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The Republican Right group ( French : Groupe Droite républicaine , DR ), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement group (French: Groupe de l'Union pour un mouvement populaire , UMP ) from 2003 and 2015 and The Republicans group (French: Groupe Les Républicains , LR ) from 2015 to 2024, is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly including representatives of The Republicans (LR), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement .

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13-607: The Rassemblement-UMP group split from the Union for a Popular Movement group on 27 November 2012. They held 73 Members of Parliament . It dissolved in 2013. François Fillon contested the 2012 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election formed a splinter faction in the National Assembly . This article about a political party in France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Union for

26-470: A right-wing populist faction of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), later The Republicans (LR), similar to The Popular Right faction. Peltier was a founder of the anti-abortion student group Young Christian Action (Jeunesse Action Chrétienté). In 2014, he was elected as mayor of Neung-sur-Beuvron and chairman of the Communauté de Communes de la Sologne des Etangs. In 2017, he was elected to

39-699: A Popular Movement 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 ), 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. The group

52-543: The National Assembly from 2017 to 2022 . He has also served in the Departmental Council of Loir-et-Cher for the canton of Chambord since 2021 . A former member of The Republicans , Peltier joined Reconquête to support Éric Zemmour 's presidential candidacy in 2022 . Peltier is a former member of the National Front (FN) and former leader of its youth section. He led The Strong Right ,

65-591: The Fifth Republic, the previous record being 158 deputies in the 1981 legislative elections . 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

78-531: The National Assembly in the 2nd constituency of Loir-et-Cher. On 9 January 2022, Peltier joined Reconquête (R!) to become party leader Éric Zemmour 's deputy, in support of Zemmour's campaign in the 2022 presidential election . Zemmour has stated Peltier joining the party would allow it to heavily increase its access into local political structures. Earlier, Peltier was spokesman (2016–2017) and vice president (2019–2021) of The Republicans (LR). In

91-520: The UMP, Christian Jacob was elected to succeed him on 23 November 2010. Jacob was re-elected most recently on 21 June 2017, collecting 62 votes against Damien Abad , who received 32 votes. In the 2017 legislative elections , only 112 deputies under the label of the Republicans were elected, a "historic reversal" for the party, with the right and centre registering its worst score in the history of

104-605: The group together with Antoine Savignat after he won the by-election in Val-d'Oise . Guillaume Peltier Guillaume Peltier ( French pronunciation: [ɡijom pɛltje] ; born 27 August 1976) is a French politician, former teacher and business leader, who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2024 . He represented the 2nd constituency of the Loir-et-Cher department in

117-460: The group's vice presidents. At the time of its formation on 27 June, the parliamentary group included 100 deputies, including 5 associated members. 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

130-432: 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. 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

143-558: The vacant seat in 2018, and Boucard was re-elected. 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 . Marine Brenier left the UDI, Agir and Independents group to rejoin the LR group on 23 January 2018, and Boucard won the by-election in Territoire de Belfort , and joined

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156-502: Was initially presided over by Jacques Barrot after his election unopposed on 19 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, serving until June 2007, after which successfully sought to become president of the National Assembly and replaced by Jean-François Copé . After Copé became General Secretary of

169-404: Was subsequently reformed on 26 June 2007 with 314 members and 6 related following the legislative elections , 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 . The UMP group in the National Assembly

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