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Renaissance (French political party)
French political party / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Renaissance (RE) is a liberal and centrist political party in France.[4][5] The party was originally known as En Marche ! [lower-alpha 3][6] and later La République En Marche ![lower-alpha 4] (translated as 'The Republic on the Move' or 'Republic Forward')[7][8][9] before adopting its current name in September 2022.[10]
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| Abbreviation | RE |
| General Secretary | Stéphane Séjourné |
| President in the National Assembly | Aurore Bergé |
| President in the Senate | François Patriat |
| Honorary President | Emmanuel Macron |
| Founder | Emmanuel Macron |
| Founded | 6 April 2016; 7 years ago (2016-04-06) 17 September 2022; 12 months ago (2022-09-17) (as Renaissance) |
| Headquarters | 68, rue du Rocher 75008 Paris |
| Youth wing | Les Jeunes avec Macron |
| Membership (2023) | 30,000[1][2] |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Ensemble |
| European Parliament group | Renew Europe[3] |
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| National Assembly | 153 / 577 |
| Senate | 23 / 348 |
| European Parliament | 7 / 79 |
| Presidency of departmental councils | 2 / 95 |
| Presidency of regional councils | 1 / 17 |
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The party was founded on 6 April 2016 by Emmanuel Macron, a former Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs, who was later elected president in the 2017 French presidential election with 66.1% of the second-round vote. Presented as a pro-European party,[11][12][13] Macron considers RE to be a progressive movement, uniting both the left and the right.[12] Following that year's presidential election, the party ran candidates in the 2017 French legislative election,[14] including dissidents from the Socialist Party (PS) and the Republicans (LR) as well as minor parties. It won an absolute majority in the National Assembly, securing 308 seats.
RE accepts globalisation and wants to "modernise and moralise" French politics.[15][16][17] The movement generally accepts members from other parties at a higher rate than other political parties in France,[11][18][19] and does not impose any fees on members who want to join.[20] The party has been a member of Renew Europe, the European parliamentary group, since June 2019.[3]