The National Union for Territories Group (, UNT) is a parliamentary group in the French Senate, the indirectly elected upper house of the French Parliament. The group comprising primarily from the National Rally (RN) and the Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR). It was formed following the 2026 French Senate election, in which the two parties obtained enough seats to form a group for the first time.
The group has been chaired by Edwige Diaz, senator for Gironde, since 2026..
History The National Rally (then the National Front) entered the Senate for the first time following the 2014 French Senate election, in which Stéphane Ravier and David Rachline were elected senators.. The party made a further breakthrough in the 2023 French Senate election, with the election of Christopher Szczurek, Aymeric Durox and Joshua Hochart...
Until 2026, RN elected officials sit on the administrative meeting of senators not on the list of any group (RASNAG). In 2023, Christopher Szczurek became a delegate of the RASNAG, equivalent to a parliamentary group president, responsible for representing and defending the rights of "non-inscrit" senators..
In the 2026 French Senate election, the National Rally (RN) intended to capitalize on its success in the municipal elections to reach the threshold of ten senators needed to form a parliamentary group. The party aimed to hold between "9 and 13 seats" in total after the election, in addition to the senators from the Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR), expected in the Alpes-Maritimes department.. Ultimately, nine senators from the RN (in addition to the three already serving in the Senate, whose terms were up for renewal in 2029) and three senators from the UDR were elected in this election, allowing the two parties to form their first parliamentary group in the upper house.. The group was officially created on 5 October 2026, at the time of filing the lists and declarations of the parliamentary groups,. under the name "National Union for the Territories"..
Leadership
President PresidentPartySinceDepartmentEdwige DiazRNGironde
Vice-president Vice-presidentPartySinceDepartmentLaurent CastilloUDRAlpes-Maritimes
Composition +Members of the group at its creation.SeriesDepartmentNamePartySéries 1NordJoshua HochartRNPas-de-CalaisChristopher SzczurekRNSeine-et-MarneAymeric DuroxRNSéries 2AinSylvie Goy-Chaventapp. UDRAlpes-MaritimesLaurent CastilloUDRUDRBouches-du-RhôneRNFabien BraviRNGardSylvie JosserandRNGirondeEdwige DiazRNHéraultManon BouquinRNSeine-MaritimeRNVarFrank GilettiRNRNVaucluseRN
External links Official website
References
See also
Groupe Rassemblement national (Assemblée nationale) Groupe Union des droites pour la République Union de l'extrême droite