The politics of Île-de-France, France takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Council is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the regional council.
The executive of the region is led by the President of the regional council.
| Period | Identity | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1988 | Michel Giraud[1] (1929-2011) | RPR | |
| 1988 | 1992 | Pierre-Charles Krieg[2] (1922-1998) | RPR | |
| 1992 | 1998 | Michel Giraud(1929-2011) | RPR | |
| 1998 | 2015 | Jean-Paul Huchon[3] (1946-) | PS | |
| 2015 | July 3, 2021 | Valérie Pécresse[4] (1967-) | LR, then SL | |
| 2021 | Ongoing(as of July 20, 2021) | SL | ||
The Regional Council of Île-de-France (Conseil régional d'Île-de-France) is composed of 209 councillors, elected by proportional representation in a two-round system.[5] The winning list in the second round is automatically entitled to a quarter of the seats. The remainder of the seats are allocated through proportional representation with a 5% threshold.
The Council is elected for a six-year term.
| List of political groups in the council | ||||
| Party | Acronym | Elected | Group[6] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majority (125 seats) | ||||
| The Republicans | LR | 59 | Île-de-France gathered (102 seats) | |
| Miscellaneous right | DVD | 14 | ||
| Soyons Libres | SL | 11 | ||
| Democratic Movement | MoDem | 8 | ||
| La France Audacieuse | LFA | 2 | ||
| Radical Movement | MR | 2 | ||
| Agir | Agir | 2 | ||
| The Centrists | LC | 1 | ||
| Union of Democrats and Ecologists | UDE | 1 | ||
| Independent Ecological Movement | MEI | 1 | ||
| La France Vraiment | LFV | 1 | ||
| Union of Democrats and Independents | UDI | 23 | UDI (23 seats) | |
| Opposition (84 seats) | ||||
| Europe Ecology - The Greens | EELV | 11 | Ecologist pole (18 seats) | |
| Génération.s | G s | 5 | ||
| Cap Écologie | CE | 1 | ||
| Ecology Generation | GÉ | 1 | ||
| Socialist Party | PS | 15 | Île-de-France in common (18 seats) | |
| Radical Party of the Left | PRG | 1 | ||
| Miscellaneous left | DVG | 1 | ||
| Les Écolos Solidaires | LÉS | 1 | ||
| La France Insoumise | LFI | 9 | LFI and related (17 seats) | |
| French Communist Party | PCF | 7 | ||
| Animalist Party | PA | 1 | ||
| National Rally | RN | 15 | RN Ile-de-France (16 seats) | |
| L'Avenir Français | LAF | 1 | ||
| La République En Marche! | LREM | 9 | Presidential majority (15 seats) | |
| Democratic movement | MoDem | 4 | ||
| Territories of Progress | TdP | 1 | ||
| Agir | Agir | 1 | ||