List of political parties in France - wikipedia List of political parties in France This article is part of a series on the Politics of France Republic Fifth Republic Constitution Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Executive President ( list ) Emmanuel Macron Prime Minister ( list ) Édouard Philippe Government Philippe II Legislature National Assembly President : François de Rugy Senate President : Gérard Larcher Congress of the French Parliament Judiciary Constitutional Council Council of State Court of Cassation Court of Audit Cour de Justice de la République Administrative divisions Regions Departments Elections Presidential Legislative Municipal Political parties Foreign relations Africa Americas Asia France and the United Nations Foreign alliances Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Related topics Human rights Political scandals France portal Other countries Atlas France has a multi-party political system : one in which the number of competing political parties is sufficiently large as to make it almost inevitable that in order to participate in the exercise of power any single party must be prepared to negotiate with one or more others with a view to forming electoral alliances and / or coalition agreements. The dominant French political parties are also characterised by a noticeable degree of intra-party factionalism, making each of them effectively a coalition in itself. Up until recently, the government of France had alternated between two rather stable coalitions : on the centre - left, one led by the Socialist Party and with minor partners such as Europe Ecology -- The Greens and the Radical Party of the Left. on the centre - right, one led by The Republicans ( and previously its predecessors, the Union for a Popular Movement, Rally for the Republic ) and the Union of Democrats and Independents. This was the case until the 2017 legislative election, when Emmanuel Macron 's party, La République En Marche !, won a large majority in parliament. This caused a political upset, as it was the first time in French history when one of the two main contemporary parties had not won. Another party that has had sizable successes is the National Front ( FN ). Since 2014, the FN has established itself as the third sizable party, finishing in 1st place in the 2014 European elections as well as in the 2015 local elections, although it still did n't manage to win any executives mostly due to the last - ditch alliance between the centre - left and the centre - right coalitions in Hauts - de-France region as well as in the South of France. Now many political observers talk about the `` tripartisme '' ( English : tripartism ) of the French political landscape. In the 2017 presidential election, Emmanuel Macron, under the banner of En Marche !, defeated Marine Le Pen. Contents 1 Elected parties 1.1 Major nationwide represented parties 1.2 Other nationwide represented parties 1.3 Region only parties 2 Non-elected parties 3 French Revolution 4 Historical parties 5 Political parties in French overseas possessions 5.1 Historical parties 6 See also 7 References Elected parties Major nationwide represented parties Acronym and Name National coalition Leader or Chairman People 's Representatives Political Position Ideology REM : La République En Marche ! None Christophe Castaner Head of State : 1 / 1 National Assembly : 311 / 577 Senate : 21 / 348 European Parliament : 0 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Centre Liberalism, social liberalism, economic liberalism, pro-Europeanism, big tent LR : The Republicans ( See also, UMP & RPR. ) None Laurent Wauquiez National Assembly : 112 / 577 Senate : 142 / 348 European Parliament : 19 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 7 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 44 / 101 Centre - right The Strong Right : Sarkozysm, liberal conservatism, social conservatism, Christian democracy The Social Right : Social liberalism, Gaullism, pro-Europeanism Modern and Humanist France : Economic liberalism, Christian democracy, pro-Europeanism Gaullism, a way forward for France : Gaullism, souverainism, Christian democracy The Popular Right : Souverainism, protectionism, euroscepticism, economic liberalism, social conservatism, liberal conservatism PS : Socialist Party New Left Olivier Faure National Assembly : 30 / 577 Senate : 86 / 348 European Parliament : 10 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 5 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 27 / 101 Centre - left Mobilise the French People for a Successful Change : Social democracy, social liberalism, pro-Europeanism Now the Left : Democratic socialism, social democracy, pro-Europeanism Other nationwide represented parties Acronym and Name National coalition Leader or Chairman People 's Representatives Political Position Ideology MoDem : Democratic Movement None François Bayrou National Assembly : 42 / 577 Senate : 6 / 348 European Parliament : 4 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 1 / 101 Centre to Centre - right Centrism, Liberalism, Social liberalism, Christian democracy FI : La France Insoumise None Jean - Luc Mélenchon National Assembly : 17 / 577 Senate : 0 / 348 European Parliament : 0 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Left - wing Democratic socialism, Eco-socialism, Left - wing populism, Environmentalism, Alter - globalisation, Soft Euroscepticism PCF : French Communist Party Left Front Pierre Laurent National Assembly : 10 / 577 Senate : 18 / 348 European Parliament : 1 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 1 / 101 Far - left Communism FN : National Front Rassemblement bleu Marine Marine Le Pen National Assembly : 8 / 577 Senate : 2 / 348 European Parliament : 22 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Right - wing to Far - right French nationalism, National conservatism, Souverainism, Protectionism, Right - wing populism, Anti-immigration, Hard Euroscepticism PR : Radical Party Union of Democrats and Independents Laurent Hénart National Assembly : 3 / 577 Senate : 11 / 348 European Parliament : 2 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Centre - right Liberalism, Social liberalism LC : The Centrists Union of Democrats and Independents Hervé Morin National Assembly : 5 / 577 Senate : 9 / 348 European Parliament : 0 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Centre to Centre - right Centrism, Conservative liberalism, Christian democracy FED : Democratic European Force Union of Democrats and Independents Jean - Christophe Lagarde National Assembly : 2 / 577 Senate : 4 / 348 European Parliament : 0 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Centre - right Centrism, Social liberalism, Pro-Europeanism, Christian democracy LGM : Modern Left Union of Democrats and Independents Jean - Marie Bockel National Assembly : 0 / 577 Senate : 1 / 348 European Parliament : 0 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Centre Social liberalism MdP : Movement of Progressives None Robert Hue National Assembly : 1 / 577 Senate : 1 / 348 European Parliament : 0 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Left - wing Democratic socialism DLF : Debout la France None Nicolas Dupont - Aignan National Assembly : 1 / 577 Senate : 0 / 348 European Parliament : 0 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Right - wing French nationalism, National conservatism, Gaullism, Republicanism, Souverainism, Social conservatism, Euroscepticism AC : Centrist Alliance None Jean Arthuis National Assembly : 2 / 577 Senate : 9 / 348 European Parliament : 1 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Centre Liberalism, Pro-Europeanism, Centrism MRC : Citizen and Republican Movement None Jean - Luc Laurent National Assembly : 1 / 577 Senate : 0 / 348 European Parliament : 0 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Left - wing Republicanism, Souverainism, Democratic socialism, Euroscepticism, Protectionism LRC - Cap21 : Citizenship, Action, Participation for the 21st Century None Corinne Lepage National Assembly : 4 / 577 Senate : 0 / 348 European Parliament : 1 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Centre to Centre - left Environmentalism, Green liberalism, Direct democracy, Humanism, Eurorealism EELV : Europe Ecology -- The Greens None David Cormand National Assembly : 1 / 577 Senate : 10 / 348 European Parliament : 5 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Centre - left Green politics, Regionalism, European federalism PG : Left Party Left Front Eric Coquerel and Danielle Simonnet National Assembly : 0 / 577 Senate : 0 / 348 European Parliament : 1 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Left - wing Democratic socialism, Left - wing populism, Environmentalism, Alter - globalisation, Soft Euroscepticism PRG : Radical Party of the Left None Sylvia Pinel National Assembly : 3 / 577 Senate : 8 / 348 European Parliament : 1 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 3 / 101 Centre - left Social liberalism, Pro-Europeanism Ensemble ! None None National Assembly : 2 / 577 Senate : 0 / 348 European Parliament : 0 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Left - wing Socialism, Eco-socialism, Anti-globalisation PE : Ecologist Party None François de Rugy National Assembly : 3 / 577 Senate : 1 / 348 European Parliament : 0 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Green politics, Green liberalism, Environmentalism, Social - liberalism, European federalism Resistons ! None Jean Lassalle National Assembly : 1 / 577 Senate : 0 / 348 European Parliament : 0 / 74 Presidency of Regional Councils : 0 / 17 Presidency of Departmental Councils : 0 / 101 Centre Ruralism, Humanism, Localism, Sovereignty Region only parties Acronym and Name National coalition Leader or Chairman Territorial councillors Ideology CPNT : Hunt, Fish, Nature, Traditions None Frédéric Nihous Regional : 6 / 1,880 Traditional rural values ; refusal of environmental legislation and regulations restricting the right to hunt and fish, conservative, Eurosceptic MEI : Independent Ecological Movement None Antoine Waechter Regional : 3 / 1,880 Green politics, Centrism, anti-nuclear NPA : New Anticapitalist Party None Christine Poupin Regional : 2 / 1,880 Anti-capitalism, democratic socialism, eco-socialism, alter - globalisation GU : Unitarian Left Left Front Christian Picquet Regional : 7 / 1,880 Anti-capitalism, democratic socialism Non-elected parties Acronym and Name National coalition Leader or Chairman Political Position PNF : French Nationalist Party None Jean - François Simon Euroscepticism, nationalism, conservatism, patriotism AF : French Action None Stéphane Blanchonnet Nationalism, monarchism, conservatism, Euroscepticism UPR : Popular Republican Union None François Asselineau French nationalism, Hard Euroscepticism AR : Royal Alliance None Pierre Bernard Monarchism, conservatism, Euroscepticism, Orléanism NAR : New Royalist Action None Bertrand Renouvin Monarchism, conservatism, Euroscepticism, gaulism LRF : France Awakens None Nicolas Taupin, Sébastien Taupin Cartesianism, rationalism, pragmatism, Enlightenment Age RD : Democratic Rally None Philippe Cartellier Monarchism, conservatism, gaulism, Capetism GE : Ecology Generation None Yves Piétrasanta Green politics, green conservatism, centre - right GR : Revolutionary Left None Collective Marxism, socialism, Trotskyism PCOF : Workers ' Communist Party of France Left Front Collective Communism, Marxism -- Leninism, hoxhaism, anti-revisionism POI : Independent Workers ' Party None Daniel Gluckstein, Claude Jenet, Jean Markun, Gérard Schivardi Trotskyism, Marxism, communism, proletarian internationalism PRCF : Pole of Communist Rebirth in France None Léon Landini Marxism - Leninism, communism, anti-capitalism, nationalism OCML - VP : Marxist -- Leninist Communist Organization -- Proletarian Way None Collective Marxism - Leninism - Maoism, communism PP : Pirate Party None Maxime Rouquet, Guillaume Lecoquierre Intellectual property reform, protection of privacy and individual liberty LO : Workers ' Struggle None Nathalie Arthaud, spokeswoman Trotskyism, internationalism, feminism PLD : Liberal Democratic Party None Aurélien Véron Classical liberalism FA : Anarchist Federation None Collective Anarchist Synthesist, anarchism without adjectives AL : Alternative Libertaire None Collective Anarchist Communism PL : Libertarian Party None Guilhem d'Urbal Libertarianism French Revolution Jacobin Club Girondist - Centre - right Maraisards - Centrism Montagnards - Left - wing Cordeliers Club Feuillants Club Historical parties Red Republicans Socialist Party of France ( 1902 ) French Socialist Party ( 1902 ) French Socialist Party ( 1919 ) Socialist Party of France -- Jean Jaurès Union Political parties in French overseas possessions List of political parties in French Guiana List of political parties in French Polynesia List of political parties in Guadeloupe List of political parties in Martinique List of political parties in Mayotte List of political parties in New Caledonia List of political parties in Reunion List of political parties in Saint - Pierre and Miquelon List of political parties in Wallis and Futuna Historical parties French India Socialist Party Mahé Socialist Party See also Liberalism and radicalism in France List of political parties References Jump up ^ `` Elections régionales : le FN vainqueur du premier tour ''. Le Monde.fr. Jump up ^ `` Régionales : le PS se retire en PACA et dans le Nord - Pas - de-Calais - Picardie ''. 6 December 2015. Jump up ^ `` Le tripartisme s'installe en France ''. Le Monde.fr. Jump up ^ `` Le tripartisme, et après ? ''. Jump up ^ `` Départementales : et maintenant le tripartisme ''. 28 March 2015. 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Question: what are the two main political parties in france
Answer: the Socialist Party