Citizen and Republican Movement

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Citizen and Republican Movement Mouvement républicain et citoyen
President	Thierry Cotelle
Founder	Jean-Pierre Chevènement
Founded	1993; 32 years ago (1993) (MDC) 2002; 23 years ago (2002) (PR) 2003; 22 years ago (2003) (MRC)
Split from	Socialist Party
Headquarters	9 Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière 75009 Paris
Ideology	Democratic socialism[1][2] Soft Euroscepticism[3] Social Gaullism[4][5][6] Souverainism[7]
Political position	Left-wing[8]
National affiliation	Federation of the Republican Left (2022–present) New Popular Front (2024–present)
European affiliation	EUDemocrats (until 2017)
Colours	Red, Blue
National Assembly	0 / 577
Senate	0 / 348
European Parliament	0 / 74
Regional Councils	2 / 1,910
Website
www.mrc-france.org
Politics of France Political parties Elections

The Citizen and Republican Movement (French: Mouvement républicain et citoyen) is a left-wing political party in France. The party replaced the Citizens' Movement (Mouvement des citoyens, MDC) in 2002. The previous party was founded by Jean-Pierre Chevènement, who left the Socialist Party (PS) in 1993 due to his opposition to the Gulf War and to the Maastricht Treaty. It is a Eurosceptic and sovereigntist party that strongly opposes European integration and promotes the "multipolar order" instead; the party argues that the United States of America holds a hegemonic position over the international markets and relations, and seeks to replace that with an order where no major power would dominate. The party criticizes the European Union for its capitalist policies, and is completely opposed to proposals to centralize or federalize the European Union.^[9]

Despite being a split from it, the party cooperates with the Socialist Party and usually shares the electoral lists with it. The party partakes in "popular fronts", actively seeking ties and alliances with fellow left-wing parties. It has links to far-left parties that are against the European Union and NATO; it also cooperates with moderate "broad left" parties in France.^[10] In 2019, the party took part in the creation of the Republican and Socialist Left (GRS) by joining forces with the Alternative for a Republican, Ecologist and Socialist Program (APRÉS), created by Marie-Noëlle Lienemann and Emmanuel Maurel after their departure from the Socialist Party, but without merging.