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.
Emmanuel Macron
Macron created the centrist political party En marche with the attempt to create a party that can cross partisan lines. Speaking on why he formed En marche, he said there is a real divide in France between "conservatives and progressives" His political platform during the 2017 French Presidential Election contained stances from both the right wing and the left wing which led to him being positioned as a "radical centrist" by Le Figaro. Macron has rejected the term "centrist" though political scientist Luc Rouban has compared his platform to former centrist president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who is the only other French president to have been elected on a centrist platform.