This article is a list of lists for the 2024 European Parliament election in France.. It shows the political parties that presented a list for this election. The lists had to be filed with the Ministry of the Interior between 6 May and 17 May 2024.
On 17 May 2024, 37 lists were filed and their order were drawn by lot. The Official Journal published the names of the candidates on 18 May. This number once again constituted a record for a national election in France. Following a decision by the Council of State, a 38th list was added on 23 May 2024. With 81 candidates per list, there was a total of 3,078 candidates in the election.
The professions of faith are visible on the website of the Ministry of the Interior.
Lists The lists are classified according to the order of the drawing of the Ministry of the Interior. List namePartiesEuropean PartyGroup2019 result2024 resultchangelead candidateFrance comes back!National Rally–French FutureIDID23.3131.37 +8.06Jordan BardellaNeed for EuropeALDE / EDPRE22.4114.60 -7.81Valérie HayerEurope EcologyThe Ecologists – EELVEGPGreens-EFA13.475.50 -8.03Marie ToussaintThe right to make the voice of France heard in EuropeThe Republicans–The CentristsEPPEPP8.487.25 -1.23François-Xavier BellamyLa France Insoumise - Popular unionMLPThe Left6.319.89 +3.58Manon AubryWake Up EuropeSocialist Party–Place PubliquePESS&D6.1913.83 +7.64Raphaël GlucksmannThe Left United for the labor worldPELThe Left2.492.36 -0.13Léon DeffontainesAnimalist Party - Animals matter, so does your voiceAnimalist PartyAPEU−2.22.0 -0.2Hélène ThouyAsselineau List - Frexit, for purchasing power and for peacePopular Republican Union−−1.21.02 -0.18François AsselineauWorkers' struggle the workers' campLutte Ouvrière−−0.80.49 -0.31Nathalie ArthaudEurope that's enough!The Patriots–VIAECPM−0.70.93 +0.23Florian PhilippotPirate PartyPirate PartyPPEU−0.10.11 +0.01Caroline ZornFree PalestineUnion of French Muslim DemocratsFPP−0.10.06 -0.04Nagib AzerguiEsperanto Common LanguageEurope–Democracy–EsperantoEDE−0.10.04 -0.06Laure Patas d'IlliersPeace and DegrowthPolitical ecology, pacifism, and the growth objection–Wheelbarrow−−0.10.02 -0.08Michel SimoninChange EuropeNew Deal−Let's Go Children−S&D0.0 0.05 -Pierre LarrouturouPACE - Party of European Citizens, for the European army, for social Europe, for the planet!Party of European Citizens−−0.00.03 +0.03Audric AlexandreRepresentative democracyRepresentative democracy−−0.00.0 -Hadama TraoréCommunist Revolutionary PartyCommunist Revolutionary Party−−0.00.01 +0.01Olivier TerrienEurope Territories EcologyEFA / VoltGreens-EFA− 0.26 -Guillaume LacroixProud FranceECRECR−5.47 +5.47Marion MaréchalFor a World Without Borders or Bosses, Urgent Revolution!New Anticapitalist Party - RevolutionaryEACL−−0.15 +0.15Selma LabibEcology at the Centre−−−1.28 -Equinox: practical ecology and democratic renewalÉquinoxe−−−0.29 -Marine CholleyPositive Ecology and TerritoriesEDP−−0.42 -Yann WehrlingFree France−−−0.02 -Francis LalanneThe Rural AllianceRésistons!−−−−2.35 -Jean LassalleWe the PeopleSovereign Republic−The call to the People−−−0.06 -For Bread, Peace and Liberty!Workers' Party−−−0.02 -Camille AdoueNo to the EU and NATO, communists for peace and social progressNational Association of Communists−−−0.01 -Charles HoareauFortress Europe — Nationalist Unity ListThe NationalistsAPF−−0.02 -Pierre-Marie BonneauFor another EuropeWe Citizens−Citizen Federation−−−0.02 -Jean-Marc FortanéFor real democracy: Let's decide for ourselves!−−−0.01 -Philippe PongeNo! Let's take ourselves in handStay Free−−−0.01 -Edouard HussonThe citizen hiveThe citizen hive−−−0.02 -Lorys ElmayanDefend the Children− −−−0.02 -Gaël Coste-MeunierFor a sovereign humanityCitizen Change−−−0.00 -Fidèl'
Detail of lists
For a sovereign humanity (Citizen change)
For a Real Democracy: Let's Decide for Ourselves! Cette liste, candidate pour la première fois aux élections européennes, de la coalition démocratique Décidons Nous-Mêmes, soutenue par le parti Decidemos prône la démocratie directe, avec le référendum d'initiative citoyenne constitutionnel comme en Suisse, la souveraineté populaire, ainsi que l’instauration du référendum d’initiative citoyenne européen confédéral. Y candidate en particulier en Yvan Bachaud, militant du référendum d'initiative citoyenne (RIC) depuis 1977.
This list, candidate for the first time in the European elections, of the democratic coalition Décidons Nous-Mêmes, supported by the Decidemos party, advocates direct democracy, with the constitutional citizens' initiative referendum as in Switzerland, popular sovereignty, as well as the establishment of the European confederal citizens' initiative referendum. In particular, candidate no. 11 , activist of the citizens' initiative referendum (RIC) since 1977.
National Rally On 3 September 2023, Jordan Bardella announced: "I will naturally lead the National Rally list for the European elections". Fabrice Leggeri announced on 17 February 2024, that he would appear in third place on the list. On 24 March, Malika Sorel announced that she was joining the list; as in second position. On 1 May, the party unveiled the first 35 names of its list during a meeting of Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen in Perpignan, list closed by the mayor of Perpignan, also vice-president of the party, Louis Aliot, who appeared in 81st place.
Parties that withdrew A number of parties intended to stand lists but later withdrew before the election.
New Anticapitalist Party The New Anticapitalist Party – The Anticapitalist (NPA-A) decided on 4 January 2024 to not to present a list alone in the European elections but instead to try to forge an agreement with La France insoumise (LFI) with a view to uniting the anti-liberal left. Finally, the party announces theFebruary 22The failure of negotiations: LFI does not wish to find itself in an alliance solely with the far-left party, after the other members of the NUPES refused to participate in a joint list, and points to fundamental disagreements on the issue of the war in Ukraine, with the NPA-A advocating for Ukraine's entry into the European Union. Philippe Poutou, one of the party's spokespeople, was nevertheless a candidate in Belgium in the French-speaking constituency, in 3rd position on the Anticapitalist Left list.
Truth and Justice for Peace Forum On 29 February 2024, Le Monde reveals that the General Directorate for Internal Security began investigating a list "serving the interests of Moscow" named "Truth and Justice for Peace Forum" and led by former National Rally MEP Jean-Luc Schaffhauser (who has since left the RN), notably behind the loan to this party by a Russian bank, "aided by pro-Russian figures close to the far right" including Pierre Plas, "former military man", journalist Dimitri de Kochko and former RN members like
Debout la France The member of parliament for Essonne's 8th constituency and the leader of Debout la France, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, announced on 26 March 2024, that he was giving up on presenting a list for the European elections for financial reasons following polls showing his party below the campaign reimbursement threshold. Weeks after the election, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan was unseated in the 2024 French legislative election.
Génération.s For the Génération.s party, the European elections period began with significant internal tensions stemming from a vote held without consulting party members regarding a possible alliance with the La France insoumise, prompting the leadership to change its national coordinators. The party, a member of the New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES), decided on 2 April 2024 to not present a candidate list (unlike the 2019 European Parliament election) and by not allying with any party in the NUPES, chose not to divide the left-wing bloc. This was to avoid involvement in the criticism between the political formations within the alliance in order to prepare for their gathering for the 2027 French presidential election. However, the former national coordinator of the movement in office before the internal discord regarding the alliance with LFI, Arash Saeidi, was to be placed in 6th position on the list headed by Manon Aubry, leaving Génération.s at the same time to join La France Insoumise.
Independent Ecological Movement The Independent Ecological Movement (MEI) announced on 22 April 2024 that they would ultimately not present a list for the European elections due to budgetary reasons. This list would have been led by Iris Nakov of the MEI and Grégory Berthault of Écologie autrement.
Centrist Alliance and Territories in Movement On 31 March 2024, following a rapprochement between their movements, Philippe Folliot of the Centrist Alliance and Jean-Christophe Fromantin of Territories in Movement merged their proposed lists. They hoped to bring on board with this list headed by Gilles Mentré. Ultimately, they announced they were withdrawing on 3 May 2024 due to insufficient funds.
Alliance Royale As in every European election since 2004, the Alliance Royale intended to field candidates. However, unable to find enough candidates to complete its list, the party had to withdraw on 16 May 2024.
The Union for a Rainbow Europe (Fair Europe) Fair Europe planned to present a list headed by , under the banner "Union for a Rainbow Europe". Ultimately, the party did not submit any list to the Minister of the Interior, due to an insufficient number of candidates, according to a party statement published on 18 May 2024.
Union of Centrists and Ecologists Antonin Duarte, president of the Green Party and the , wanted his parties to compete in these elections. Ultimately, the parties did not submit any lists to the Ministry of the Interior on 18 May 2024. According to Antonin Duarte, they withdrew to avoid multiplying the number of Green lists in the face of the rise of the far right. According to Mediapart on 7 May 2024, they had not raised enough funds to stand.
Federalist Party The Federalist Party, ed by Yves Gernigon, intended to participate in the election, as it had in the 2019 European Parliament election where it won 0.05% of the vote. Ultimately, the party did not submit any list to the Minister of the Interior, citing financial reasons according to a press release published on 19 May 2024.
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