LREM er ofte blevet beskrevet som franske vælgeres modsvar til [[højrepopulisme|højrefløjs]]- og [[venstrepopulisme|venstrefløjspopulismen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/world/europe/emmanuel-macron-france-national-assembly.html|title=Emmanuel Macron Becomes France’s Answer to Strongman Populism|publisher=The New York Times|author=Adam Nossiter|date=22. marts 2018|language=engelsk|accessdate=4. september 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/06/france-macron-election-populism-le-pen/530379/|title=The Fate of French Populism|publisher=The Atlantic|author=Cole Stangler|date=17. juni 2017|language=engelsk|accessdate=4. september 2018}}</ref> LREM's stifter Macron er dog også selv blevet betegnet som [[populisme|populist]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/02/emmanuel-macron-populist-eruption-liberal-centre|title=Emmanuel Macron: a populist eruption from the liberal centre|publisher=NewStatesman|author=Jason Cowley|date=23. februar 2017|language=engelsk|accessdate=4. september 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/lrem/emmanuel-macron-veut-bien-etre-qualifie-de-populiste_1890623.html|title=Emmanuel Macron veut bien être qualifié de "populiste" |publisher=l'express|date=19. marts 2017|language=fransk|accessdate=4. september 2018}}</ref>
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