Senate Republicans
Senate Republicans (French: Sénat les Républicains), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement (French: groupe Union pour un mouvement populaire), is a parliamentary group in the French Senate including representatives of The Republicans (LR), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement.
History
The Union for a Popular Movement group (groupe Union pour un mouvement populaire) in the
On 15 January 2008, de Rohan stood down as president of the group to assume the role of president of the Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee,
The UMP group lost its relative majority in the 2011 renewal,[9][10] after which the left took control of the upper chamber for the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic.[11] Though Gaudin remained in the Senate after the 2014 renewal, he did not wish to seek the presidency of the group, leaving it to an open contest instead.[12] On 2 October, Bruno Retailleau, a supporter of François Fillon in the disputed 2012 leadership election, was elected president of the group with 79 votes against Sarkozyist Roger Karoutchi with 39 votes and Longuet with 25.[13] On 2 June 2015, the group was renamed to The Republicans group (groupe Les Républicains) following the founding congress of the renamed party.[14]
In the 2020 French Senate election the Republicans held their majority.[15]
List of presidents
| Name | Image | Term start | Term end | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josselin de Rohan | 
|
10 December 2002 | 15 January 2008 | [1][3] |
| Henri de Raincourt | 
|
15 January 2008 | 6 July 2009 | [4][5] |
| Gérard Longuet | 
|
7 July 2009 | 7 March 2011 | [6][7] |
| Jean-Claude Gaudin | 
|
8 March 2011 | 6 October 2014 | [8][16] |
| Bruno Retailleau | .jpg)
|
7 October 2014 | present | [17] |
Historical membership
| Year | Leader | Seats | Change | Series | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Josselin de Rohan | 156 / 331 |
|
C | [2] |
| 2008 | Henri de Raincourt | 151 / 343 |
 5
|
A | [9] |
| 2011 | Gérard Larcher | 132 / 348 |
19
|
1 | [10] |
| 2014 | Jean-Claude Gaudin | 143 / 348 |
 11
|
2 | [18] |
| 2017 | Bruno Retailleau | 146 / 348 |
3
|
1 | [19] |
| 2020 | 148 / 348 |
2
|
2 | [15] |
Founding members
The UMP group was founded on 10 December 2002 with 167 members, including 93 out of 94 members of the
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Information sur la composition et les activités du Sénat". Sénat. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Nombre de sièges au Sénat en 2004" (PDF). Sénat. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ a b "TABLE NOMINATIVE 2008 – DÉBATS DU SÉNAT". Sénat. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ a b Olivier Pognon (15 January 2008). "Henri de Raincourt, nouveau président des sénateurs UMP". Le Figaro. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ a b "TABLE NOMINATIVE 2009 – DÉBATS DU SÉNAT". Sénat. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ a b Patrick Roger (8 July 2009). "Nicolas Sarkozy aux élus UMP : "Au pire ou au mieux, encore sept ans et demi avec moi"". Le Monde. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ a b "TABLE NOMINATIVE 2011 – DÉBATS DU SÉNAT". Sénat. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Jean-Claude Gaudin prend la tête du groupe UMP au Sénat". Le Monde. Agence France-Presse. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Nombre de sièges au Sénat en 2008" (PDF). Sénat. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Nombre de sièges au Sénat en 2011" (PDF). Sénat. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Pour la première fois de son histoire, le Sénat bascule à gauche". Le Monde. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ Hélène Bekmezian (28 September 2014). "Derrière les sénatoriales, la bataille pour la présidence". Le Monde. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ Matthieu Goar (2 October 2014). "Au Sénat, la deuxième lame anti-Sarkozy porte Bruno Retailleau à la présidence du groupe". Le Monde. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Sénat : le groupe UMP devient Les Républicains". Public Sénat. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ a b Chadwick, Lauren (2020-09-27). "French Senate elections: Right and centre parties maintain majority". euronews. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
- ^ "TABLE NOMINATIVE 2014 – DÉBATS DU SÉNAT". Sénat. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "TABLE NOMINATIVE 2014 – DÉBATS DU SÉNAT". Sénat. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Nombre de sièges au Sénat en 2014" (PDF). Sénat. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Nombre de sièges au Sénat en 2017" (PDF). Sénat. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
External links
- Lists of senators by political group (in French)
- Historical composition of the Senate and political groups (in French)