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.
Until 2017, 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 Party Abbr. Nationalcoalition Europeanaffiliation Leader Position Ideology MPs Senators MEPs Regionalcouncils DepartmentalcouncilsNational RallyRNGRNP.eu/PfEFar-rightRenaissanceREEnsembleALDE/Renew toLiberalismFrance UnbowedLFINFPELA/GUE/NGL to far-leftSocialist PartyPSNFPPES/S&DCentre-leftto left-wingThe RepublicansLRUDC, LREPP/EPP groupto Democratic MovementMoDemEnsembleEDP/RenewCentre tocentre-rightChristian democracyHorizonsHOREnsembleRenewLiberal conservatismThe EcologistsLÉNFPEGP/Greens/EFACentre-leftto left-wingGreen politics
Other nationwide represented parties Party Abbr. Nationalcoalition Leader or chairPoliticalposition Ideology MPs Senators MEPs Regionalcouncils Departmentalcouncils Left PartyPGNFPto Union of the Right for the RepublicUDRUDRÉric CiottiFar-rightFrench Communist PartyPCFGDR, NFPFabien RousselLeft-wing Democrats and ProgressivesDPEnsembleOlivier Dussopt toUnion of Democrats and IndependentsUDIUDCJean-Christophe Lagarde toLiberalism Génération.sG.sNFPBenoît Hamonto ActEnsembleFranck RiesterCentre-rightto right-wingLIOTBertrand PancherCentreFrench FutureLAF RNJean-Philippe Tanguyto Let's Be FreeSLLR, UDCValérie PécresseCentre-rightThe AftermathNFPLeft-wing Identity–LibertiesIDLRNLaurence TrochuFar-rightDare FranceOLF LRJulien AubertGaullismPublic SquarePPNFPRaphaël GlucksmannCentre-left The CentristsLCLT, UDCHervé Morin to We FranceNFDRXavier BertrandRight-wingRally for the RepublicRPRRNFranck AllisioRight-wingto far-rightEcosocialist LeftGESLFI, NFPLeft-wingFreedom PartyPLEnsembleGuillaume KasbarianCentreThe BuildersLBAurélien PradiéCentre-rightNew EnergyNEDRDavid LisnardRight-wingRadical PartyRADEnsemble, LTLaurent Hénart,Sylvia PinelCentre Centrist AllianceACLaREMPhilippe FolliotCentreThe ConventionLCBernard CazeneuveLeft-wingTerritories44T44EcoSCollective LeadershipLeft-wingGreen politicsIn CommonECLCCécile RilhacCentre-leftGreen politicsEcology GenerationGENFPDelphine BathoCentre Ecological Revolution for the LivingREVNFPAymeric CaronLeft-wingIndependent Workers' PartyPOILFI, NFPLeft-wingMarxismRepublican and Socialist LeftGRSLFI, FGREmmanuel Maurel,Marie-Noëlle LienemannLeft-wing PEPSLFILeft-wingStand Up!D!LFI, NFPFrançois Ruffin Left-wingEco-socialismRadical Party of the LeftPRGGuillaume LacroixCentre-leftFrance AriseDLFNicolas Dupont-AignanRight-wingto far-right Democratic European ForceFEDUDI, UDCJean-Christophe Lagarde Audacious FranceLFA LRChristian EstrosiCentre-rightProgressive FederationFPThe ConventionFrançois RebsamenCentre-leftSocial liberalismProgressivismPro-EuropeanismTogether in our TerritoriesESNTT44Left-wingReconquestR!Éric ZemmourFar-right
Regional parties with national representation Territory Party Abbr. Nationalcoalition Leader or chair Députés Senators MEPs Presidency ofregional councils Presidency ofdepartmental councilsPoliticalposition IdeologyEuskal Herria BaiEH BaiNFPNikolas BlainLeft-wingto far-leftFemu a CorsicaFemuLTGilles SimeoniCentreCorsican nationalismCorsican autonomismParty of the Corsican NationPNCLTJean-Christophe AngeliniLeft-wingCorsican nationalismLeft-wing nationalismSocial democracyBonapartist Central CommitteeCCBHorizonsAndré VillanovaCentre-rightTāpura HuiraʻatiraTHEnsembleÉdouard FritchCentre-rightLiberalismAutonomismAnti-independenceTāvini HuiraʻatiraTHGDROscar TemaruLeft-wingFrench Polynesian independenceSocial democracyDemocratic socialismProgressivismA here ia PorinetiaAHIPLIOTNicole SanquerRight-wingto far-rightFrench Polynesian autonomismAnti-independenceLocal reformism French GuianaGuiana RallyGREnsembleRodolphe AlexandreCentreLiberalismPro-EuropeanismDecolonization and Social Emancipation MovementMDESNFPFabien CanavyFar-leftGuianese nationalismAnti-colonialismMarxismASEWANFPDavy RimaneLeft-wingLocalismGuianese nationalism French diasporaASFELRÉvelyne Renaud-GarabedianBig tent GuadeloupeUnited Guadeloupe, Solidary and ResponsibleGUSREnsembleGuy LosbarCentre-leftProgressive Democratic Party of GuadeloupePPDGNFPJacques Bangou Centre-leftto left-wingFGPSNFPOlivier NicolasCentre-LeftDemocratic socialismProgressivismSocial democracySocial-ecologypro-EuropeanismEko ZabymEZLIOT, Utiles Olivier ServaLocalismPéyi-AGDR, NFPJean-Philippe Nilor, Marcelin Nadeau Left-wingPost-MarxismSeparatismSocialist Federation of MartiniqueFSMSOC, NFPBéatrice Bellay Left-wingSocial DemocracyLa Martinique EnsembleLMESOC, NFPCatherine Conconne Left-wingLocalismDynamique TrinitéenneDTSOC, NFPFrederic Buval Left-wingLocalismMartinican Progressive PartyPPMNFPSerge LetchimyLeft-wingProgressivismDemocratic socialismAutonomismThe RallyLRThierry SantaRight-wingAnti-separatismGaullismConservatismLiberal conservatismChristian democracyCaledonian UnionUCGDR, EnsembleDaniel GoaCentre-leftSeparatismMelanesian socialismChristian leftGénérations NCGNCEnsembleNicolas MetzdorfCentre tocentre-rightAnti-separatismAutonomismConservative liberalismCentralismEcologism RéunionFor RéunionPLRNFPHuguette BelloLeft-wingPost-MarxismDemocratic socialismRegionalismRézistans Égalité 974RÉ974LFI, NFPJean-Hugues RatenonLeft-wingDemocratic SocialismRegionalismLe ProgrèsLPNFPLeft-wingSocial democracy Seine-Saint-DenisSeine-Saint-Denis at Heart!SSDACLFI, NFPAly DiouaraLeft-wingLocalism Saint Martin Union for DemocracyUDLRDaniel GibbsRight-wingSaint-Martinois RallyRSMLRLouis MussingtonCentre-rightAutonomism Saint Pierre and MiquelonEnsembleAnnick GirardinCentre-leftClassical radicalismSocial liberalismArchipelago TomorrowADRDSEGérard GrignonCentre-rightLiberal conservatismEconomic liberalism
Region-only parties
Represented in Metropolitan France Acronym and NameNational coalitionLeader or ChairmanRegional councillorsDepartmental councillorsIdeologyCNIP: National Centre of Independents and PeasantsBruno North French nationalismConservatismAgrarianismEuroscepticismUBD: Breton Democratic UnionR&PSNew Popular FrontLydie Massard & Pierre-Emmanuel MaraisAutonomismEnvironmentalismPro-EuropeanismOÉ: Occitanie ÉcologieJosé BovéGreen politics Cap21Corinne LepageEnvironmentalismGreen liberalismGreen politicsLMR: Rurality MovementEddie PuyjalonAgrarianism ConservatismEuroscepticismAlter-globalismMRC: Citizen and Republican MovementFederation of the Republican LeftThierry CotelleDemocratic socialism,Soft EuroscepticismSocial GaullismVIA: VIA, the Way of the PeopleReconquêteJean-Frédéric PoissonChristian democracySocial conservatismChristian rightSoft EuroscepticismUCE: Antonin DuarteGreen politicsSocial DemocracyCentrismMEI: Independent Ecological MovementAntoine WaechterGreen politicsCentrismAnti-nuclearÉAC: Ecology at the CentreJean-Marc GovernatoriGreen politicsLL: Hervé JuvinIdentarianismAnti-globalisationGreen conservatismBWR: For Brittany!André Lavanant Breton nationalismRegionalismSocialismEcologyMDA: Marseille FirstStéphane Ravier RegionalismIdentitarianismPA: Animalist PartyAntoine Stathoulias, Douchka Markovic, Hélène Thouy, Pierre MazaheriAnimal welfareAnimal rightsBE: Brittany EcologyN/AProgressivismGreen politics, European federalismAlter-globalizationRegionalismDR: Democracy and RepublicJean-Louis MassonRight-wing politicsLES: Les Écolos Solidaires N/A Green politicsLocalismIC: Ideal CitizensThe RepublicansAurélie GrosDirect democracyLFH: Humanist FranceBenoît JimenezGaullismSocial GaullismNeo-GaullismHumanismRepublicanismSocial liberalismLiberal conservatismÉP: Écologie PositiveYann WehrlingGreen politicsPro-EuropeanismVET: Vienne in Transition Collective leadershipLocalismSocialismPolitical EcologyND: New DealNew Popular FrontFelix David-Riviere & Aline MouquetProgressivism KeynesianismEuropean federalismADS: Pierre AllardSocialismProgressivismMDC: Citizens MovementThe ConventionJean-Marie AlexandreRepublicanismDemocratic socialismLRDG: The Radicals of the LeftFederation of the Republican LeftStéphane Saint-André,Isabelle Amaglio-TérisseSolidarismGreen politicsPro-EuropeanismSecularismProgressivismLS: League of the SouthJacques BompardNational conservatism, Identitarian, Anti-globalizationRegionalismPatriotismLocalismPoujadismLiberal conservatismLVP: The Popular GreensCollective leadershipEco-socialismTEM: Territories in MovementJean-Christophe FromantinLiberalismL'E: The Commitment}FGRArnaud MontebourgMAT: Marseille Avant ToutSamia GhaliLocalismGreen PoliticsLeft-wing politicsGC: SocialismProgressivismLocalism
Represented in Corsica Acronym and NameNational coalitionLeader or ChairmanCorsican Assembly councillorsIdeology RinnovuPaul-Félix BenedettiCorsican nationalismCorsican independenceSocialismHumanism CL: Corsica LiberaJean-Guy TalamoniCorsican independenceSeparatismLeft-wing nationalism
Represented in Guadeloupe Acronym and NameNational coalitionLeader or ChairmanRegional Council of GuadeloupeDepartmental Council of GuadeloupeIdeology FRAPP: Abymian Gathering Force for Progress Éric JaltonLocalismLeft-wing politics
Others: Guadeloupe Communist Party (Parti Communiste Guadeloupéen, PCG) Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe People's Union for the Liberation of Guadeloupe (Union Populaire pour la Libération de la Guadeloupe, UPLG) Guadeloupean Objective (Objectif Guadeloupéen) Pluralist Left (Gauche Pluriel) United Guadaloupe, Socialism and Realities
Represented in French Guiana