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== Ideology ==
== Ideology ==


UPR runs on a centrist<ref name=Lavoixdunord1>[http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Region/actualite/Secteur_Region/2012/02/28/article_de-a-a-z.shtml "LE NORD - PAS-DE-CALAIS DE A À Z"], ''[[La Voix du nord]]'', 28 February 2012. Retrieved on 1 October 2013</ref> 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".<ref name=NordEclair>Dupont, Isabelle. [http://www.nordeclair.fr/Locales/Villeneuve-d-Ascq/2012/02/29/un-petit-candidat-contre-la-grande-europ.shtml "Un petit candidat contre la grande Europe"], ''[[Nord éclair]]'', February 29, 2012. Retrieved on 1 October 2013</ref> UPR promotes that withdrawal from the [[European Union]] and the [[euro]] by the usage of [[s:Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union/Title VI: Final Provisions#Article 50|TEU Article 50]]<ref name=lacroix>De Boissieu, Laurent. [http://www.la-croix.com/Actualite/S-informer/France/Presidentielle-Ces-petits-candidats-qui-veulent-se-faire-entendre-_EP_-2012-03-15-778791"Ces "petits" candidats qui veulent se faire entendre"], ''[[La croix]]'', March 15, 2012. Retrieved on 1 October 2013</ref> as a first step to get France out of its current crisis by regaining capital, goods and person flow regulation control.<ref name="Lavoixdunord1"/><ref name="NordEclair"/> For military sovereignty, UPR advocates France withdrawal from the [[NATO]].<ref name=ladepeche>Schrepf, Jerôme. [http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2013/05/24/1633424-l-upr-entre-conquete-et-resistance.html "Villeneuve-sur-lot. L'UPR entre conquête et résistance"], ''LaDépêche.fr'', May 24, 2013. Retrieved on 1 October 2013</ref>
UPR runs on a centrist<ref name=Dauphine>Moulinier, Ève. "François Asselineau, le candidat qui dit non à l’UE", ''[[Le Dauphiné Libéré]]'' page 4, 12 February 2012. Retrieved on 1 October 2013 [http://www.u-p-r.fr/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/article-Dauphine.pdf ]</ref><ref name=Lavoixdunord1>[http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Region/actualite/Secteur_Region/2012/02/28/article_de-a-a-z.shtml "LE NORD - PAS-DE-CALAIS DE A À Z"], ''[[La Voix du nord]]'', 28 February 2012. Retrieved on 1 October 2013</ref> 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".<ref name=NordEclair>Dupont, Isabelle. [http://www.nordeclair.fr/Locales/Villeneuve-d-Ascq/2012/02/29/un-petit-candidat-contre-la-grande-europ.shtml "Un petit candidat contre la grande Europe"], ''[[Nord éclair]]'', February 29, 2012. Retrieved on 1 October 2013</ref> UPR promotes that withdrawal from the [[European Union]] and the [[euro]] by the usage of [[s:Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union/Title VI: Final Provisions#Article 50|TEU Article 50]]<ref name=lacroix>De Boissieu, Laurent. [http://www.la-croix.com/Actualite/S-informer/France/Presidentielle-Ces-petits-candidats-qui-veulent-se-faire-entendre-_EP_-2012-03-15-778791"Ces "petits" candidats qui veulent se faire entendre"], ''[[La croix]]'', March 15, 2012. Retrieved on 1 October 2013</ref> as a first step to get France out of its current crisis by regaining capital, goods and person flow regulation control.<ref name="Lavoixdunord1"/><ref name="NordEclair"/> For military sovereignty, UPR advocates France withdrawal from the [[NATO]].<ref name=ladepeche>Schrepf, Jerôme. [http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2013/05/24/1633424-l-upr-entre-conquete-et-resistance.html "Villeneuve-sur-lot. L'UPR entre conquête et résistance"], ''LaDépêche.fr'', May 24, 2013. Retrieved on 1 October 2013</ref>


UPR also favors [[nationalisation]] of entities such as [[TF1]], [[La Poste (France)|La Poste]], [[Gaz de France]], highways, water management and troubled banks.<ref name=Dauphine>Moulinier, Ève. "François Asselineau, le candidat qui dit non à l’UE", ''[[Le Dauphiné Libéré]]'' page 4, 12 February 2012. Retrieved on 1 October 2013 [http://www.u-p-r.fr/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/article-Dauphine.pdf ]</ref><ref name="NordEclair"/>
UPR also favors [[nationalisation]] of entities such as [[TF1]], [[La Poste (France)|La Poste]], [[Gaz de France]], highways, water management and troubled banks.<ref name="Dauphine"/><ref name="NordEclair"/>


==Leadership==
==Leadership==

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Popular Republican Union
Union Populaire Républicaine
PresidentFrançois Asselineau
Founded25 March 2007
Headquarters15, rue Érard 75012 PARIS
Membership (2015)>7000
IdeologyEuroscepticism, souverainism, Gaullism
Political positionSyncretic
National Assembly
0 / 577
Senate
0 / 348
European Parliament
0 / 74
Regional Councils
0 / 1,880
General Councils
0 / 4,108
Website
www.upr.fr

Popular Republican Union (French: Union Populaire Républicaine), is a centrist 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 Rally for an Independent and Sovereign France (RIF)[1] where Asselineau was a member of the steering committee for 3 months, in 2007, for the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaty signature,[2] he created the Popular Republican Union (UPR).[3][4]

Ideology

UPR runs on a centrist[5][6] 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".[7] UPR promotes that withdrawal from the European Union and the euro by the usage of TEU Article 50[8] as a first step to get France out of its current crisis by regaining capital, goods and person flow regulation control.[6][7] For military sovereignty, UPR advocates France withdrawal from the NATO.[9]

UPR also favors nationalisation of entities such as TF1, La Poste, Gaz de France, highways, water management and troubled banks.[5][7]

Leadership

UPR is presided by its founder François Asselineau.

UPR claims to be a growing party despite "the blacklisting from the national media" due to UPR's program.[5] The movement has been developed primarily online notably because of Asselineau's conferences that had been seen more than 2 Million times.[10] They claim to be one of the most visited French political party website as evidenced by their Alexa rank.[11]

Date Membership Source
25 February 2015 >7000 [12]
2 November 2014 6325 [13]
21 May 2014 5000 [14]
3 March 2014 4200 [10]
24 September 2013 3300 [15]
10 June 2013 ≤3000 [16]
29 May 2013 2960 [17]
29 February 2012 ≈1000 [7]

Presidential

In January 2011, Asselineau announced his intention to run for the 2012 French presidential election for the UPR.[18] He confirmed his candidacy in December 2011 during the national congress of the party.[19] 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.[17]

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.[9] UPR sought to publicize its legislative program, to galvanize party members and to gain in notoriety thanks to the media exposure of this election.[16] UPR failed to reach the second round, receiving less than one half of one percent of the vote.[20]

European Parliament

The party participated in the 2014 European Parliament election by being one of the 15 parties (out of 193) to present lists in every constituency.[21] However, a limited budget restricted active campaign mailings to only thirty departments.[22] The purpose was to introduce their program hoping to alert electors deceived from the current political system[23] and gain in notoriety thanks to the media exposure.[11] 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.[14] UPR scored 0.41% of votes cast for France and Asselineau scored 0.56% of votes cast in the Île-de-France constituency.[24]

Departemental

UPR ran in the 2015 departmental elections with 14 lists out of the 2,054 cantons.[25] 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.[12][26] During the campaign, Yannick Herve, candidate in the Canton of Erstein, has been detained and questioned by the gendarmery after having taken down European flags from 6 communes' city halls while informing them beforehand. His intention was to protest against a symbol that is claiming to be unconstitutional in France. He has been charged by the 6 mayors for theft.[27][28] UPR scored in average 1,63% of votes cast.

See also

References

  1. ^ De Boissieu, Laurent. "Rassemblement pour l'indépendance et la souveraineté de la France (RIF)", France-politique.fr, 21 October 2011. Retrieved on 1 October 2013.
  2. ^ Lopez, Julien and Zebaïr, Yannis. "Asselineau: La dictature de l'Europe", Bondy Blog, 28 October 2011. Retrieved on 1 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Les souverainistes radicaux créent l’Union populaire républicaine", revue-republicaine, 28 March 2007. Retrieved on 1 October 2013.
  4. ^ Page of the party on France Politique
  5. ^ a b c Moulinier, Ève. "François Asselineau, le candidat qui dit non à l’UE", Le Dauphiné Libéré page 4, 12 February 2012. Retrieved on 1 October 2013 [1]
  6. ^ a b "LE NORD - PAS-DE-CALAIS DE A À Z", La Voix du nord, 28 February 2012. Retrieved on 1 October 2013
  7. ^ a b c d Dupont, Isabelle. "Un petit candidat contre la grande Europe", Nord éclair, February 29, 2012. Retrieved on 1 October 2013
  8. ^ De Boissieu, Laurent. "Ces "petits" candidats qui veulent se faire entendre", La croix, March 15, 2012. Retrieved on 1 October 2013
  9. ^ a b Schrepf, Jerôme. "Villeneuve-sur-lot. L'UPR entre conquête et résistance", LaDépêche.fr, May 24, 2013. Retrieved on 1 October 2013
  10. ^ a b "Qui est François Asselineau?", Valeurs Actuelles, 3 March 2014. Retrieved on 13 March 2014.
  11. ^ a b Lemonnier, Jérôme. "Les « petits partis » partent à l’assaut des européennes", Essone Info, 22 May 2014. Retrieved on 24 June 2014.
  12. ^ a b Roca, Fanny "Départementales 2015. L'union populaire républicaine investit le canton de Solliès", Var-Matin, 25 February 2015. Retrieved on 29 May 2015.
  13. ^ "François Asselineau (UPR) en Mayenne le 22 et 23 novembre", La Mayenne, on adore !, 21 November 2014. Retrieved on 16 February 2015.
  14. ^ a b Thompson, Yann. "Européennes : la galère des petits candidats", France TV, 21 May 2014. Retrieved on 24 June 2014.
  15. ^ "L'UPR vise les Européennes", Paris Normandie.fr, Saint-Aubin-sur-Gaillon, 25 September 2013. Retrieved on 6 July 2015.
  16. ^ a b Olivari, Candice. "Les candidats à l'élection législative partielle en Lot-et-Garonne", France 3, June 10, 2013. Retrieved on 1 October 2013
  17. ^ a b 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
  27. ^ Gandoin, Sandra. "Départementales: un candidat alsacien interpellé pour avoir décroché des drapeaux européens", BFM TV, 18 March 2015. Retrieved on 30 June 2015
  28. ^ Estivals, Florent. "Décrochages de drapeaux européens : six plaintes déposées", Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, 19 March 2015. Retrieved on 30 June 2015
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