Renaissance (French political party)

{{redirect-distinguish|En marche|La Marche (disambiguation){{!}}la marche|Marche (disambiguation){{!}}marche}} {{Use Oxford spelling|date=January 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox political party | abbreviation = RE | name = Renaissance | logo = Renaissance parti logo.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert | caption = | split = Socialist Party<br>The Republicans | logo_size = 150 | colorcode = {{Political party data|color}} | leader1_title = General Secretary | leader1_name = Gabriel Attal | leader2_title = Honorary President | leader2_name = Emmanuel Macron | leader3_title = Leader in the National Assembly | leader3_name = Gabriel Attal | leader4_title = Leader in the Senate | leader4_name = François Patriat | founder = Emmanuel Macron | foundation = {{start date and age|2016|4|6|df=yes}}<br />{{start date and age|2022|9|17|df=yes}} (as Renaissance) | headquarters = 68, Rue du Rocher<br>75008 Paris | youth_wing = Les Jeunes en marche | membership_year = June 2025 | membership = {{Increase}} 33,154<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/renaissance-revendique-plus-de-33-000-adherents-01-06-2025-HUM5STQDHBHDZJKT6OWPE5AK6I.php| title=Renaissance revendique plus de 33 000 adhérents| date=June 2025}}</ref> | ideology = Liberalism (French) | position = {{nowrap|Centre to centre-right{{cref|A}}}} | footnotes = {{cnote|A|Along with centre-right,{{refn|<ref name="Euronews, June 2024">{{cite news |last= Khatsenkova |first= Sophia |date= 6 June 2024 |title= EU elections: Everything you need to know about what's at stake in France |url= https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/06/06/eu-elections-everything-you-need-to-know-about-whats-at-stake-in-france |work= Euronews |access-date= 8 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="France24, May 2024">{{cite news |last= Brunet |first= Romain |date= 6 May 2024 |title= European elections: Ahead of vote, the French badly need to start doing their homework |url= https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240506-european-elections-one-month-ahead-the-french-badly-need-to-start-doing-their-homework |work= France24 |access-date= 8 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="i News, July 2024">{{cite news |last= Yeung |first= Peter |date= 2 July 2024 |title= 'Macron has failed on housing and health': Why French youth swung to far right |url= https://inews.co.uk/news/world/france-far-right-young-voter-macron-3143801 |work= i (British newspaper) |access-date= 8 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="MEI, June 2024">{{cite news |last= Farge |first= Elodie |date= 11 June 2024 |title= EU elections: French in North Africa opt for the left and its pro-Palestine stance |url= https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/european-elections-north-africa-french-opt-left-palestinian-stance |work= Middle East Eye |access-date=8 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="Vox, July 2024">{{cite news |last= Ioanes |first= Ellen |date= 8 July 2024 |title= France's elections showed a polarized country |url= https://www.vox.com/explainers/359421/france-elections-new-popular-front-macron-le-pen-melenchon |work= Vox |access-date= 8 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="Lemonde, February 2023">{{cite news |date= 16 February 2023 |title= French pension reform strikes slow before March showdown |url= https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2023/02/16/new-pensions-strike-in-france-as-mps-battle-over-reform_6016045_5.html |work= Le Monde |access-date= 8 August 2024}}</ref>}} the party has also been described as radical centrist,{{refn|<ref>{{Cite web |language=fr |title="L'extrême centre" du président Macron: politique de la vertu ou posture autoritaire ? |url=https://www.philomag.com/articles/lextreme-centre-du-president-macron-politique-de-la-vertu-ou-posture-autoritaire |publisher=Philosophie magazine |date=2022-05-05 |access-date=2023-06-09}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Corentin Pastoret |title=Emmanuel Macron " l'extrême centre " pour lutter contre l'extrême droite |url=https://www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/non-classe/emmanuel-macron-l-extreme-centre-pour-lutter-contre-l-extreme-droite-57315 |website=Public Sénat |date=2017-03-16 |access-date=2023-06-09}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |language=en-US |first=Robert |last=Zaretsky |title=The Radical Centrism of Emmanuel Macron |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/24/the-radical-centrism-of-emmanuel-macron/ |publisher=Foreign Policy |date=2017-04-24 |access-date=2023-08-04}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|language=en-US|first1=James|last1=McAuley|title=Macron's 'radical centrism' sure looks a lot like conservatism|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2023-04-08|issn=0190-8286|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/macrons-radical-centrism-sure-looks-a-lot-like-conservatism/2017/05/17/9b3fc926-3a30-11e7-a59b-26e0451a96fd_story.html|access-date=2023-08-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|language=en|author1=Maher Nicolas Firzli|title=La République En Marche: Macron's Resolute Walk Towards Radical Centrism|publisher=Radix|date=10 May 2018|ssrn=3167188 |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3167188|format=pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|lang=en-US|first1=Isaac|last1=Chotiner|title=Will Macron's Centrism Defeat France's Growing Right Wing?|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2022-04-14|issn=0028-792X|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/will-macrons-centrism-defeat-frances-growing-right-wing|access-date=2023-08-04}}</ref>}} right-wing,{{refn|<ref>{{cite magazine|language=en |author=Ryan Johnston |title=Comparing France's La Republique en Marche and Poland's Law and Justice Party |magazine=The Journal of Foreign Affairs at Carolina |volume=VIII |number=I |publication-date=Fall 2022 |pages=11 |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f190f40621c166b045a6630/t/641b02b18135c778e17eb99e/1679491763801/VIII.I.Fall+2022.pdf |accessdate=9 June 2023 }}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-08-04 |date=2018-05-07 |language=en |title=One year on, Macron governs as a right-wing French president |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180506-france-centrist-emmanuel-macron-governs-right-wing-french-president |website=France 24}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=3 June 2023 |author=Charles Guyard |date=24 May 2023 |publisher=lepoint.fr |title=Les adieux de l'ex-maire de Saint-Brevin au terme d'un " tourbillon médiatique " |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/les-adieux-de-l-ex-maire-de-saint-brevin-au-terme-d-un-tourbillon-mediatique-24-05-2023-2521542_23.php |website=Le Point}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-02-04 |date=2024-01-17 |language=fr |title=Pour la presse, Emmanuel Macron " ancre le macronisme à droite " |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/politique-societe/emmanuel-macron-president/pour-la-presse-emmanuel-macron-ancre-le-macronisme-a-droite-2046817 |website=Les Échos}}</ref>}} or a {{nowrap|big tent/catch-all party.{{refn|<ref name="Présidentielle : Macron le candidat attrape-tout">{{cite web|date=17 November 2016 |language=fr-FR |periodical=Le Parisien |title=Présidentielle : Macron le candidat attrape-tout |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/macron-le-candidat-attrape-tout-17-11-2016-6337350.php}}.</ref><ref name="conversation27janv2017">{{cite web|first=Virginie | last=Martin |date=26 January 2017 |periodical=La Tribune |title=Emmanuel Macron, le candidat attrape-tout |url=https://theconversation.com/emmanuel-macron-le-candidat-attrape-tout-71751}}.</ref><ref name="figaro2mars2017">{{cite web|date=2 March 2017 |language=fr |periodical=Le Figaro |title=Emmanuel Macron dévoile enfin son projet attrape-tout |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/elections/presidentielles/2017/03/02/35003-20170302ARTFIG00320-emmanuel-macron-devoile-enfin-son-projet-attrape-tout.php |url-access=subscription}}</ref>}}}}}} | europarl = Renew Europe<ref name="influence"/> | anthem = Freedom justice brotherhood | national = Ensemble | colours = {{ublist | {{color box|#03215A|border=darkgray}} Navy (official) | {{color box|{{Political party data|color}}|border=darkgray}} Yellow (customary) }} | seats1_title = National Assembly | seats1 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}} | seats2_title = Senate | seats2 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-upper-house}} | seats3_title = European Parliament | seats3 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP}} | seats4_title = Presidency of departmental councils | seats4 = {{composition bar|2|95|{{Political party data|color}}}} | seats5_title = Presidency of regional councils | seats5 = {{composition bar|1|17|{{Political party data|color}}}} | website = {{Political party data|website}} | country = France }} '''Renaissance''' ('''RE''') is a political party in France that is typically described as liberal and centrist{{refn|<ref name="KesselmanKrieger2018">{{cite book |author1=Mark Kesselman |author2=Joel Krieger |author3=William A. Joseph |title=Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R69EDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 |year=2018 |publisher=Cengage Learning |isbn=978-1-337-56044-3 |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Pineau |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Dalmasso |first2=Louise |date=June 12, 2024 |title=Anger among French conservatives as party chief wants election deal with far right |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-left-wing-parties-pledge-team-up-snap-elections-2024-06-11/ |access-date=June 12, 2024 |website=Reuters}}</ref>}} or centre-right.{{refn|<ref name="Euronews, June 2024"/><ref name="France24, May 2024"/><ref name="i News, July 2024"/><ref name="MEI, June 2024"/><ref name="Vox, July 2024"/><ref name="Lemonde, February 2023"/>}} The party was originally known as '''{{lang|fr|En Marche !}}''' ('''EM'''){{efn|{{IPA|fr|ɑ̃ maʁʃ|lang}} In French, exclamation marks are preceded by a space. English-language media typically omit the space.}}<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Chrisafis |first1=Angelique |date=17 February 2017 |title=Emmanuel Macron: the French outsider who would be president |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/17/emmanuel-macron-the-french-outsider-president |access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> and later '''{{lang|fr|La République En Marche !}}''' ({{Translation|The Republic on the Move}}),<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/07/world/europe/emmanuel-macron-france-election-marine-le-pen.html |title=Macron, Well Ahead of Le Pen, Is Poised to Be President of France |last=Rubin |first=Alissa J. |date=7 May 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=7 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39825005 |title=French election: What next for Macron after win? |last=Williamson |first=Lucy |date=7 May 2017 |work=BBC News |access-date=9 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=Andrew |last1=Callus |first2=Emmanuel |last2=Jarry |title=Macron Launches French Presidential Bid as Polls Show Tight Race |date=16 November 2016 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-idUSKBN13A2XH |work=Reuters |access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> '''LREM''', '''LaREM''' or '''REM'''), before adopting its current name in September 2022.<ref name=":4" /> RE is the leading force of the centrist Ensemble coalition, coalesced around Emmanuel Macron's original presidential majority.

The party was established on 6 April 2016 by Macron, a former Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs, who was later elected president in the 2017 presidential election with 66.1% of the second-round vote. Subsequently, the party ran candidates in the 2017 legislative election,<ref>{{cite news |title=Législatives : En marche ! fera connaître d'ici jeudi à midi ses 577 candidats |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2017/05/08/97001-20170508FILWWW00175-legislatives-en-marche-fera-connaitre-jeudi-a-midi-ses-577-candidats.php |newspaper=Le Figaro |date=8 May 2017 |access-date=8 May 2017}}</ref> including dissidents from the Socialist Party (PS) and the Republicans (LR), as well as minor parties, winning an absolute majority in the National Assembly. Macron was re-elected in the 2022 presidential election, but the party lost its absolute majority in the 2022 legislative election.

Macron conceived RE as a progressive movement, uniting both left and right.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2017/article/2016/08/20/macron-precise-son-projet-progressiste-pour-2017_4985391_4854003.html |title=Macron précise son projet " progressiste " pour 2017 |first=Patrick |last=Roger |date=20 August 2016 |work=Le Monde}}</ref> RE supports pro-Europeanism<ref name="Le Monde">{{cite news|title=Emmanuel Macron a Berlin pour se donner une stature européenne|date=10 January 2017|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2017/article/2017/01/10/emmanuel-macron-a-berlin-pour-se-donner-une-stature-europeenne_5060405_4854003.html|work=Le Monde|access-date=2 June 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.europe1.fr/politique/macron-veut-voir-son-projet-progressiste-defendu-en-2017-2783443 |title=Macron veut voir son 'projet progressiste' défendu en 2017 |access-date=9 August 2017 |language=fr-FR}}|work=Europe 1</ref> and globalization and wants to "modernise and moralise" French politics.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://storage.googleapis.com/en-marche-fr/G%C3%89N%C3%89RAL/charte.pdf|title=Site officiel d'En Marche ǃ – Une charte pour avancer ensemble}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/02/06/emmanuel-macron-liberal-centrist-movement/|title=Emmanuel Macron and the building of a new liberal-centrist movement|work=EUROPP |date=6 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2017/article/2017/02/24/le-projet-d-emmanuel-macron-est-social-liberal_5085093_4854003.html|title=" Le projet d'Emmanuel Macron est social-libéral "|date=24 February 2017|work=Le Monde}}</ref> The party has accepted members from other political parties at a higher rate than other parties in France,<ref name="Le Monde"/><ref name="Monde060416" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/04/21/2560398-en-marche-en-campagne-sur-le-marche.html|title="En marche !" en campagne sur le marché|work=La Dépêche du Midi}}</ref> and does not impose any fees on members who want to join.<ref name=":3" /> The party has been a founding member of Renew Europe, the political group of the European Parliament representing liberals and centrists, since June 2019.<ref name="influence">{{Cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-election-france-macron/despite-bruised-ego-macron-starts-real-campaign-for-brussels-influence-idUSKCN1SX12L |title = Despite bruised ego, Macron starts real campaign for Brussels influence|newspaper = Reuters|date = 27 May 2019}}</ref>

== History == === Foundation === La Gauche Libre, the think tank for the movement, was declared as an organization on 1 March 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/association/index.php?ACTION=Rechercher&HI_PAGE=1&HI_COMPTEUR=0&original_method=get&WHAT=W751233085&JTH_ID=&JAN_BD_CP=&JRE_ID=&JAN_LIEU_DECL=&JTY_ID=&JTY_WALDEC=&JTY_SIREN=&JPA_D_D=&JPA_D_F=&rechercher.x=40&rechercher.y=4 |title=Consulter les annonces du JO Association< |website=journal-officiel.gouv.fr |language=fr |access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref> Afterwards, lesjeunesavecmacron.fr was registered as a domain on 23 June 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whois.com/whois/lesjeunesavecmacron.fr |title=Whois lesjeunesavecmacron.fr |website=whois.com |access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref> Eventually, two Facebook pages<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/lagauchelibre/ |title=Security Check Required |website=facebook.com |access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/VisionMacron/ |title=Security Check Required |website=facebook.com |access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2018}}were created and an extra domain registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whois.com/whois/vision-macron.fr |title=Whois vision-macron.fr |website=whois.com |access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref> Another organization was eventually created by Macron, declared as L'Association pour le renouvellement de la vie politique<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/association/index.php?ACTION=Rechercher&HI_PAGE=1&HI_COMPTEUR=0&original_method=get&WHAT=W943004354&JTH_ID=&JAN_BD_CP=&JRE_ID=&JAN_LIEU_DECL=&JTY_ID=&JTY_WALDEC=&JTY_SIREN=&JPA_D_D=&JPA_D_F=&rechercher.x=40&rechercher.y=4 |title=Consulter les annonces du JO Association< |website=journal-officiel.gouv.fr |language=fr |access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref> and registered as a micro-party in January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/association/index.php?ACTION=Rechercher&HI_PAGE=1&HI_COMPTEUR=0&original_method=get&WHAT=W943004355&JTH_ID=&JAN_BD_CP=&JRE_ID=&JAN_LIEU_DECL=&JTY_ID=&JTY_WALDEC=&JTY_SIREN=&JPA_D_D=&JPA_D_F=&rechercher.x=40&rechercher.y=4 |title=Consulter les annonces du JO Association< |website=journal-officiel.gouv.fr |language=fr |access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref> This was following en-marche.fr being claimed as a domain.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whois.com/whois/en-marche.fr |title=Whois en-marche.fr |website=whois.com |access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref> L'Association pour le renouvellement de la vie politique was then registered as EMA EN MARCHE in March 2016.<ref name=":2" />

En Marche! was established on 6 April 2016 in Amiens by Emmanuel Macron, then aged 38,<ref name="Monde060416" /> with the help of political advisor Ismaël Emelien.<ref name="lemondeismaelemelienlebrasdroit">{{cite news |last1=Pietralunga |first1=Cédric |title=Ismaël Emelien, le bras droit d'Emmanuel Macron |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/m-moyen-format/article/2016/12/19/ismael-emelien-le-bras-droit-d-emmanuel-macron_5051058_4497271.html |access-date=8 May 2017 |work=Le Monde |date=19 December 2016}}</ref> The initials of the name of the party are the same as the initials of Macron's name.<ref>{{cite web |title=Emmanuel Macron: son mouvement "En marche" fait bien rire les internautes |work=Planet |access-date=24 April 2017 |url=http://m.planet.fr/politique-emmanuel-macron-son-mouvement-en-marche-fait-bien-rire-les-internautes.1054336.29334.html |date=11 April 2016 |archive-date=25 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425030835/http://m.planet.fr/politique-emmanuel-macron-son-mouvement-en-marche-fait-bien-rire-les-internautes.1054336.29334.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web |title='En marche': le bébé du ministre fait ses premiers pas |work=Libération.fr |access-date=24 April 2017 |date=20 April 2016 |url=http://www.liberation.fr/france/2016/04/20/en-marche-le-bebe-du-ministre-fait-ses-premiers-pas_1447557}}</ref>

The announcement of En Marche! was the first indication by Macron that he was planning to run for President,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2017/article/2016/04/07/le-pari-liberal-d-emmanuel-macron_4897752_4854003.html |title=Le pari libéral d'Emmanuel Macron |last=Wieder |first=Thomas |date=7 April 2016 |work=Le Monde.fr |access-date=9 August 2017 |language=fr |issn=1950-6244}}</ref> with Macron using En Marche! to fundraise for the potential presidential run.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/coulisses/2016/05/18/25006-20160518ARTFIG00273-les-levees-de-fond-au-profit-d-emmanuel-macron-se-poursuivent.php |title=Les levées de fonds au profit d'Emmanuel Macron se poursuivent |last=Mourgue |first=Marion |date=18 May 2016 |work=Le Figaro |access-date=9 August 2017 |language=fr-FR |issn=0182-5852}}</ref> The launch of the party was widely covered throughout the media<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://lelab.europe1.fr/la-folle-sequence-mediatique-demmanuel-macron-2726665 |title=La folle séquence médiatique d'Emmanuel Macron |access-date=9 August 2017 |language=fr-FR |archive-date=6 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806061833/http://lelab.europe1.fr/la-folle-sequence-mediatique-demmanuel-macron-2726665 |url-status=dead|work=Europe 1 }}</ref> and media coverage continued to peak as tensions rose among Macron and other government ministers as his loyalty was questioned.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://lelab.europe1.fr/emmanuel-macron-refuse-detre-loblige-de-francois-hollande-2726290|title=Finalement, le parti d'Emmanuel Macron est "et de droite, et de gauche" (mais surtout progressiste)|access-date=9 August 2017|language=fr-FR|work=Europe 1|archive-date=24 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424111150/http://lelab.europe1.fr/emmanuel-macron-refuse-detre-loblige-de-francois-hollande-2726290|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the weeks following the creation of En Marche!, Macron soared in the opinion polls, coming to be seen as the main competitor on the left.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/21/04/2016/lesechos.fr/021861555226_a-quoi-joue-emmanuel-macron--.htm |title=A quoi joue Emmanuel Macron ? |date=21 April 2016 |website=Les Échos |location=France |access-date=9 August 2017 |archive-date=6 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806222600/https://www.lesechos.fr/21/04/2016/lesechos.fr/021861555226_a-quoi-joue-emmanuel-macron--.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/04/16/2326645-macron-l-envol-dans-les-sondages.html |title=Macron : l'envol dans les sondages |work=La Dépêche du Midi |access-date=9 August 2017 |language=fr}}</ref>

The creation of En Marche! was welcomed by several political figures including Najat Vallaud-Belkacem,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.europe1.fr/politique/macron-lance-son-mouvement-jadhere-assez-vallaud-belkacem-2713600 |title=Macron lance son mouvement :"J'adhère assez" (Vallaud-Belkacem) |access-date=9 August 2017 |language=fr-FR|work=Europe 1}}</ref> Jean-Pierre Raffarin<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/la-marche-de-macron-regale-raffarin-estrosi-n-y-croit-pas-07-04-2016-5694001.php |title=La "marche" de Macron régale Raffarin, et fait rire Mélenchon |date=7 April 2016 |work=Le Parisien |access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref> and Pierre Gattaz,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.europe1.fr/politique/macron-et-son-mouvement-en-marche-cest-rafraichissant-estime-pierre-gattaz-2713717 |title=Macron et son mouvement 'En Marche' : "c'est rafraîchissant", estime Pierre Gattaz |access-date=9 August 2017 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> although it was also criticised by Jean-Luc Mélenchon<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.lepoint.fr/politique/macron-raffarin-ne-voit-pas-d-incompatibilite-avec-juppe-en-2017-07-04-2016-2030574_20.php |title=Macron: le Medef séduit, Mélenchon rigole, Philippot dénonce |last=Pérou |first=Olivier |date=7 April 2016 |work=Le Point |access-date=9 August 2017 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> and Christian Estrosi.

In an attempt to create the party's first campaign platform, Macron and head of operations Ludovic Chaker<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lalettrea.fr/action-publique/2016/07/07/les-bebes-macron-font-leurs-premiers-pas-avec-en-marche,108173732-ARL |title=Les bébés Macron font leurs premiers pas avec En Marche – La Lettre A N° 1737 |website=lalettrea.fr |language=fr |access-date=9 August 2017|date=7 July 2016 }}</ref> recruited 4,000 volunteers<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/rue89/rue89-politique/20161116.RUE3756/comment-emmanuel-macron-a-fait-son-diagnostic.html |title=Comment Emmanuel Macron a fait son "diagnostic" |work=L'Obs |access-date=9 August 2017 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> to conduct door-to-door surveys of 100,000 people, using the information gained to create a programme closer to the French electorate.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/topnews/20160528.REU4564/emmanuel-macron-lance-sa-grande-marche-vers-un-plan-d-action.html |title=Emmanuel Macron lance sa 'Grande Marche' vers un "plan d'action" |work=L'Obs |access-date=9 August 2017 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

Later that year,<ref name="plowright">{{cite book |last1=Plowright|first1=Adam|language=en|title=The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron – The Extraordinary Rise and Risk|publisher=Icon Books Limited|date=14 September 2017|isbn=9781785783128|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OfAlDwAAQBAJ&q=adam+plowright+macron+ludovic+chaker&pg=PT259|access-date=26 July 2019}}</ref> Chaker structured the movement and became the first general secretary of Emmanuel Macron's party En Marche! and its first official employee.<ref name="plowright" /> He was then appointed as deputy general secretary and coordinator of Macron's campaign operations for the 2017 French presidential election.<ref name="midi">{{cite web|language=fr |first1=Manuel |last1=Caudel |title=Macron fait le plein de soutiens|url= http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/04/25/presidentielle-2017-macron-fait-le-plein-de-soutien,1497805.php |date=25 April 2017 |work=Midi Libre}}</ref>

=== 2017 legislative election === {{main|2017 French legislative election}}

[[File:Emmanuel Macron (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Emmanuel Macron]] thumb|upright|Logo of the Presidential Majority coalition of LaREM, MoDem and other liberal and centrist parties La République En Marche! ran candidates in most constituencies. At least half its candidates came from civil society,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lepetitjournal.net/32-gers/2017/05/23/rapidite-efficacite/|title=Rapidité; efficacité ?… - Gers|date=23 May 2017|website=Le Petit Journal}}</ref> the other half having previously held political office and half were women. Candidates could not be selected for more than one constituency.<ref name="EM">{{cite news |title=Législatives: les candidats de "La République en marche" investis d'ici à jeudi |url=http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/elections/legislatives-les-candidats-de-la-republique-en-marche-investis-d-ici-a-jeudi_1906237.html |newspaper=L'Express |date=8 May 2017 |access-date=9 May 2017}}</ref> In addition to those parameters, Macron specified in his initial press conference on 19 January that he would require that candidates demonstrate probity (disqualifying any prospective candidates with a criminal record), political plurality (representing the threads of the movement) and efficacy. Those wishing to seek the endorsement of LREM had to sign up online<ref>{{cite news |author=Nathalie Raulin |title=Macron lance un appel à ses "marcheurs" pour les investitures aux législatives |url=http://www.liberation.fr/elections-presidentielle-legislatives-2017/2017/01/19/macron-lance-un-appel-a-ses-marcheurs-pour-les-investitures-aux-legislatives_1542650 |work=Libération |date=19 January 2017 |access-date=9 May 2017 |archive-date=1 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301192552/http://www.liberation.fr/elections-presidentielle-legislatives-2017/2017/01/19/macron-lance-un-appel-a-ses-marcheurs-pour-les-investitures-aux-legislatives_1542650 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the movement received nearly 15,000 applications.

When dealing with nominations sought by those in the political world, the party considered the popularity, establishment and media skills of applicants, with the most difficult cases adjudicated by Macron himself. To present themselves under the label of La République En Marche!, outgoing deputies had to leave the Socialist Party (PS) or the Republicans (LR).<ref>{{cite news |author=William Galibert |title=Élections législatives: un comité d'investiture déjà à l'oeuvre dans le camp d'En Marche! |url=http://www.europe1.fr/politique/elections-legislatives-un-comite-dinvestiture-deja-a-loeuvre-dans-le-camp-den-marche-3311846 |publisher=Europe 1 |date=26 April 2017 |access-date=9 May 2017}}</ref> Macron previously said the legislative candidates would have to leave the PS before they could join LREM, though on 5 May 2017 Macron waived this requirement.<ref name="EM" /><ref name="valeursactuellesdejafaceases">{{cite news |url=https://www.valeursactuelles.com/politique/emmanuel-macron-deja-face-ses-incoherences-82921 |title=Emmanuel Macron déjà face à ses incohérences |date=8 May 2017 |work=Valeurs actuelles |access-date=8 May 2017}}</ref> However, then-spokesperson of LREM Christophe Castaner later said they could stay in the PS as long as they supported Macron.<ref name="valeursactuellesdejafaceases" /> Moreover, spokesperson Jean-Paul Delevoye said the members of civil society could be mayors or members of regional councils and departmental councils.<ref name="valeursactuellesdejafaceases" />

After François Bayrou endorsed Macron in February, the Democratic Movement (MoDem), which he leads, reserved 90 constituencies for MoDem candidates (running under the label of La République En Marche!), of which 50 were reported by ''Le Figaro'' to be winnable.<ref>{{cite news |title=Législatives: accord MoDem-En marche! |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2017/05/05/97001-20170505FILWWW00222-legislatives-accord-entre-modem-et-en-marche.php |newspaper=Le Figaro |date=5 May 2017 |access-date=9 May 2017}}</ref>

On 15 May 2017, the secretary general of the presidency announced the appointment of Édouard Philippe, a member of LR, as Prime Minister.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-edouard-philippe-french-pm-20170515-story.html |title=Day 1 for French President Macron: visit to Germany and naming of prime minister |date=15 May 2017 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=15 May 2017 |issn=0458-3035 |quote=[...] the announcement of Philippe's appointment, delivered by the presidency's new secretary general, took just eight seconds.}}</ref>

On 18 June 2017, La République En Marche! won an absolute majority in the National Assembly, securing 308 seats (or 53% of the seats) while collecting only 28.21% of the vote on the first round, and 43.06% on the second round. Additionally, MoDem secured 42 seats. LREM became France's party of power, in support of the President.

=== 2017 Senate election and first party congress === In the 2017 Senate election, La République En Marche! lost seats, ending up with 21, seven fewer than before.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senat.fr/senateurs/grp.html|title=Liste des sénateurs par groupes politiques - Sénat|last=français|first=Sénat|website=www.senat.fr|access-date=2018-08-31}}</ref> While hoping to double its representatives in the Senate,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2017/09/24/emmanuel-macron-et-la-republique-en-marche-a-larret-apres-les-senatoriales_a_23221170/|title=Macron en marche arrière et les autres leçons de ces sénatoriales|date=2017-09-24|work=Le Huffington Post|access-date=2018-08-31|language=fr-FR}}</ref> party officials noted that due to the electoral system of indirect universal suffrage, where deputies, senators and regional councilors elect senators, the party had a disadvantage due to being new.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lindependant.fr/2017/09/25/senatoriales-la-droite-renforcee-macron-et-la-republique-en-marche-tenus-en-echec,3054542.php|title=Sénatoriales : la droite renforcée, Macron et La République en marche tenus en échec|work=lindependant.fr|access-date=2018-08-31|language=fr}}</ref>

In the same month, it was announced that the first party congress was to be held in Lyon. The first gathering of party members and representatives, party spokesman, Christophe Castaner announced his candidacy on 25 October 2017 with the endorsement of President Macron, allowing him to run unopposed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/castaner-annonce-sur-rtl-sa-candidature-a-la-direction-generale-de-rem-7790661945|title=Christophe Castaner annonce sa candidature à la délégation générale de REM|work=RTL.fr|access-date=2018-08-31|language=fr-FR}}</ref> The congress took place on the 19 November 2017 and Castaner was elected the Executive Officer and leader<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20171118-france-macron-party-new-leader-lrem-en-marche|title=Macron's party picks new leader amid internal wrangling - France 24|date=2017-11-18|work=France 24|access-date=2018-08-31|language=en-US}}</ref> of the party by a council of 800 people, with a quarter being members of the party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/christophe-castaner-emmanuel-macron-french-government-spokesman-castaner-takes-helm-of-macrons-party/|title=French government spokesman Castaner takes helm of Macron's party|date=2017-11-18|work=POLITICO|access-date=2018-08-31|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://en-marche.fr/articles/actualites/liste-membres-du-conseil-larem|title=Liste des membres du Conseil de La République En Marche ! {{!}} La République En Marche !|date=2017-10-20|work=La République En Marche !|access-date=2018-08-31|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105095424/https://en-marche.fr/articles/actualites/liste-membres-du-conseil-larem|archive-date=5 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Castaner was elected for a term of three years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lepoint.fr/politique/castaner-prend-la-tete-de-la-republique-en-marche-pour-la-remettre-en-mouvement-18-11-2017-2173262_20.php|title=Castaner prend la tête de LREM pour la remettre en mouvement|date=2017-11-18|work=Le Point|access-date=2018-08-31|language=fr-FR}}</ref> The congress generated media attention for criticism surrounding it, including a walk-out by attendees of the congress where a hundred attendees resigned from the party citing a lack of internal democracy and corruption.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/364376440/Tribune-des-100-democrates-de-La-Republique-en-marche?secret_password=xJkteUzA8njcE7s2k4WZ#from_embed|title=Tribune des "100 démocrates de La République en marche|website=Scribd|language=en|access-date=2018-08-31}}</ref>

The first by-election of the 15th National Assembly of France in Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency, which was a La République En Marche! seat, was called after it was ruled that deputy Isabelle Muller-Quoy's replacement Michel Alexeef was ineligible under the electoral code.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/pontoise-95300/legislatives-dans-la-1re-circonscription-du-val-d-oise-les-recours-enfin-examines-14-11-2017-7392732.php|title=Législatives dans la 1re circonscription du Val-d'Oise : les recours enfin examinés|date=2017-11-14|time=CET19:35:41+01:00|work=leparisien.fr|access-date=2018-08-31|language=fr}}</ref> Muller-Quoy, who had won the first round by 18 percentage points in 2017, won the first round of the by-election by only 5 percentage points, and went on to lose the seat to the LR candidate Antoine Savignat.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/legislative-partielle-antoine-savignat-lr-elu-dans-le-val-d-oise-7792129314|title=Législative partielle : Antoine Savignat (LR) élu dans le Val-d'Oise|work=RTL.fr|access-date=2018-08-31|language=fr-FR}}</ref> The race was the first loss the party had endured in the National Assembly.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/2017/11/16/25001-20171116ARTFIG00122-l-election-d-une-deputee-lrem-du-val-d-oise-invalidee.php|title=L'élection d'une députée LREM du Val d'Oise invalidée|date=2017-11-16|work=FIGARO|access-date=2018-08-31|language=fr-FR}}</ref> Several subsequent by-elections showed a 10% overall swing against La République En Marche! since the June 2017 legislative elections.

=== 2019 European Parliament election === thumb|upright|Logo of the Renaissance list of LREM, MoDem and other liberal parties Ahead of the 2019 European Parliament election, La République En Marche! was widely expected to formalise a cooperation agreement with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), the main liberal-centrist group in the European Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-liberal-alde-love-affair-goes-cold/|title=Macron's liberal love affair goes cold|last=Baume|first=Maïa de La|date=18 January 2019|website=Politico}}</ref> However, amid the domestic upheaval caused by the Gilets Jaunes protests and the broader rise of nationalist and populist forces across Europe, President Emmanuel Macron recalibrated his strategy. Rather than aligning LREM directly with the existing ALDE brand, Macron chose to lead a more autonomous, pro-European campaign under the banner of ''Renaissance'', framing it as a call for continental political renewal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-lrem-renaissance-reborn-again-as-name-of-macrons-campaign/|title=Renaissance reborn again — as name of Macron's campaign|last=Baume|first=Maïa de La|date=6 March 2019|website=Politico|access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref>

Following the election—during which the Renaissance list secured a strong second-place finish in France—LREM and its allies played a central role in the reorganisation of the ALDE parliamentary group. This process culminated in the launch of a new centrist and liberal alliance: Renew Europe, officially formed in June 2019. The group brought together Macron's Renaissance list, ALDE-affiliated parties, and other like-minded liberal and pro-European movements from across the European Union, making Renew Europe the third-largest political group in the European Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-12 |title=EU Parliament: Liberal ALDE group rebrands as 'Renew Europe' |url=http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2019/06/12/eu-parliament-liberal-alde-group-rebrands-as-renew-europe |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=euronews |language=en}}</ref>

=== 2020 municipal elections === For the 2020 French municipal elections, La République En Marche! (LREM) set itself the ambitious objective of electing around 10,000 municipal councillors nationwide. Following the first round, party officials reported having already secured approximately 6,000 seats, mainly in small towns and rural communes.<ref name="20 Minutes">{{cite web|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/municipales/2810355-20200629-resultats-municipales-trop-jeune-parti-zero-deroute-electorale-lrem-revendique-146-maires-soutenus-investis|title=Trop jeune, parti de zéro… LREM accuse le coup après son échec|publisher=20 Minutes|date=29 June 2020|access-date=9 September 2025}}</ref> The party invested 592 lead candidates (''têtes de liste'') in municipalities with more than 9,000 inhabitants, of whom 289 were official LREM members.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}

Between the two rounds, LREM pursued a strategy of forging local alliances—76 with right-leaning lists and 33 with left-leaning ones—in towns over 9,000 residents.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}} In several large cities, such as Bordeaux, Strasbourg, and Tours, the party aligned with centre-right incumbents to counter rising ecological or left-wing lists. According to party leadership, this skew toward the right was largely due to the political landscape inherited from the 2014 municipal elections, where the right had made significant gains. Marie Guévenoux, co-president of LREM's national investiture commission, justified the imbalance by saying that the party would have "preferred to forge alliances with the left," but left-wing groups generally declined to cooperate.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}

Despite the party's confident outlook following previous successes in the 2017 legislative and 2019 European elections, LREM ultimately failed to win any major city. It claimed 146 mayors invested or supported in municipalities with more than 9,000 inhabitants, and only three municipalities over 30,000 residents—all of which were victories by right-wing incumbents supported (but not officially labeled) by LREM.<ref name="20 Minutes"/>

In key symbolic cities such as Paris and Lyon, where the party had invested heavily, its candidates suffered heavy defeats, often finishing in third or fourth place.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}} In Bordeaux, an alliance with the outgoing right-wing mayor failed to block a surge by the ecologists. Across the country, a “green wave” led by EELV swept through major urban centres, including Lyon, Strasbourg, and Bordeaux, dashing LREM's hopes of a metropolitan breakthrough.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20200625-french-municipal-elections-2020-city-by-city-the-great-battles-of-the-second-round|title=French municipal elections 2020: city by city, the great battles of the second round|publisher=France 24|date=25 June 2020|access-date=9 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2020/06/29/municipales-2020-une-vague-verte-historique-deferle-sur-les-grandes-villes-francaises_6044496_823448.html|title=Municipales 2020 : avec EELV, une vague verte historique déferle sur les grandes villes françaises|newspaper=Le Monde|date=29 June 2020|access-date=9 September 2025}}</ref>

The campaign also reflected deeper political tensions facing LREM. In many constituencies, candidates avoided displaying the party's logo due to widespread public dissatisfaction stemming from the Yellow vests movement, ongoing pension reform protests, youth-led climate strikes, and criticism over the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/resultats-elections-municipales-la-deroute-de-lrem-a-de-quoi-inquieter-macron_fr_5ef8f7ebc5b6acab28434b99|title=La déroute de LREM aux municipales oblige Macron à tout changer|date=29 June 2020|website=Le HuffPost|access-date=9 September 2025}}</ref>

=== 2022 legislative election === thumb|Logo of La République En Marche ! until the rebranding in 2022 In May 2022, following Emmanuel Macron's re-election as President of France, La République En Marche! announced a major rebranding effort as part of preparations for the legislative elections. The party declared that its parliamentary group would adopt the name ''Renaissance'', a term intended to symbolise political renewal and the continuation of Macron's reformist agenda.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-05 |title=France: LREM devient "Renaissance", au sein d'une confédération pour les législatives |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/en-bref/20220505-france-lrem-devient-renaissance-au-sein-d-une-conf%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration-pour-les-l%C3%A9gislatives |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=RFI |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-05 |title=Législatives 2022 : LREM devient «Renaissance», sur fond d'accord Ferrand, Bayrou et Philippe |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-2022-le-camp-macron-s-accorde-avec-edouard-philippe-et-s-unit-en-une-confederation-20220505 |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Le Figaro |language=fr}}</ref> This move coincided with the creation of a broader electoral confederation uniting Macron-aligned forces, including François Bayrou's MoDem and Édouard Philippe's Horizons.

In September 2022, LREM formally changed its name to ''Renaissance'', establishing it as the new identity of the party itself and not just the parliamentary group.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=2022-09-18 |title=Renaissance, un nouveau parti pour réactiver le " dépassement " macroniste |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2022/09/18/renaissance-un-nouveau-parti-pour-reactiver-le-depassement-macroniste_6142086_823448.html |access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref> The name change was part of an effort to consolidate the presidential majority into a single political force, in line with Macron's long-standing goal of transcending the traditional left-right divide ("dépassement"). However, this ambition met with limited success. While two smaller Macron-aligned parties—Agir and Territories of Progress—formally merged into Renaissance, key allies such as MoDem and Horizons opted to retain their independence within the wider Ensemble coalition.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goar |first=Matthieu |date=2022-09-17 |title=Renaissance, Emmanuel Macron's smaller-than-expected new party |language=en |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2022/09/17/renaissance-emmanuel-macron-s-smaller-than-expected-new-party_5997317_5.html |access-date=2023-05-31}}</ref>

=== 2024 legislative election === Following a poor result in the European Parliament elections, Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly on 9 June 2024, triggering snap elections scheduled for 30 June and 7 July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-10 |title=Macron's snap election fateful for France, warns ally |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv22jkmldlxo |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Renaissance led the centrist coalition known as ''Ensemble pour la République'', which included MoDem, Horizons, UDI, and the Radical Party. However, internal tensions quickly arose, particularly with Édouard Philippe's Horizons party, which refused to fully campaign under the Renaissance banner and demanded more autonomy, leading to separate candidate declarations in several constituencies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Législatives 2024 : Édouard Philippe revendique davantage d'autonomie pour Horizons |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2024/06/13/legislatives-2024-edouard-philippe-revendique-davantage-d-autonomie-pour-horizons_6239420_823448.html |publisher=Le Monde |date=13 June 2024 |access-date=9 September 2025}}</ref>

Renaissance invested more than 200 candidates, including several ministers (such as Gabriel Attal, Gérald Darmanin), former ministers (Élisabeth Borne, Olivier Véran), and new faces like Stéphane Séjourné and Loïc Signor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Législatives 2024 : Renaissance se met en ordre de marche en investissant ses 200 premiers candidats |url=https://lcp.fr/actualites/legislatives-2024-renaissance-se-met-en-ordre-de-marche-en-investissant-ses-200-premiers |publisher=LCP |access-date=9 September 2025}}</ref> In the first round on 30 June, the Ensemble coalition obtained only around 21% of the vote, trailing both the Rassemblement National (33.1%) and the left-wing Nouveau Front Populaire (28%).<ref>{{cite web |title=Résultats Législatives 2024 : le RN en tête, le NFP deuxième, la majorité sortante en recul |url=https://www.economiematin.fr/legislatives-2024-resultats-victoire-rn-nfp |publisher=Economie Matin |date=30 June 2024 |access-date=9 September 2025}}</ref> Only four Ensemble candidates were elected outright, and Renaissance was leading in just 70 constituencies before the run-off.<ref>{{cite web |title=French election results: Macron's camp faces defeat |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/07/french-election-2024-results-latest-france-news-marine-le-pen-national-rally-emmanuel-macron |publisher=The Guardian |date=7 July 2024 |access-date=9 September 2025}}</ref>

In the second round, held on 7 July 2024, no single bloc obtained a majority. The left-wing Nouveau Front Populaire became the largest force with approximately 182 seats, followed by Ensemble with around 163 seats, and the Rassemblement National with about 143.<ref>{{cite web |title=PM Gabriel Attal elected head of Renaissance group in French parliament |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2024/07/13/pm-gabriel-attal-elected-head-of-renaissance-group-in-french-parliament_6683109_5.html |publisher=Le Monde |date=13 July 2024 |access-date=9 September 2025}}</ref> Renaissance alone dropped from 245 seats in 2022 to about 160–162, according to projections.<ref name="BFMTV">{{cite web |title=Résultats législatives 2024 : Renaissance et LR peuvent-ils s'allier ? |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/elections/legislatives/resultats-legislatives-2024-renaissance-et-lr-peuvent-ils-s-allier-pour-former-un-nouveau-gouvernement_AV-202407070534.html |publisher=BFMTV |access-date=9 September 2025}}</ref> The outcome prompted a political crisis within the centrist bloc. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal convened an emergency meeting to coordinate second-round endorsements and later was elected president of the Renaissance group in the National Assembly on 13 July.<ref>{{cite web |title=Renaissance: Gabriel Attal élu président du groupe à l'Assemblée |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2024/07/13/pm-gabriel-attal-elected-head-of-renaissance-group-in-french-parliament_6683109_5.html |publisher=Le Monde |access-date=9 September 2025}}</ref>

Following the election, discussions intensified over a possible alliance between Renaissance and the centre-right Republicans (LR) to form a working majority, though such a coalition would still fall short of the 289 seats required for an absolute majority.<ref name="BFMTV"/>

== Ideology == {{Liberalism in France|Parties}} Although Macron was a member of the PS from 2006 to 2009 and an independent politician from 2009 to 2016,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/politique/20140829.OBS7621/macron-militant-ps-depuis-2006-n-est-plus-a-jour-de-cotisation-depuis-5-ans.html |title=Macron, militant PS depuis 2006, n'est plus à jour de cotisation depuis 5 ans |newspaper=L'Obs |language=fr-FR |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/coulisses/2015/02/18/25006-20150218ARTFIG00160-emmanuel-macron-n-est-plus-encarte-au-parti-socialiste.php |title=Emmanuel Macron n'est plus encarté au Parti socialiste |last=politique |first=Le Scan |date=18 February 2015 |newspaper=Le Figaro |language=fr-FR |issn=0182-5852 |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref> La République En Marche! seeks to transcend traditional political boundaries to be a transpartisan organisation.<ref name="Monde060416"/>

Various sources have described the party as being centrist,<ref>Sources describing the party as '''centrist''': * {{cite book |author=Sophie Di Francesco-Mayot |chapter=The French Parti Socialiste (2010–16): from office to crisis |editor1=Rob Manwaring |editor2=Paul Kennedy |title=Why the Left Loses: The Decline of the Centre-Left in Comparative Perspective |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VFI8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA162 |year=2017 |publisher=Policy Press |isbn=978-1-4473-3269-5 |page=162}} * {{cite web |last1=Gillett |first1=Francesca |title=Emmanuel Macron's La République en Marche: All you need to know about the French President's groundbreaking new party ahead of the elections |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/emmanuel-macron-s-la-republique-en-marche-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-french-president-s-groundbreaking-new-party-ahead-of-the-elections-a3563256.html |website=Evening Standard |date=12 June 2017 |access-date=8 July 2021}} * {{cite web |last1=Milner |first1=Susan |title=Emmanuel Macron and the building of a new liberal-centrist movement |url=http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/02/06/emmanuel-macron-liberal-centrist-movement/ |website=EUROPP |publisher=London School of Economics |access-date=25 April 2017 |date=6 February 2017}} * {{Cite web|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/europeennes-pour-lrem-le-centre-droit-en-france-le-centre-gauche-en-europe-11-05-2019-2312019_20.php|title=Européennes: pour LREM, le centre droit en France, le centre gauche en Europe|first=Le Point|last=magazine|date=11 May 2019|website=Le Point}} * {{Cite web|url=https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/05/27/lrem-s-installe-a-droite-et-s-inquiete-de-sa-gauche_1730018/|title=LREM s'installe à droite et s'inquiète de sa gauche|first=Dominique|last=Albertini|website=Libération}}</ref> centre-right,<ref>Sources describing the party as '''centre-right''': * {{cite book |last= Wolfreys |first= James |date= 2018 |title= Republic of Islamophobia The Rise of Respectable Racism in France |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HVZYDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22centre-right+En+Marche%22&pg=PT6 |publisher= Oxford University Press |isbn= 9780190911645 |via=Google Books}} * {{cite news |date= 12 May 2021 |title= Macron's party pulls support for local election candidate over hijab |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macrons-party-pulls-support-local-election-candidate-over-hijab-2021-05-12/ |work= Reuters |access-date= 15 May 2021 |quote= General delegate of La Republique En Marche (LREM) centre-right ruling party ...}} * {{cite news |last= O'Callaghan |first= Laura |date= 25 November 2021 |title= Pregnant woman and children among 27 migrants to drown in Channel |url= https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/world/pregnant-woman-and-child-among-27-migrants-to-drown-in-channel/ar-AAR7dMT |work= MSN News |access-date= 6 December 2021 |quote=Bruno Bonnell, an MP for President Macron's centre-right En Marche party, said joint UK-France police patrols on beaches in northern France could work.}} * {{cite news |last1= Briatte |first1= François |last2= Neihouser |first2= Marie |last3= Kelbel |first3= Camille |date= 20 April 2020 |title= France held elections under coronavirus. Here are four takeaways. |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/20/france-held-elections-under-coronavirus-here-are-four-takeaways/ |newspaper= The Washington Post |access-date= 6 December 2021 |quote= So how did things look for French President Emmanuel Macron's center-right party — La République En Marche, "The Republic on the Move"?}} * {{cite news |last= O'Brien |first= Chris |date= 23 September 2020 |title= French Government Closes Marseille's Bars As Country Battles Second COVID-19 Wave |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisobrien/2020/09/23/french-government-closes-marseilles-bars-as-country-battles-second-covid-19-wave/?sh=537a98e14e91 |work= Forbes |access-date= 6 December 2021 |quote=France’s environmentalists have been highly critical of President Emmanuel Macron’s government. But the new measures pit the greens against Macron’s center-right La République En Marche government on issues of health and the local economy.}} * {{cite news |last= Pujol-Mazzini |first= Anna |date= 21 June 2021 |title= Marine Le Pen blames poor results on low turnout |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/20/marine-le-pen-eyes-historic-victory-regional-election-set-record/ |work= The Telegraph |access-date= 26 April 2022 |quote= Mr Macron's centre-Right LREM party, only gathered 11 per cent of the vote and is not expected to win any regions.}} * {{cite news |last= Williamson |first= Lucy |date= 27 June 2020 |title= France's Macron set for Covid test in local vote |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53190015 |work= BBC News |access-date= 26 April 2022 |quote= Her list is currently running neck and neck with their centre-right/LREM opponent.}}</ref> or big tent.<ref>Sources describing the party as '''big tent''': * {{cite web|title=Les Inrocks - Législatives : "Le parti d'Emmanuel Macron a un caractère attrape-tout"|url=http://www.lesinrocks.com/2017/06/09/actualite/legislatives-le-parti-demmanuel-macron-un-caractere-attrape-tout-11954037/|website=Les Inrocks|date=9 June 2017|access-date=1 July 2017}} * {{cite web|title=Emmanuel Macron, le candidat attrape-tout|url=https://www.latribune.fr/opinions/tribunes/emmanuel-macron-le-candidat-attrape-tout-633808.html|language=fr-FR|date=27 January 2017|access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref> Historically, back in 2019, the party was also labelled by some sources as centre-left.{{refn|<ref name="Libé">{{cite web|date=20 May 2019 |title=LREM tente de ratisser à gauche |url=https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/05/20/lrem-tente-de-ratisser-a-gauche_1728389 |website=Libération}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Paul|last1=Aubriat |date=11 May 2019 |language=fr |title=Européennes: pour LREM, le centre droit en France, le centre gauche en Europe |url=https://www.publicsenat.fr/article/politique/europeennes-pour-lrem-le-centre-droit-en-france-le-centre-gauche-en-europe-140990/ |website=Public Sénat}}</ref>}} Macron described the party in 2016 as being a progressive party of both the left and the right.<ref name="lse">{{cite news |url=http://lelab.europe1.fr/emmanuel-macron-refuse-detre-loblige-de-francois-hollande-2726290 |title=Finalement, le parti d'Emmanuel Macron est "et de droite, et de gauche" (mais surtout progressiste) – Le Lab Europe 1 |language=fr-FR |access-date=10 December 2016 |archive-date=24 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424111150/http://lelab.europe1.fr/emmanuel-macron-refuse-detre-loblige-de-francois-hollande-2726290 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017, observers and political commentators have described the party as being culturally liberal,<ref name="Hertner2018">{{cite book |author=Isabelle Hertner |title=Centre-left parties and the European Union: Power, accountability and democracy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VaRTDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT68 |year=2018 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-1-5261-2036-6 |page=68}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Le projet d'Emmanuel Macron est social-libéral |language=fr|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2017/article/2017/02/24/le-projet-d-emmanuel-macron-est-social-liberal_5085093_4854003.html|author=Audrey Tonnelier|newspaper=Le Monde|date=24 February 2017|access-date=23 June 2017}}</ref> as well as socially liberal<ref>Audrey Tonnelier, [https://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2017/article/2017/02/24/le-projet-d-emmanuel-macron-est-social-liberal_5085093_4854003.html « Le projet d’Emmanuel Macron est social-libéral »], ''Le Monde'', 24 February 2017</ref><ref>David Bensoussan, [https://www.challenges.fr/politique/la-republique-en-marche/sous-le-covid-l-esprit-macron-resiste_745955 « Malgré le Covid, l'esprit Macron tente de résister à la crise »] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804103830/https://www.challenges.fr/politique/la-republique-en-marche/sous-le-covid-l-esprit-macron-resiste_745955 |date=4 August 2023 }}, ''Challenges'', 17 January 2021</ref> and economically liberal in ideology.<ref>Sources describing the party as '''economically liberal''': * {{cite web |last1=Milner |first1=Susan |title=Emmanuel Macron and the building of a new liberal-centrist movement |url=http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/02/06/emmanuel-macron-liberal-centrist-movement/ |website=EUROPP |publisher=London School of Economics |access-date=25 April 2017 |date=6 February 2017}} * {{cite news |last1=Cowley |first1=Jason |title=Emmanuel Macron: a populist eruption from the liberal centre |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/02/emmanuel-macron-populist-eruption-liberal-centre |access-date=25 April 2017 |work=New Statesman |date=23 February 2017}} * {{cite news |last1=Endeweld |first1=Marc |title=La démonstration de force du social-libéral Emmanuel Macron |url=https://www.marianne.net/politique/la-demonstration-de-force-du-social-liberal-emmanuel-macron |access-date=25 April 2017 |work=Marianne |date=10 December 2016 |language=fr}} * {{cite news |last1=Venturini |first1=Lionel |title=En marche ! Un social-libéral pour piloter le projet de Macron |url=https://www.humanite.fr/en-marche-un-social-liberal-pour-piloter-le-projet-de-macron-630250 |access-date=25 April 2017 |work=L'Humanité |date=12 January 2017 |language=fr}}</ref> The party has also been described as using anti-establishment, populist strategies and rhetoric, with discourse comparable to the Third Way as adopted by the Labour Party in the UK during its New Labour phase.<ref name="Kranert2019">{{cite book|author=Michael Kranert|title=Discourse and Political Culture: The language of the Third Way in Germany and the UK|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6e21DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA262|year=2019|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company|isbn=978-90-272-6204-2|page=262}}</ref> The party has been described as supporting some policies close to centre-right classical liberalism.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Christopher J. Bickerton, Carlo Invernizzi Accetti |title=Technopopulism: The New Logic of Democratic Politics |date=2021 |page=60 |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/macron-scrambling-to-salvage-liberal-reputation-worldwide-after-targeting-islam |title=Macron Scrambling to Salvage Liberal Reputation Worldwide After Targeting Islam |work=The Daily Beast |date=12 November 2020 |access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor=William Smaldone |title=European Socialism: A Concise History with Documents |date=2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefields}}</ref>

According to an ''Ipsos'' survey conducted in March 2018, some public perception of the party has moved to the right since March 2017,<ref name="James Wolfreys">{{cite book |last= Wolfreys |first= James |date= 2018 |title= Republic of Islamophobia The Rise of Respectable Racism in France |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HVZYDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22centre-right+En+Marche%22&pg=PT6 |publisher= Oxford University Press |isbn= 9780190911645 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |date= 12 May 2021 |title= Macron's party pulls support for local election candidate over hijab |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macrons-party-pulls-support-local-election-candidate-over-hijab-2021-05-12/ |work= Reuters |access-date= 15 May 2021 |quote= General delegate of La Republique En Marche (LREM) centre-right ruling party ...}}</ref><ref>[http://www.francesoir.fr/politique-france/lrem-le-parti-de-macron-est-de-droite-selon-les-francais "LREM: le parti de Macron est "de droite" selon les Français"] (in French). The breakdown in 2018 is as follows: 5% of respondents rated the party on the far right, 20% on the right, 25% on the right centre, 21% on the centre, 9% on the left centre, and 5% on the left or on the far left. In 2017, the distribution was: 5% on the far right, 15% on the right, 13% on the right centre, 33% in the centre, 9% on the left centre, and 12% on the left or far left.</ref> with 45% of respondents classifying the party as being centre-right (25%) to right-wing (20%). 21% of respondents place it in the centre, compared to 33% in March 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |language=fr |title=En Marche, un parti de droite aux yeux des Français |publisher=Valeurs actuelles |url=https://www.valeursactuelles.com/politique/en-marche-un-parti-de-droite-aux-yeux-des-francais-94602 |date=12 April 2018}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |language=fr-FR |title=La République en marche est désormais perçu comme un parti de droite |publisher=FIGARO |date=6 April 2018 |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/2018/04/06/25001-20180406ARTFIG00137-la-republique-en-marche-est-desormais-percu-comme-un-parti-de-droite.php |access-date=12 April 2018}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |language=fr |title=Macron peine à convaincre les Français d'être optimistes |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2018/04/06/le-pessimisme-des-francais-resiste-au-volontarisme-de-m-macron_5281376_823448.html |newspaper=Le Monde.fr |access-date=12 April 2018|date=6 April 2018 }}</ref>

== Associate parties == {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan=2| Name ! Ideology ! Position ! Leader ! Current MPs |- | style="background:{{party color|Territories of Progress}}"| | style="width:200px" | Democrats and Progressives | style="width:250px" | Social liberalism, Social democracy | style="width:100px" | Centre to centre-left | style="width:150px" | Xavier Iacovelli | {{Composition bar|9|577|{{party color|Territories of Progress}}}} |- | style="background:{{party color|Agir (France)}}"| | style="width:200px" | Agir | style="width:250px" | Conservative liberalism, Pro-Europeanism | style="width:100px" | Centre-right | style="width:150px" | Franck Riester | {{Composition bar|4|577|{{party color|Agir (France)}}}} |- | style="background:{{party color|Ecologist Party (France)}}"| | style="width:200px" | Ecologist Party | style="width:250px" | Green politics, Green liberalism | style="width:100px" | Centre-left | style="width:150px" | François de Rugy | {{Composition bar|0|577|{{party color|Ecologist Party (France)}}}} |- | style="background:#3BAA35"| | style="width:200px" | Guiana Rally | style="width:250px" | Liberalism, Autonomism | style="width:100px" | Centre | style="width:150px" | Rodolphe Alexandre | {{Composition bar|0|577|#3BAA35}} |- | style="background:#344F95"| | style="width:200px" | United Guadeloupe, Solidary and Responsible | style="width:250px" | Social liberalism, Autonomism | style="width:100px" | Centre | style="width:150px" | Guy Losbar | {{Composition bar|0|577|#344F95}} |}

== Organisation ==

=== Symbols === <gallery> File:En marche logo.png|First logo, submitted to the INPI on 8 April 2016 File:Logo En Marche !.svg|Second logo, submitted to the INPI on 9 February 2017 File:Logo-LREM-noir.svg|Third logo, submitted to the INPI on 7 May 2017 File:Renaissance (party) logo.svg|Alternative logo, 2022 </gallery>

=== Membership === {{Update|section|reason=Party statutes have changed including membership rules since 2016. See French version of this page.|date=October 2024}} [[File:Réunion publique de La République En Marche ! Japon, avec le député Cédric Villani le jeudi 24 novembre de à Akasaka, Tokyo.jpg|thumb|Cédric Villani at a public meeting of La République En Marche in Tokyo]] {{lang|fr|La République En Marche!|italic=no}} considers every person who submits identification information (date of birth, email, full address and telephone number) and adheres to the party's charter to be a member.<ref>{{cite news |title=En marche ! Espace personel |work=En Marche ! |year=2016 |url=http://en-marche.fr/espaceperso |access-date=8 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109023528/https://en-marche.fr/espaceperso |archive-date=9 January 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Unlike other political parties, it does not require members to make a monetary donation.<ref name="ChiffresFlous3">{{cite news |title=Emmanuel Macron, La Grande Marche et ses chiffres flous |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2016/10/07/emmanuel-macron-la-grande-marche-et-ses-chiffres-flous_5009682_4355770.html |author=Mathilde Damgé |newspaper=Le Monde.fr |date=7 October 2016 |access-date=16 October 2016}}</ref> Macron has indicated that it is possible to join {{lang|fr|La République En Marche!|italic=no}} while remaining a member of another republican party.<ref name="Monde060416">{{cite news |title=Emmanuel Macron lance un "mouvement politique nouveau" baptisé "En marche !" |work=Le Monde |date=6 April 2016 |access-date=10 April 2016 |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2016/04/06/emmanuel-macron-lance-un-mouvement-politique-nouveau-baptise-en-marche_4897274_823448.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bastir soutient Macron |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/11/27/2466692-bastir-soutient-macron.html |work=La Dépêche du Midi |date=27 November 2016 |access-date=11 November 2018 }}</ref>

On 10 April 2016, a few days after the movement's launch, Macron claimed 13,000 members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Emmanuel Macron annonce une 'grande marche en France' et 13 000 adhérents |url=http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/ps/emmanuel-macron-annonce-une-grande-marche-en-france-et-13-000-adherents_1781308.html |work=L'Express |date=10 April 2016 |access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref> {{lang|fr|Le Canard enchaîné|italic=yes}} accused him of inflating the figure and claimed that 13,000 was in reality the number of clicks that Macron had received on his website.<ref>{{cite news |title="En marche" : quand Macron gonfle le nombre de ses adhérents |year=2016 |url=http://www.metronews.fr/info/en-marche-quand-emmanuel-macron-gonfle-le-nombre-de-ses-adherents/mpdm!oYXiSGVnNudRU/ |journal=Metronews}}</ref> {{lang|fr|Ismaël Emelien|italic=no}}, Macron's advisor, clarified that "each member signs a charter of values and has a voice in the movement's general assembly" and "that has nothing to do with those who sign up for the newsletter, who are much greater in number".<ref name="Adhérents">{{cite news |title=Prévisions de croissance, Macron... Suivez l'actualité politique en direct |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2017/live/2016/09/20/suivez-l-actualite-de-la-campagne-presidentielle-en-direct_5000386_4854003.html |newspaper=Le Monde.fr |date=20 September 2016 |access-date=20 September 2016}}</ref> {{lang|fr|Sylvain Fort|italic=no}}, another of Macron's advisors, affirmed that the movement verifies the email addresses of members but conceded that "the system relies on the honesty of each member".<ref name="ChiffresFlous3" />

In October 2016, Macron affirmed that {{lang|fr|En Marche!|italic=no}} was "neck and neck with the Socialist Party" in terms of membership after only seven months of existence.<ref name="RTL1016">{{cite web |title=Présidentielle 2017 : pourquoi Macron court-circuite l'agenda de Hollande |url=http://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/presidentielle-2017-macron-decidera-d-une-candidature-probablement-en-decembre-7785284071 |author=Marie-Pierre Haddad |website=rtl.fr |date=20 October 2016 |access-date=14 October 2016}}</ref> According to {{lang|fr|Mediapart|italic=no}}, this included many independents and executives, but few functionaries, farmers and unemployed people. Many of its members had never been engaged in politics. However, the majority had only shown interest by leaving their information on the party website.<ref name="JoueCentre">{{cite web |title=Macron joue le centre, pour occuper le vide |url=http://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/230916/macron-joue-le-centre-pour-occuper-le-vide |author=Mathieu Magnaudeix |website=Mediapart |date=23 September 2016 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref>

{{lang|fr|La République En Marche!|italic=no}} takes inspiration from the participatory model of {{lang|fr|Désirs d'avenir|italic=no}}, {{lang|fr|Ségolène Royal|italic=no}}'s movement and intends to rely on its member files, according to deputy {{lang|fr|Pascal Terrasse|italic=no}} and former leader of {{lang|fr|Désirs d'avenir|italic=no}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Le modèle de Macron ? Désirs d'avenir |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/le-modele-de-macron-desirs-d-avenir-07-04-2016-5694351.php |author1=Éric Hacquemand |author2=Pauline Théveniaud |website=Le Parisien |date=7 April 2016 |access-date=20 April 2016 |archive-date=16 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416122103/http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/le-modele-de-macron-desirs-d-avenir-07-04-2016-5694351.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Les "Désirs d'avenir" de Royal au service du "En marche" de Macron... et de Hollande |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2016/04/07/desirs-davenir-plateforme-segolene-royal-service-emmanuel-macron-francois-hollande_n_9633488.html |website=HuffPost |date=7 April 2016 |access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Emmanuel Macron n'est pas candidat, il est consultant à la présidentielle |url=http://www.slate.fr/story/124740/emmanuel-macron-consultant-presidentielle |author=Jean-Laurent Cassely |website=Slate |date=5 October 2016 |access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref> According to {{lang|fr|Libération|italic=yes}}, the movement relies on a pyramidal enrolment system inspired by Barack Obama's campaigns of 2008 and 2012.<ref>{{cite news |language=fr |author1=Nathalie Raulin |author2=Guillaume Gendron |title=L'équipe Macron affine la mise en cène |work=Libération |date=3 April 2017 |url=http://www.liberation.fr/elections-presidentielle-legislatives-2017/2017/04/03/l-equipe-macron-affine-la-mise-en-cene_1560274 |access-date=19 April 2017 |archive-date=3 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403224854/http://www.liberation.fr/elections-presidentielle-legislatives-2017/2017/04/03/l-equipe-macron-affine-la-mise-en-cene_1560274 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

By relying on a participatory political model, each {{lang|fr|La République En Marche!|italic=no}} adherent has the opportunity to freely join or create a local committee. Each of these committees is led by one or more adherents who organize the committee by planning local events, meetings and debates centered around the ideas and values promoted by the movement. {{lang|fr|La République En Marche!|italic=no}} counted more than 2,600 of these committees in December 2016.<ref name="CesMilitants">{{cite news |title=Ces militants qui marchent avec Macron |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2017/article/2016/12/10/derriere-macron-des-militants-persuades-d-avoir-enfin-trouve-le-renouveau-politique_5046759_4854003.html |author=Camille Bordenet |newspaper=Le Monde.fr |date=10 December 2016 |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref>

=== Finance === Christian Dargnat, former general director of BNP Paribas Asset Management, leads the La République En Marche! financial association.<ref name="Point0516">{{cite web |title=Macron en marche ? "Nous assumons de lever des fonds" |url=http://www.lepoint.fr/politique/macron-en-marche-nous-assumons-de-lever-des-fonds-12-05-2016-2038639_20.php |website=Le Point |date=12 May 2016 |access-date=17 May 2016}}</ref> Since its creation, the association has raised funds for the party. In 2016, Georges Fenech, a deputy of the Republicans, alerted the National Assembly that the association had continued fund raising even during Macron's trip to London. This led Prime Minister Manuel Valls to issue an official denial even though En Marche! had already done so.<ref>{{cite web |title=Manuel Valls recadre sèchement Emmanuel Macron en direct sur les bancs de l'Assemblée nationale |url=http://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/manuel-valls-recadre-sechement-emmanuel-macron-en-direct-sur-les-bancs-de-l-assemblee-nationale-7783178598 |website=rtl.fr |date=11 May 2016 |access-date=17 May 2016}}</ref> Macron declared in May 2016 that 2,000 donors had already contributed financially to the party. In December 2016, he spoke of more than 10,000 donors from 1 euro to 7,500 euros.<ref>{{cite news |title=Emmanuel Macron tente de se tailler une stature de présidentiable à New York |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2017/article/2016/12/06/emmanuel-macron-tente-de-se-tailler-une-stature-de-presidentiable-a-new-york_5044205_4854003.html |author=Stéphane Lauer |newspaper=Le Monde.fr |date=6 December 2016 |access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> By the end of December 2016, he had collected between 4 and 5 million euros in donations.<ref name="Dagnet">{{cite web |title=Le brief politique. Emmanuel Macron, 400 parrainages et 4 millions d'euros de dons au compteur |url=http://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/le-brief-politique/le-brief-politique-emmanuel-macron-400parrainages-et-4millions-d-euros-de-dons-au-compteur_1978791.html |author=Anne-Laure Dagnet |website=francetvinfo.fr |date=27 December 2016 |access-date=28 December 2016}}</ref> At the end of March, this figure exceeded 9 million euros from 35,000 donations, averaging 257 euros per donation. 600 donors made up half of the total amount donated, with donations upwards of 5,000 euros.<ref>{{cite web |last=JDD |first=Le |title=Présidentielle : combien de dons par candidat? |work=lejdd.fr |date=28 March 2017 |access-date=10 May 2017 |url=http://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/Presidentielle-combien-de-dons-par-candidat-856994}}</ref>

In the book ''Dans l'enfer de Bercy: Enquête sur les secrets du ministère des Finances'' (JC Lattès, 2017) by journalists Frédéric Says and Marion L'Hour, Macron was accused of using 120,000 euros from the state budget from 1 January to 30 August 2016 in order to fund his presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Le Journal du Dimanche |title=Emmanuel Macron et les 120.000 euros de Bercy |date=29 July 2017 |access-date=26 January 2017 |url=http://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/Emmanuel-Macron-et-les-120-000-euros-de-Bercy-842885}}</ref>

=== European representation === In the European Parliament, La République En Marche sits in the Renew Europe group with five MEPs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Stéphane BIJOUX {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197551/STEPHANE_BIJOUX/home|access-date=2021-03-08|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|date=8 October 1970 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Valérie HAYER {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/135511/VALERIE_HAYER/home|access-date=2021-03-08|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|date=6 April 1986 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Pierre KARLESKIND {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197585/PIERRE_KARLESKIND/home|access-date=2021-03-08|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|date=19 October 1979 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Stéphane SÉJOURNÉ {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197508/STEPHANE_SEJOURNE/home|access-date=2021-03-08|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|date=26 March 1985 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197499/CHRYSOULA_ZACHAROPOULOU/home|access-date=2021-03-08|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|date=7 May 1976 |language=en}}</ref>

In the European Committee of the Regions, La République En Marche sits in the Renew Europe CoR group, with three full members and one alternate member for the 2025–2030 mandate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members Page CoR|url=https://memberspage.cor.europa.eu/#/?mandate=mem&language=en&country=FR&politicalgroup=2020112&v=1615199441082}}</ref> Anne Rudisuhli is Coordinator in the SEDEC Commission and Magali Altounian is the Chair of the CIVEX Commission and member of the Bureau of the Renew Europe CoR Group.

== Election results == === Presidential elections === {|class="wikitable" |- |+ |Presidency of the French Republic !rowspan="2"|Election year !rowspan="2"|Candidate !colspan="3"|First round !colspan="3"|Second round !rowspan="2"|Result |- !Votes !% !Rank !Votes !% !Rank |- !2017 |rowspan=2|Emmanuel Macron |8,656,346 |24.01 |{{increase}} 1st |20,743,128 |66.10 |{{increase}} 1st |{{yes|Won}} |- !2022 |9,783,058 |27.85 |{{steady}} 1st |18,768,639 |58.55 |{{steady}} 1st |{{yes|Won}} |}

=== Legislative elections === {|class="wikitable" |- |+ National Assembly !rowspan="2"|Election year !rowspan="2"| Leader !colspan="2"|First round !colspan="2"|Second round !rowspan="2"|Seats !rowspan="2"|+/− !rowspan="2"|Rank<br>(seats) !rowspan="2"|Government |- !Votes !% !Votes !% |- !rowspan=3 |2017 |rowspan=3 |Richard Ferrand |rowspan=3 |6,391,269 |rowspan=3 |28.21 |rowspan=3 |7,826,245 |rowspan=3 |43.06 |rowspan=3 |{{composition bar|308|577|{{party color|La République En Marche!}}}} |rowspan=3 |{{increase}} 308 |rowspan=3 |1st |{{yes|Presidential majority}} (2017−2020) |- |{{yes|Presidential majority}} (2020−2022) |- |{{yes|Presidential majority}} (2022) |- !2022 |Élisabeth Borne |5,857,364 |25.71 |8,003,240 |38.57 |{{composition bar|133|577|{{party color|La République En Marche!}}}} |{{decrease}}175 |1st |{{yes2|Presidential minority}} (2022−2024) |- !rowspan=5 |2024 |rowspan=5 |Gabriel Attal |rowspan=5 |6,820,446 |rowspan=5 |21.28 |rowspan=5 |6,691,619 |rowspan=5 |24.53 |rowspan=5 |{{composition bar|98|577|{{party color|Renaissance (French political party)}}}} |rowspan=5 |{{decrease}} 35 |rowspan=5 |2nd |- | {{yes2|Presidential minority}} (2024) |- | {{yes2|Presidential minority}} (2024−2025) |- | {{yes2|Presidential minority}} (2025) |- |{{yes2|Presidential minority}} (2025−present) |}

=== European Parliament === {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ European Parliament ! Election ! Leader ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/− ! EP Group |- ! 2019{{efn|Run as part of Ensemble, which won 23 seats in total.}} | Nathalie Loiseau | 5,079,015 | 22.42 (#2) | {{composition bar|12|79|{{party color|La République En Marche!}}}} | New | rowspan="2" |RE |- ! 2024{{efn|Run as part of Ensemble, which won 13 seats in total.}} | Valérie Hayer | 3,589,114 | 14.56 (#2) | {{composition bar|4|81|{{party color|Renaissance (French political party)}}}} | {{Decrease}} 8 |}

== Footnotes == {{notelist}}

== References == {{reflist}}

== Further reading == * Elgie, Robert. "The election of Emmanuel Macron and the new French party system: a return to the éternel marais?." ''Modern & Contemporary France'' 26.1 (2018): 15–29. * Gil, Cameron Michael. "Spatial analysis of La République En Marche and French Parties, 2002–2017." ''French Politics'' (2018): 1-27. * Gougou, Florent, and Simon Persico. "A new party system in the making? The 2017 French presidential election." ''French Politics'' 15.3 (2017): 303–321.

==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Renaissance (party)}} * {{official website|https://parti-renaissance.fr}} {{in lang|fr}}

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