| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Native name | Parti écologiste |
| Foundation | 2 September 2015 |
| Split | The Ecologists |
| Founders | François de Rugy Jean-Vincent Placé |
| President | François de Rugy |
| President in the National Assembly | Gilles Le Gendre |
| Ideology | |
| Position | Centre-left[1] |
| Website | le-parti-ecologiste.fr |
| National | Ensemble Citoyens (since 2021) La République En Marche! (since 2017) Union of Democrats and Ecologists (2015–2016) |
| Colours | Blue, green |
The Ecologist Party (French: Parti écologiste, PÉ), founded as Écologistes !, is a centre-left French political party that holds pro-European views,[2] created in September 2015 by François de Rugy, President of the Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) group in the National Assembly and Jean-Vincent Placé, the President of the EELV group in the Senate.
This party was initially created as a reaction to the decision taken by EELV of making alliances with the Left Front. The aim of UDE founders was to create a reformist centre-left party, accepting globalization and market economy, and supporting president François Hollande. The founders of UDE declared they wanted to become a strong ally of the Socialist Party, and attract people from EELV or from the Democratic Movement.[3][4]
Since 2017, the party is part of La Republique en Marche!