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Debout!

Debout! is a French political party founded by François Ruffin in 2017 and registered in 2019. Initially named Picardie Debout!, it changed its name in June 2025 in order to prepare for the 2027 French Presidential Election.

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Debout!
AbbreviationD!
LeaderFrançois Ruffin
Founded17 February 2017 (2017-02-17) (As Picardie Debout!)
28 June 2025 (2025-06-28) (As Debout!)
Split fromLa France Insoumise
IdeologyLeft-wing populism
Economic nationalism
Formerly
Picardie regionalism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationRassemblement pour Gagner! (2025-present)1
New Popular Front (2024-present)
La France Insoumise (2017-2024)
NUPES (2022-2024)
Colors  Red
SloganThey have the money, we have the people2
National Assembly
1 / 577
Regional council
1 / 1,926
3
Website
debout.fr

Debout! (D!, Stand Up!) is a French political party founded by François Ruffin in 2017 and registered in 2019. Initially named Picardie Debout!, it changed its name in June 2025 in order to prepare for the 2027 French Presidential Election.4

History

Background

Founder of Debout!, François Ruffin source ↗

In 2016, filmmaker and journalist François Ruffin announced his candidacy for the 1st constituency of Somme.5 His programme was inspired by La France Insoumise, the French Communist Party and Europe Ecology The Greens.6

Ruffin qualified for the second round of voting with 24.32% of the vote behind Nicolas Dumont of La République en marche! (LREM) with 34.13% of the vote.7. Going into the second round Ruffin received the support of La France Insoumise and the support of defeated incumbent, Pascale Boistard of the Socialist Party.8

Francois Ruffin was elected in the 1st constituency of the Somme with 55.97% of the vote marking the first deputy to be elected for or supported by LFI in that election.910

Picarde Debout!

With the launch of Ruffin's campaign, he also launched a new movement, Picardie Debout!, a left-wing regionalist movement.

The Lafeur, a symbol of Picardie Debout! source ↗

In 2019, Picardie Debout! was registered as a political party,11 with Isabelle Guyot as its president.121314

In the 2022 French legislative election, Picardie Debout! presented two candidates in the Somme, Ruffin in the 1st constituency and Guillaume Ancelet in the 5th constituency.1516

Ruffin was re-elected with 61.01% of the vote17 and Ancelet lost to National Rally's Yaël Ménache in the second round with 39.21 of the vote.18

In the 2024 French legislative election, Ruffin ran as the party's only candidate under the banner of the New Popular Front and won against the candidate of National Rally with 52.95% of the votes.19 However, he ran a second round campaign distancing and alienating himself from Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of La France Insoumise.20

Debout! and break with La France Insoumise

After the legislative elections, Ruffin began associating himself with the rebellious deputies, Alexis Corbière, Clémentine Autain, Hendrik Davi and Danielle Simonnet, who had just formed a political party, L'Après, and joined the Ecologist Group with the other rebellious deputies.21

In 2025, L'Apres, Debout! and the remnants of Ensemble! formed an electoral alliance, Rassemblement pour Gagner! 22

In June 2025, Ruffin launched Debout! in the 13th arrondissement of Paris234 as a nationalised version of Picardie Debout! with the hopes of forming a long-term Left-Wing alliance.24

This announcement was also in preparation of the 2026 United Left primary where on the 26th of January 2026, Ruffin announced his candidacy for the Primary.2526

Election results

National Assembly
Election year Leader 1st round votes % 2nd round votes % Seats +/–
2017 François Ruffin 15,081 19,329
1 / 577
 New
2022a 23,022 0.1% 33,184 0.16%
1 / 577
Steady
2024b 17,850 0.06% 27,108 0.1%
1 / 577
Steady
  1. Within NUPES
  2. Within NFP
See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Rassembler pour gagner !". Rassembler pour gagner !. June 25, 2025.
  2. "Clip officiel : "Ils ont l'argent, on a les gens !"".
  3. "Cette conseillère régionale des Pays de la Loire quitte LFI à cause « du manque de démocratie »". July 17, 2024.
  4. "François Ruffin lance « Debout ! » et avance ses pions à gauche pour l'élection présidentielle 2027". June 26, 2025 – via Le Monde.
  5. "François Ruffin veut se porter candidat face au FN à Amiens".
  6. "François Ruffin : « Personne à gauche n'est assez fort tout seul »".
  7. "Les archives des élections en France". www.archives-resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr.
  8. "François Ruffin, bête de somme".
  9. "Second tour des législatives : François Ruffin (France Insoumise) élu député dans la Somme". www.europe1.fr. June 18, 2017.
  10. "Anti-establishment filmmaker Ruffin wins a seat in France's parliament". France 24. June 19, 2017.
  11. "François Ruffin a créé son micro-parti, "Picardie Debout!"". BFM. February 26, 2019.
  12. "Le mouvement "Picardie Debout !" de François Ruffin devient un micro-parti politique". France 3 Hauts-de-France. February 28, 2019.
  13. à 20h03, Par Nicolas BerrodLe 26 février 2019 (February 26, 2019). "François Ruffin lance son micro-parti, «Picardie Debout !»". leparisien.fr.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. "François Ruffin vient de créer son micro-parti politique".
  15. https://www.liberation.fr/politique/elections/dans-la-somme-le-rn-en-duel-frontal-face-a-francois-ruffin-et-ses-proches-20220617_QGGDQXXWTREI3FRPNFYDQYSU3Y/
  16. B.Corson, Equipe (May 4, 2022). "Picardie Debout à la reconquête de la Somme rurale".
  17. "Les archives des élections en France". www.archives-resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr.
  18. "Les archives des élections en France".
  19. "French elections: LFI dissenter François Ruffin narrowly re-elected". July 7, 2024 – via Le Monde.
  20. "François Ruffin re-elected after a second-round campaign against…". entrevue.fr. July 7, 2024.
  21. "Autain, Ruffin, Corbière... Pourquoi les « purgés » de la FI rejoignent le groupe des écologistes à l'Assemblée - L'Humanité". July 15, 2024.
  22. "Picardie Debout, L'Après et Générations réunis fin août pour entamer un rapprochement". www.europe1.fr. June 22, 2025.
  23. "François Ruffin a lancé son mouvement "Debout !" à Paris : Actualités - Orange". June 28, 2025 – via actu.orange.fr.
  24. "Le député François Ruffin lance son nouveau mouvement, Debout, en vue de l'élection présidentielle de 2027". Franceinfo. June 28, 2025.
  25. "Primaire de la gauche: Ruffin confirme qu'il sera bien candidat". France 24. January 26, 2026.
  26. ""Et oui, sans surprise, je serai candidat" : François Ruffin confirme sa candidature à l'élection présidentielle de 2027". RTL.fr. January 26, 2026.
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