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Popular Republican Union (Template:Lang-fr), is a French political party, founded in 2007 by François Asselineau. The ideology of the party is Eurosceptic, and seeks the withdrawal of France from the European Union, the euro and the NATO.

History

After leaving the and UMP (2006) and the Rally for an Independent and Sovereign France (RIF) where Asselineau was a member of the steering committee for 3 months, in 2007, for the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaty signature, he created the Popular Republican Union (UPR).

Ideology

UPR runs on a anti-EU platform stating that all French policy decisions are made by an "unelected oligarchy, not French," leading to the political disaffection of the French public, and that the continued rule of the EU over European affairs will lead to a "global apartheid". UPR promotes that withdrawal from the European Union and the euro by the usage of TEU Article 50 as a first step to get France out of its current crisis by regaining capital, goods and person flow regulation control. For military sovereignty, UPR advocates France withdrawal from the NATO.

UPR also favors nationalisation of entities such as TF1, La Poste, Gaz de France, highways, water management and troubled banks.

Popular support and electoral record

UPR claims to be a growing party despite "the blacklisting from the national media" due to UPR's program. The movement has been developed exclusively online because of Asselineau's conferences that had been seen more than 2 Million times. They claim to be the most visited French political party website as evidenced by their Alexa rank.

In 2013, the university researcher, Jean-Yves Camus doubts the reality of membership figures

Presidential

In January 2011, Asselineau announced his intention to run for the 2012 French presidential election for the UPR. He confirmed his candidacy in December 2011 during the national congress of the party. However, Asselineau was finally not among the ten candidates officially endorsed by the Constitutional council as he could muster only 17 out of the 500 signatures from elected politicians that are necessary to run for president.

Legislative

Following the Cahuzac affair and the resignation of Jérôme Cahuzac, Asselineau and Régis Chamagne decided to run for the legislative election in the Lot-et-Garonne's 3rd constituency. In response to charges that they were carpetbaggers—not being residents of the constituency—they responded that members of the National Assembly represent the whole nation, not a region. UPR sought to publicize its legislative program, to galvanize party members and to gain in notoriety thanks to the media exposure of this election. UPR failed to reach the second round, receiving less than one half of one percent of the vote.

European Parliament

The party participated in the 2014 European Parliament election. However, a limited budget restricted active campaign mailings to only thirty departments. The purpose was to introduce their program hoping to alert electors deceived from the current political system and gain in notoriety thanks to the media exposure. François Asselineau complained to CSA that the party did not have access to media and claimed that media's principle of equity was to expose parties that are already well-known. UPR scored 0.41% of votes cast for France and Asselineau scored 0.56% of votes cast in the Île-de-France constituency.

Departemental

UPR ran in the 2015 departmental elections with 14 lists out of the 2,054 cantons. They intended to alert electors notably on UPR's program and that the local situation is the consequence of national and international circumstances. They were hoping to score honorably.

See also

• Politics of France
• List of political parties in France

References

1. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/demission-remarquee-a-l-ump-03-10-2006-2007382302.php
2. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/ca-bouge-a-l-ump-31-12-2004-2005580066.php
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5. Page of the party on France Politique
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12. Législative partielle: la galaxie des micro-partis, Sud-Ouest, Grégoire Morizet , 11 June 2013.
13. ^ Roca, Fanny. "Départementales 2015. L'union populaire républicaine investit le canton de Solliès", Var-Matin, 25 February 2015. Retrieved on 29 May 2015.
14. ^ Thompson, Yann. "Européennes : la galère des petits candidats", France TV, 21 May 2014. Retrieved on 24 June 2014.
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16. ^ Olivari, Candice. "Les candidats à l'élection législative partielle en Lot-et-Garonne", France 3, June 10, 2013. Retrieved on 1 October 2013
17. ^ Houchard, Béatrice. "Trois recalés de la présidentielle en repêchage à Villeneuve-sur-Lot", Le Figaro, May 30, 2013. Retrieved on 1 October 2013
18. Choq FM, "L'autre monde" (The other world), 14 February 2011
19. Houchard, Béatrice. "Asselineau candidat à la présidentielle", Le Parisien, 3 December 2011. Retrieved on 1 October 2013
20. "Election législative partielle : les résultats définitifs", Villeneuve-sur-Lot, 23 June 2013. Retrieved on 1 October 2013
21. De Boissieu, Laurent. "Elections européennes: les listes qui veulent créer la surprise", La Croix, 21 May 2014. Retrieved on 24 June 2014
22. Quinault Maupoil, Tristan. "Européennes: un record de 31 listes à départager en Île-de-France", Le Figaro, 12 May 2014. Retrieved on 24 June 2014
23. "Asselineau (UPR) à Ermont", Le Parisien, 21 May 2014. Retrieved on 24 June 2014
24. "Résultats européennes 2014 Île-de-France", France TV, 30 May 2014. Retrieved on 24 June 2014
25. Yvon, Kathy and Fadeau, Romuald. "A Joué, l'unique candidature de l'UPR en Indre-et-Loire", La Nouvelle République, 13 March 2015. Retrieved on 30 June 2015
26. Yvon, Kathy and Fadeau, Romuald. "Une liste UPR à Saint-Herblain 1", Ouest-France, 16 February 2015. Retrieved on 30 June 2015

External links

• Official website

• Political parties in France
• Eurosceptic parties