist Left	GRS	FI group, MRC	Emmanuel Maurel, Marie-Noëlle Lienemann	1 / 577	1 / 348	1 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Left-wing	Socialism, Euroscepticism, economic interventionism, statism
	Citizen and Republican Movement	MRC	NG	Jean-Luc Laurent	1 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Left-wing	Gaullism, souverainism, democratic socialism, soft Euroscepticism, protectionism
	Résistons!		None	Jean Lassalle	1 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre	Ruralism, humanism, localism, sovereignty
	Initiative démocratique de gauche				1 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre-left	Social democracy
	Europe Ecology – The Greens	EELV	None	David Cormand	0 / 577	10 / 348	9 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre-left to left-wing	Green politics
	La Force du 13	LFD13	None	Jean-Noël Guérini	0 / 577	2 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Left-wing	Social democracy
	Modern Left	LGM	UDI	Jean-Marie Bockel	0 / 577	1 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre	Social liberalism
	Génération citoyens	GC		Jean-Marie Cavada	0 / 577	1 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre to right-wing	Social liberalism
	Démocratie et République				0 / 577	1 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101
	Mouvement libéral et modéré	MLM		Philippe Adnot	0 / 577	1 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101
	New Deal	ND		Arnaud Lelache & Aline Mouquet	0 / 577	0 / 348	1 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre-left to left-wing	Progressivism, Keynesianism, European federalism
	Cap Ecology	Cap écologie	LREM	Corinne Lepage	0 / 577	0 / 348	1 / 74	0 / 17	0 / 101	Centre to centre-left	Environmentalism, Green liberalism, Green politics
	Génération.s		None	Benoît Hamon	0 / 577	0 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 17	1 / 101	Centre-left to left-wing	Social democracy, democratic socialism

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
Corsica		Femu a Corsica	Femu	LT	Gilles Simeoni	2 / 4	1 / 2	1 / 74	1 / 1		Centre	Corsican nationalism, Corsican autonomism
New Caledonia		Caledonia Together	CE	UDI	Philippe Gomès	2 / 2	1 / 2	0 / 74	0 / 1		centre-right	Anti-separatism, Progressivism, Protectionism, Environmentalism, Christian democracy
French Polynesia		Tapura Huiraatira	TH	Agir ensemble	Édouard Fritch	1 / 3	2 / 2	0 / 74	1 / 1		Centre-right	Liberalism, French Polynesian autonomy, Anti-independence
Guadeloupe		United Guadeloupe, Solidary and Responsible	GUSR	LREM	Guy Losbar	1 / 4	1 / 3	0 / 74	1 / 1		Centre-left	Social democracy, Social liberalism, Autonomism
French Guiana		Guiana Rally	GR	LREM	Rodolphe Alexandre	1 / 2	1 / 2	0 / 74	0 / 1		Centre
Réunion		Pour La Réunion	PLR	GDR	Huguette Bello	1 / 7	0 / 348	0 / 74	1 / 1		Left-wing	Post-marxism, Social democracy, Regionalism
Saint Pierre and Miquelon		Cap sur l'avenir		LREM	Annick Girardin	1 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 74	0 / 1		Centre-left	Classical radicalism
French Polynesia		Tavini Huiraatira	TH	GDR	Oscar Temaru	1 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 74	0 / 1		Left-wing	French Polynesian independence, Social democracy, Democratic socialism, Progressivism
Corsica		Party of the Corsican Nation	PNC	LT	Jean-Christophe Angelini	1 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 74	0 / 1		Left-wing	Corsican nationalism, Left-wing nationalism, Social democracy
Martinique		Build the Martinique Country		SOC	Pierre Samot	1 / 4	0 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 1		Left-wing	Post-marxism, Separatism
Martinique		Péyi-A		GDR	Jean-Philippe Nilor, Marcelin Nadeau	1 / 4	0 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 1		Left-wing	Post-marxism, Separatism
Réunion		Rézistan's Égalité 974	RÉ974	FI group	Jean-Hugues Ratenon	1 / 7	0 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 1		Left-wing	Social democracy, Regionalism
Picardy		Picardie debout		FI group	François Ruffin	1 / 10	0 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 1	0 / 3	Far-left	Anti-capitalism, protectionism, left-wing souverainism, left-wing populism, participatory democracy, eco-socialism
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur		Ligue du Sud	LS	RBM	Jacques Bompard	1 / 20	0 / 348	0 / 74	0 / 1	0 / 5	Far-right	National conservatism, souverainism, identitarian, anti-globalization, regionalism, patriotism, localism, Poujadism, liberal conservatism
Saint Pierre and Miquelon		Archipelago Tomorrow	AD	RDSE	Gérard Grignon	0 / 1	1 / 1	0 / 74	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: 6 / 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
NPA: New Anticapitalist Party	None	Christine Poupin	Regional: 2 / 1,880	Anti-capitalism, democratic socialism, eco-socialism, alter-globalisation

Non-elected parties

Acronym and Name	National coalition	Leader or Chairman	Political Position
AF: French Action	None	Stéphane Blanchonnet	Monarchism, nationalism, conservatism, Euroscepticism,
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
POI: Independent Workers' Party	None	Daniel Gluckstein, Claude Jenet, Jean Markun, Gérard Schivardi	Communism, Trotskyism, Marxism, proletarian internationalism
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
PLD: Liberal Democratic Party	None	Aurélien Véron	Classical liberalism
FA: Anarchist Federation	None	Collective	Anarchist Synthesist, anarchism without adjectives
AL: Alternative Libertaire	None	Collective	Anarchist Communism
PL: Libertarian Party	None	Guilhem d'Urbal	Libertarianism
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	Fabiola Conti, Sven Franck	European federalism, Social liberalism, Progressivism, Pro-Europeanism

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
• French Agrarian and Farmer Party (PAPF; 1927–1939)
• Agrarian and Social Republican Party (PRAS; 1936–1940)
• Farmers' Social Union Party (1945–1951)

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