Republican Party (France)
The Republican Party (, PR) was a conservative-liberal political party in France founded in 1977. It replaced the National Federation of the Independent Republicans that was founded in 1966. It was created by future President of France, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. It was known to be conservative in domestic, social and economic policies, pro-NATO, and pro-European.
2019 European Parliament election in France
With the political landscape on the left divided between numerous political parties and movements, several will be at risk of failing to arrive above the electoral threshold of 5% of votes needed to secure seats in the European Parliament. While the Socialist Party (PS), French Communist Party (PCF), and Génération.s – the movement of former PS presidential candidate Benoît Hamon – threatened by their electoral weakness, have called for unity on the left, their calls for unity have come into conflict with the desire of other parties to lead independent electoral lists, with Jean-Luc Mélenchon ruling out alliances with the other main parties on the left and Yannick Jadot, lead candidate for Europe Ecology – The Greens, categorically ruling out the party's participation in any common list. While the PS continued to wait for clarity regarding the potential return of Ségolène Royal to politics, her candidacy has was rejected by other parties on the left and she ultimately decided against running, while an initiative by Raphaël Glucksmann to bring together the various strands of the left has so far proven futile.