Politics Cheat Sheet: France Flashcards
Which party does Emmanuel Macron belong to?
LaRépubliqueEn Marche. Macron founded the party in 2016 and considers it a movement which is neither left nor right. Macron won the presidential elections with his new party in 2017 with 66% of the vote against Marine Le Pen.
Chirac and Sarkozy both belonged to the political party L’Union pour un Mouvement Populaire. What is the party known as today?
LesRépublicains. L’UMP was renamed and refounded in 2015.
Which party is the traditional left party?
Le Parti Socialiste (The Socialist Party)
What did the Front National change its name to?
Rassemblement National (National Rally). Marine Le Pen renamed the party in 2018.
Which party does Jean-Luc Mélenchon belong to?
La France Insoumise (Unbowed France). Mélenchon is the founder.
What was one of the reasons Marine Le Pen renamed her party?
It was part of detoxifying the party’s image and trying to shred some of the racism, homophobia and hatred that her father had symbolised when he was leader. She is deemed to have successfully watered down this image, but the RN still remains hostile to immigrants and free trade.
Who is Xavier Bertrand?
President of the northern French region Hauts-de-France. No longer a member of Les Républicains. Strong traditional-right presidential candidate.
Who is ValériePecresse?
President of the greater Paris region, Ile-de-France. No longer memberof LesRépublicains. Traditional right candidate
Who is the Mayor of Paris?
Anne Hidalgo. Also strongestcentre-left/greencandidate
Which party is EuropeEcologieLes Verts?
The Greens. Yannick Jadot is the chosen presidential candidate 2021.
What was the abstention rate in the French 2021 regional elections?
66.72%. This rose up to 80% among young people and National Rally supporters.
