Union populaire républicaine (Asselineau)

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Union Populaire Républicaine
Republican People's Union
Logo of the Union Populaire Républicaine
François Asselineau
Party leader François Asselineau
founding March 25, 2007
Place of foundation Paris
Headquarters 28, rue Basfroi
75011 Paris - France
FranceFrance 
Alignment Sovereignty ,
Frexit ,
Gaullism
Colours) Blue-green white

Number of members 34,000
Website www.upr.fr

The Union Populaire Républicaine ( UPR , German 'Republican People's Union') is a small French sovereignist political party that was founded in March 2007 by the former top official François Asselineau . The UPR is classified as a diverse list (neither right nor left). The party primarily represents the so-called " Frexit " (France's exit from the EU , the Eurozone and NATO ) based on the conspiracy theories and conspiracy assumptions of its chairman François Asselineau, which have found widespread use in social media.

Program

According to the French Interior Ministry, the UPR's political orientation is neither left nor right. It is directed against the supranational institutions of the EU , the euro system and NATO. Their analysis suggests that the decisions of the French state are made by "an unelected oligarchy and not by the French themselves", which results in the French people becoming alienated from politics. According to the UPR, the continued rule of the EU over European affairs leads to a “global apartheid” through the alienation or rivalry of the European peoples against other peoples. ”The UPR calls for the exit from the EU and the euro through the application of the article 50 of the EU Treaty as a first step towards overcoming the current crisis thanks to regained control over capital, trade in goods and immigration. In terms of military sovereignty, the UPR is promoting the exit from NATO.

The UPR charter is largely inspired by the guiding principle of the “ Conseil National de la Résistance ”, the National Council of Resistance of the French resistance against the German occupation in World War II, and adapts it to the situation in today's world. She advocates the nationalization of companies that serve the common good such as TF1 , La Poste , Gaz de France , motorways, water supply and to protect the citizens of troubled banks.

In its program, the UPR calls for the recognition of abstentions, the holding of a referendum and the "admission of a national debate" on national debt, immigration and energy.

Party leadership

The party leader and founder of the UPR is François Asselineau .

Membership

The UPR claims to have an ever-increasing membership, although the public media, according to the UPR, keep them silent about its program. According to its own account, the party developed mainly thanks to the Internet: François Asselineau's lectures are said to have been viewed more than 2 million times and the UPR website is said to be one of the most visited websites by political parties according to the Alexa ranking .

date Number of members source
March 11, 2017 16800
23rd January 2017 15000
November 30, 2015 9000
20th December 2014 7000
May 21, 2014 5000
May 29, 2013 2960
February 29, 2012 ≈1000

Election results

Presidential election

In January 2011, François Asselineau announced his candidacy for the 2012 election . However, he received only 17 of the 500 signatures required for an official candidacy from elected officials. Thus, he was not one of the 10 candidates recognized by the Constitutional Council. On March 10, 2017, François Asselineau announced his candidacy for the 2017 French presidential election after more than 500 signatures from elected officials were officially recognized by the Constitutional Council. There he received 0.92% of the vote.

General election

After the Jérôme Cahuzac scandal and his resignation as a Member of Parliament, François Asselineau and Régis Chamagne decided to run for the vacant seat. The aim of her candidacy was to publicize the UPR's analyzes: that the European Union is a “deception” and the “cause of the problem”. The candidates received 0.58% of the vote. In further parliamentary by-elections, the UPR candidates Yannick Hervé (in February 2015 in the Doubs department ) and Loic Massebiau (in September 2015 in the Aveyron department ) gain 0.57% and 1.86% of the vote, respectively.

European elections

The UPR took part in the 2014 European elections and provided one of 15 lists (out of a total of 193) that were present in each of the 8 constituencies. The UPR was officially classified as “LDIV” (abbreviation for “liste divers”, neither right nor left) by the Ministry of the Interior responsible for it. However, the budget of 350,000 euros was not enough to send the UPR program to every household: it was only distributed in 30 departments. The aim was to present the program and the analyzes of the UPR and to make the UPR known through the media presence. François Asselineau complained to the French Media Control Council (CSA) that his party had no access to the media and that the principle of media equality only applies to the parties that are already known. The UPR received 0.41% of the vote across France (76 907 votes). In the Ile-de-France region, where he was the top candidate, François Asselineau received 0.56% of the vote (17,864 votes).

Regional elections

In December 2015 the UPR took part in the regional elections and made a list in all constituencies (1971 candidates in total) except Corsica and the overseas departments of Guyane, Guadeloupe and Martinique. The UPR received 0.87% of the vote (189,330 votes). In the Ile-de-France region, where he was the top candidate, François Asselineau received 0.94% of the vote (29,755 votes).

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maxence Lambrecq, Et si les "gilets jaunes" votaient François Asselineau? , France Inter , February 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Les souverainistes radicaux créent l'Popular Republican Union" ( Memento of 21 March 2012 at the Internet Archive ), revue-republicaine March 28, 2007. Accessed January 29, 2017th
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