Act, the Constructive Right Agir, la droite constructive | |
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| President | Franck Riester |
| Founded | 26 November 2017; 8 years ago (2017-11-26) |
| Split from | The Republicans |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism[1] Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right[8] |
| National affiliation | Renaissance Ensemble |
| European Parliament group | Renew Europe |
| Colors | Blue Amaranth |
| National Assembly | 5 / 577 |
| Senate | 6 / 348 |
| European Parliament | 1 / 81 |
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| agir-ladroiteconstructive.fr | |
Agir (French:[aʒiʁ]), officiallyAgir, la droite constructive (lit. 'Act, the Constructive Right'), is apolitical party in France, established on 26 November 2017.[9] The majority of its founding members were previously associated with theConstructive faction withinThe Republicans. Styling itself as a "liberal,social,European,humanist andreformist" party, Agir was founded by a group of 19 established politicians as an alternative to The Republicans.[10] The party merged withRenaissance (formerly La République En Marche!) as an "associate party" in 2022.[11]
AgirMembers of Parliament (MPs) were members of theAgir ensembleparliamentary group in theNational Assembly.Fabienne Keller was the party's onlyMember of the European Parliament (MEP).
Following the defeat ofLes Républicains (LR) candidateFrançois Fillon in the first round of the2017 French presidential election and the ascension ofLaurent Wauquiez, perceived as coming from the right wing of Les Républicains, to the leadership of the party, 19 politicians from LR and the centre-rightUnion of Democrats and Independents formed the group.[12]
In the run-up to the2022 French presidential election, Agir joined and formed part of theEnsemble Citoyens coalition, which supported PresidentEmmanuel Macron in his re-election bid.[13] The party grew closer to Macron's political camp following the election, and when it was later announced that his party would attempt to unify the presidential majority into a single party grouping, Agir took steps towards integrating into the ruling majority. Ultimately, Agir merged into Macron's party as it reformed and rebranded under the nameRenaissance on 17 September 2022.[14]
Agir was identified as part ofcentre-right politics, defining itself aspro-European, liberal and humanist, and rejecting the "identitarian, authoritarian,eurosceptic and ultra-conservative" right.[15]
Agir had 12Members of Parliament in the 15th assembly. In the2022 French legislative election, 6 were elected as part of theEnsemble Citoyens coalition.
Agir has 6Senators.
| Name | Former party | Constituency | |
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| Emmanuel Capus | LR | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Marie-Agnès Évrard | LR | Yonne | |
| Ludovic Haye | LR | Haut-Rhin | |
| Claude Malhuret | LR | Allier | |
| Pierre Médevielle | UDI | Haute-Garonne | |
| Colette Mélot | LR | Seine-et-Marne | |
| Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− |
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| 2019 | 5,079,015 (Renaissance) | 22.42 | 1 / 79 |  1 |
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