including former president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Prime Minister JacquesChirac. They called for the formation of a new right-wing party to unite the
the Fifth Republic of France. It was formed on 2 June 1997 by the decree of President JacquesChirac. It was composed of members from the Socialist Party
cohabitation includes President François Mitterrand's appointment of JacquesChirac as prime minister after the legislative election of 1986. While Mitterrand's