The Forum of Social Republicans (Forum des républicains sociaux, FRS) is a conservative christian-democratic party in France. Its founder and leader is Christine Boutin. This article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ... Christian Democracy is a heterogeneous political ideology and movement. ... Christine Boutin (born in Levroux, Indre, France on February 6, 1944) is a French politician. ...

It was established in March 2001 as a faction within the Union for French Democracy and emerged as an independent party in December of the same year, when Boutin announced her presidential bid, in contrast with UDF leader and official candidate François Bayrou, and was consequently expelled. The Union for French Democracy, also known by its French acronym UDF (Union pour la Démocratie Française), is a French centrist political party. ... -1...

The FRS is now an associate party to the Union for a Popular Movement. The Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, UMP), initially named the Union for the Presidential Majority (Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle), is the main French conservative political party. ...