Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble (Together) Alliance
- Centrist alliance | against left and right leaning politics.
- Alliance of centrist parties of France.
- Renaissance party.
- MoDem party.
- Horizons party.
En Marche! (On the Move) | France
- Political movement started by Emmanuel Macron in 2016 | for his 2017 presidential bid.
- Called the movement “neither left nor right” | renamed as La République en Marche in 2017
- La République en Marche | or The Republic on the Move.
- La République en Marche | was renamed | as Renaissance party in 2022.
New Popular Front (NFP) Coalition
- Centre-left Socialist Party
- The Greens
- Hard-left France Unbowed
- Communist Party of France
- Fought 2022 parliamentary polls together | broken | re-born for 2024.
- Against Macron’s pension and welfare benefit reforms | minimum wage to 1,600 euros a month.
National Rally (RN) Party
- Rassemblement National or RN.
- Far-right French political party | formed – 1972.
- By François Duprat and François Brigneau.
- Was known as National Front till 2018.
- Jean-Marie Le Pen | led RN | 1972 to 2011.
- Marine Le Pen | Jean-Marie Le Pen’s daughter | 2011 to 2022.
- French nationalism | anti-immigration | was accused of fostering anti-Semitism.
- Earlier demanded to leave the EU | now, instead, talks of reforming the organization.