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
On 31 May, the three figures of the "The Lovers of France" presented a "common program" with president of the European Conservatives and Reformists group Ryszard Legutko in attendance, coinciding with the departure the same day of FN MEP Bernard Monot to join the party and the publication of an open letter by Le Pen inviting Dupont-Aignan to form a common list, an invitation that was apparently already privately declined, and that Dupont-Aignan publicly rejected on 3 June. However, the two agreed to review the situation again in October. The alliance between DLF and the ECR group for the European elections was made official on 21 December. On 23 September, Dupont-Aignan officially announced that he intended to lead a "union list" of the right in the 2019 European elections, a proposal which Wauquiez struck down on 11 October. Questioned by "Le Parisien" on 27 September, Dupont-Aignan confirmed that he would continue to reside within his constituency if elected as an MEP, with his alternate Lisa Haddad taking his place in the National Assembly. In an open letter obtained by Agence France-Presse on 5 October, 19 regional councillors elected under the label of the National Front in the 2015 regional elections announced their support for Dupont-Aignan's initiative for a union list. RN MEP Sylvie Goddyn, who was expelled from the party on 19 October 2018 after indicating her support for Dupont-Aignan's initiative, will be on the party's list, as will Poisson. Dupont-Aignan also secured the support of former MEP and LR member Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy and Véronique Besse, member of the Movement for France (MPF) and mayor of Les Herbiers. According to a report in "Le Figaro" published on 23 November, Dupont-Aignan also sought to invite Jean Lassalle to lead his list, though the latter declined. In November, former minister and LR member Thierry Mariani confirmed that he had received offers to join the DLF and RN lists, and would make his decision in early January. Jeannette Bougrab was also considering joining the DLF list as of January 2019.