Popular Republican Union (2007)
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Popular Republican Union
Union Populaire Républicaine |
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| President | François Asselineau |
| Founded | 25 March 2007 |
| Headquarters | 15, rue Érard 75012 PARIS |
| Membership | +28 000 |
| Ideology |
French nationalism Souverainism Gaullism Syncretism Hard Euroscepticism Anti-imperialism |
| National Assembly |
0 / 577
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| Senate |
0 / 348
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| European Parliament |
0 / 74
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| Regional Councils |
0 / 1,880
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| General Councils |
0 / 4,108
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| Website | |
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Popular Republican Union (French: Union Populaire Républicaine), 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 NATO.
After leaving the 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).
UPR runs on an 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 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.
In February 2012, François Asselineau and his party, UPR, claimed they were "barred from the major media" ("barrés des grands médias") and "banned from going on the air" ("interdits d'antenne") as "[their] ideas are upsetting" ("[leur] discours dérange"). In 2014, UPR described itself as being "the most censored party in France".
On 23 April 2014, François Asselineau's party sent a registered letter to Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (Audiovisual Superior Council) to demand "urgent action regarding the mainstream broadcasting media to have them accept UPR at last in their broadcasts".
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