Republican Right group

The group was formed in the National Assembly of the 12th legislature of the French Fifth Republic on 25 June 2002 with 356 deputies following the legislative elections under the name of the Union for the Presidential Majority group (groupe de l'Union pour la majorité présidentielle),{{cite web|title=Déclarations politiques des groupes remises à la présidence de l'Assemblée nationale le 25 juin 2002, en application de l'article 19 du Règlement de l'Assemblée nationale|url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/qui/declarations-groupes.asp|publisher=Assemblée nationale|date=25 June 2002|accessdate=26 June 2017}} and was renamed to the Union for a Popular Movement group (groupe de l'Union pour un mouvement populaire) in line with that of its associated party on 5 March 2003.{{cite web|title=Journaux Officiels - 3e séance du mardi 4 mars 2003|url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/12/cri/2002-2003/20030153.asp|publisher=Assemblée nationale|date=5 March 2003|accessdate=26 June 2017}} The group was subsequently reformed on 26 June 2007 with 314 members and 6 related following the legislative elections,{{cite news|title=Les déclarations politiques des groupes, signées de leurs membres, accompagnées de la liste de ces membres et des députés apparentés, ainsi que du nom du président du groupe, ont été remises le mardi 26 juin 2007 au Secrétariat général de la Présidence|url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/qui/declarations-groupes.asp|publisher=Assemblée nationale|date=26 June 2007|accessdate=26 June 2017}} and again on 26 June 2012 with 185 members and 11 related after legislative elections. On 2 June 2015, the name of the group was changed to The Republicans group (groupe Les Républicains) following the renaming of the party to The Republicans.{{cite web|title=Les déclarations politiques des groupes, signées de leurs membres, accompagnées de la liste de ces membres et des députés apparentés, ainsi que du nom du président du groupe, ont été remises le mardi 26 juin 2012 au Secrétariat général de la Présidence|url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/qui/declarations-groupes.asp|publisher=Assemblée nationale|date=26 June 2012|accessdate=26 June 2017}}

The UMP group in the National Assembly was initially presided over by Jacques Barrot after his election unopposed on 19 June 2002,{{cite web|title=Elu président du groupe UMP, le centriste Jacques Barrot veut en faire "un lieu de cohérence et d'action au service du gouvernement"|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2002/06/19/elu-president-du-groupe-ump-le-centriste-jacques-barrot-veut-en-faire-un-lieu-de-coherence-et-d-action-au-service-du-gouvernement_281359_1819218.html|newspaper=Le Monde|date=19 June 2002|accessdate=26 June 2002}} who later resigned to serve on the European Commission following Michel Barnier. Bernard Accoyer was elected unopposed on 4 May 2004 to replace him,{{cite news|title=Les députés du parti élisent leur président|url=http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/politique/20040503.OBS8675/les-deputes-du-parti-elisent-leur-president.html|newspaper=Le Nouvel Observateur|date=5 May 2004|accessdate=26 June 2004}} serving until June 2007, after which successfully sought to become president of the National Assembly and replaced by Jean-François Copé.{{cite news|title=Jean-François Copé élu président du groupe UMP|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2007/06/20/22124-jean-francois-cope-elu-president-du-groupe-ump.html|newspaper=La Dépêche du Midi|date=20 June 2007|accessdate=26 June 2017}} After Copé became General Secretary of the UMP, Christian Jacob was elected to succeed him on 23 November 2010.{{cite news|title=Christian Jacob succède à Jean-François Copé à la tête du groupe UMP|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2010/11/23/christian-jacob-succede-a-jean-francois-cope-a-la-tete-du-groupe-ump_1443758_823448.html|agency=Agence France-Presse; Reuters|newspaper=Le Monde|date=23 November 2010|accessdate=25 June 2017}} Jacob was re-elected most recently on 21 June 2017, collecting 62 votes against Damien Abad, who received 32 votes.{{cite news|author=Clémence Bauduin|title=Les Républicains : Christian Jacob réélu président du groupe à l'Assemblée|url=http://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/les-republicains-christian-jacob-reelu-president-du-groupe-a-l-assemblee-7789052801|agency=Agence France-Presse|publisher=RTL|date=21 June 2017|accessdate=26 June 2017}}

In the 2017 legislative elections, only 112 deputies under the label of the Republicans were elected,{{cite web|title=Elections législatives 2017|url=http://elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives-2017/FE.html|publisher=Ministry of the Interior|accessdate=25 June 2017}} a "historic reversal" for the party,{{cite news|author=Marion Mourgue|title=Législatives : un revers historique pour Les Républicains|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/elections/legislatives/2017/06/18/38001-20170618ARTFIG00281-legislatives-un-revers-historique-pour-les-republicains.php|newspaper=Le Figaro|date=18 June 2017|accessdate=26 June 2017}} with the right and centre registering its worst score in the history of the Fifth Republic, the previous record being 158 deputies in the 1981 legislative elections.{{cite news|author=Alain Auffray|title=Les Républicains traversent la tempête|url=http://www.liberation.fr/france/2017/06/18/les-republicains-traversent-la-tempete_1577781|newspaper=Libération|date=18 June 2017|accessdate=26 June 2017}} With the election of Emmanuel Macron and appointment of three right-wing ministers to his government, divisions in the right re-emerged, with a number of "constructives" interested in supporting his project. On 21 June, Thierry Solère announced the creation of a common group with the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) likely to contain 18 UDI and about 15 LR deputies. The formation of two parliamentary groups on the right represented a symbolic divorce to the two threads on the right (moderates and hardliners) and the end of the old UMP, created in 2002 to unite the right and centre.{{cite news|author=Matthieu Goar|title=Assemblée nationale : la droite consacre son divorce|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2017/06/21/la-droite-consacre-son-divorce_5148628_823448.html|newspaper=Le Monde|date=21 June 2017|accessdate=26 June 2017}}

On 27 June, Virginie Duby-Muller, Damien Abad, Valérie Lacroute, Véronique Louwagie, Frédérique Meunier, François Cornut-Gentille, Julien Aubert, Gérard Cherpion, Arnaud Viala, Guillaume Peltier, and Gilles Lurton were designated as the group's vice presidents.{{cite news|title=En direct : Mélenchon élu à la tête du groupe de La France insoumise à l'Assemblée|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2017/06/27/en-direct-manuel-valls-quitte-le-parti-socialiste_5151603_823448.html|newspaper=Le Monde|date=27 June 2017|accessdate=27 June 2017}} At the time of its formation on 27 June, the parliamentary group included 100 deputies, including 5 associated members.{{cite web|title=Groupe Les Républicains|url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/15/les-groupes-politiques/groupe-les-republicains/(block)/42227|publisher=Assemblée nationale|accessdate=28 June 2017}}

On 8 December, the constitutional council annulled the election of Ian Boucard in Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency due to the distribution of misleading electoral leaflets by the candidate; as a result, a by-election was held to fill the vacant seat in 2018, and Boucard was re-elected.{{cite web|title=Décision n°2017-5067 AN du 8 décembre 2017|url=http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/les-decisions/acces-par-date/decisions-depuis-1959/2017/2017-5067-an/decision-n-2017-5067-an-du-8-decembre-2017.150340.html|publisher=Conseil constitutionnel|date=8 December 2017|accessdate=8 December 2017}} The constitutional council subsequently annulled the election of Jean-Pierre Door, who won by 8 votes in Loiret's 4th constituency, on 18 December, triggering a by-election.{{cite web|title=Décision n° 2017-5092 AN du 18 décembre 2017|url=http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/les-decisions/acces-par-date/decisions-depuis-1959/2017/2017-5092-an/decision-n-2017-5092-an-du-18-decembre-2017.150442.html|publisher=Conseil constitutionnel|date=18 December 2017|accessdate=18 December 2017}} Marine Brenier left the UDI, Agir and Independents group to rejoin the LR group on 23 January 2018,{{cite news|title=La députée azuréenne Marine Brenier quitte les Constructifs et rejoint le groupe Les Républicains à l'Assemblée|url=http://www.nicematin.com/politique/la-deputee-azureenne-marine-brenier-quitte-les-constructifs-et-rejoint-le-groupe-les-republicains-a-lassemblee-202061|newspaper=Nice-Matin|date=23 January 2018|accessdate=3 February 2018}} and Boucard won the by-election in Territoire de Belfort, and joined the group together with Antoine Savignat after he won the by-election in Val-d'Oise.{{cite web|title=Modifications à la composition des groupes|url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/qui/recherche-d-un-depute-par-son-nom/modifications-a-la-composition-des-groupes#node_46977|publisher=Assemblée nationale|accessdate=6 February 2018}}

• Rassemblement-UMP group (2012 to 2013)
• UDR group (from 2024)

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• The Republicans group (Senate)

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