Agir (France)

Agir (French for Act), officially named Agir, la droite constructive (Act, the Constructive Right), is a political party in France, established on 26 November 2017.[4] The majority of its founding members were previously associated with the Constructive faction within the centre-right The Republicans party. Styling itself as a "liberal, social, European, humanist and reformist"[5] party, Agir was founded by a group of 19 established politicians as an alternative to The Republicans. Agir members of parliament are members of the Agir ensemble parliamentary group in the National Assembly.

Act, the Constructive Right Agir, la droite constructive
Founder	Franck Riester
Founded	26 November 2017
Split from	The Republicans
Ideology	Christian democracy Conservative liberalism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre[1] to centre-right[2][3]
European Parliament group	Renew Europe
Colors	Blue
National Assembly	11 / 577
Senate	6 / 348
European Parliament	1 / 74
Website
agir-ladroiteconstructive.fr
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Fabienne Keller is currently the party's only MEP.

History

Prominent members

Deputies

Name	Former party		Constituency
Olivier Becht		LR	Haut-Rhin's 5th constituency
Pierre-Yves Bournazel		LR	Paris's 18th constituency
Paul Christophe		LR	Nord's 14th constituency
Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo		LR	Seine-Maritime's 7th constituency
Antoine Herth		LR	Bas-Rhin's 5th constituency
Dimitri Houbron		LREM	Nord's 17th constituency
Aina Kuric		LREM	Marne's 2nd constituency
Laure de La Raudière		LR	Eure-et-Loir's 3rd constituency
Vincent Ledoux		LR	Nord's 10th constituency
Patricia Lemoine		LR	Seine-et-Marne's 5th constituency
Lise Magnier		LR	Marne's 4th constituency

Senators

Name	Former party		Constituency
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

MEPs

• Fabienne Keller

Election results

European Parliament

Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
2019	5,079,015 (Renaissance)	22.42	1 / 79	1

References

1. Ministre de l'Intérieur (3 February 2020). "cir_44929" (PDF). Légifrance (in French).
2. Barbière, Cécile (17 September 2018). "La droite pro-européenne fait officiellement sécession avec Agir" [The pro-European right officially breaks away with Agir]. EURACTIV (in French).
3. Chazan, David (26 November 2017). "New centre-right party launches in France". The Daily Telegraph.
4. Contiguglia, Cat. "French politicians launch new party in challenge to conservatives". Politico.eu. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
5. Mourgue, Marion. "«Agir, la droite constructive», une nouvelle force politique à droite". Le Figaro. Retrieved 27 November 2017.