The Independents – Republic and Territories group

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The Independents – Republic and Territories
Les Indépendants – République et Territoires
The Independents – Republic and Territories logo
ChamberSenate
Foundation3 October 2017
Previous name(s)Republic and Territories / The Independents group (2017)
Groupe République et Territoires / Les Indépendants
Member partiesLR
Agir
UDI
MR
DVD
PresidentClaude Malhuret
ConstituencyAllier
Representation
13 / 348
IdeologyLiberalism
Websitewww.independants-senat.fr

The Independents – Republic and Territories (French: Les Indépendants – République et Territoires, LIRT) is a parliamentary group in the French Senate including representatives of The Republicans (LR).

History

According to a report published in

such a group in the National Assembly. Discussions were also held with the centrist group in the Senate, though the consensus ultimately tilted towards the creation of a new group in the Senate, to be founded in mid-September so as to not disrupt the campaign for the 2017 renewal but be prepared to form a group after the elections on 24 September.[1] Keller confirmed the initiative to Le Monde in early September, claiming that about twenty senators close to Juppé and Le Maire were interested in the initiative, enough to form a parliamentary group, and also floated the possibility of other centrist senators joining the presumptive group. The senators described themselves as "humanists, liberals, Europeans, Girondins and open to the questions of society", distant from the conservatives in The Republicans represented by the Fillonist president of the LR group Bruno Retailleau, who hoped to lead the opposition to the policies of Emmanuel Macron in the Senate.[2]

On 14 September, ten LR senators submitted to the

president of the Senate.[3] On 2 October, Claude Malhuret officially announced that he would preside over the newly created Republic and Territories / The Independents group (groupe République et Territoires / Les Indépendants) consisting of 11 senators hoping to defend the centre-right "liberal, European and social" line,[4] with the group officially constituted on 3 October.[5] On 24 October, Malhuret submitted a request to rename it to The Independents – Republic and Territories group (groupe Les Indépendants – République et Territoires), which was accepted during the session the following day.[6]

List of presidents

Name Image Term start Term end Notes
Claude Malhuret 3 October 2017 present [4][5]

Historical membership

Year Leader Seats Change Series Notes
2017 Claude Malhuret Steady 1 [7]
2020 Increase2 2

See also
  • The Constructives: Republicans, UDI, and Independents group

References

  1. ^ Ludovic Vigogne (20 August 2017). "Au Sénat, la recomposition se précise à droite". L'Opinion. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  2. ^ Alexandre Lemarié (4 September 2017). "Les " constructifs " veulent leur groupe au Sénat". Le Monde. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  3. ^ Alexandre Lemarié (22 September 2017). "Les Constructifs créent un groupe au Sénat". Le Monde. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b François Vignal (2 October 2017). "Sénat : création du groupe "République et territoires – les indépendants" avec 11 sénateurs". Public Sénat. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Groupes politiques". Légifrance. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Séance du 25 octobre 2017 (compte rendu intégral des débats)". Sénat. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Nombre de sièges au Sénat en 2017" (PDF). Sénat. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

External links

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