On 4 December 2017, Franck Riester announced that his newly founded party Agir, consisting of various «Macron - compatible» elected officials of The Republicans (
including a number expelled from the party) supportive of the government, a majority of which support the line of Alain Juppé, would present candidates in the 2019 European elections, not ruling out an alliance with the Union of Democrats and Independents (
UDI) and other pro-European reformist parties.