Union for the New Republic

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Union for the New Republic
Union pour la nouvelle république
PresidentCharles de Gaulle
General SecretaryRobert Poujade (last)
FounderCharles de Gaulle
Founded1 October 1958 (1958-10-01)
Dissolved26 November 1967 (1967-11-26)
Preceded byNational Centre of Social Republicans
Succeeded byUnion for the Defense of the Republic
HeadquartersParis
NewspaperLa Lettre de la nation Magazine
Trade unionUnion démocratique du travail
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing[6][7]
European Parliament groupLiberal and Allies Group[8] (1958-65)
European Democratic Union (1965-67)
Colours    Blue and red
Party flag

The Union for the New Republic (French: L'Union pour la nouvelle République, UNR) was a Gaullist political party in France, formed in support of Charles de Gaulle in the 1958 elections.

History

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The UNR won 189 of 466 seats in the November 1958 elections.[9]

In 1962, the UNR grouped with the Gaullist Democratic Union of Labour (French: Union démocratique du travail, UDT) to form the UNR-UDT. They won 233 seats out of 482, slightly less than an absolute majority. 35 Independent Republicans boosted their support.

In 1967, UNR candidates ran under the title Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic (Union des démocrates pour la Ve République, UD-Ve), winning 200 out of 486 seats.

The UNR was renamed Union for the Defense of the Republic in 1967, and later Union of Democrats for the Republic in 1971.

Secretaries General of the UNR

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UNR in the Senate

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Under the Fifth Republic, 39 senators were affiliated to the UNR Group and 11 of them were Muslims or with Muslim origins.[10]

Maurice Bayrou was the leader of the group in the Senate from October 1962 to October 1965.

Election results

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Presidential

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President of the French Republic
Election Candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
1958 Charles de Gaulle 62,394 78.51% - - Won
1965 10,828,521 44.65% 13,083,699 55.20% Won

National Assembly

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National Assembly
Election year Leader First round Second round Seats +/− Rank

(seats)

Votes % Votes %
1958 Charles de Gaulle 3,603,958 17.6 4,769,052 26.4
189 / 576
 – 1st
1962 Georges Pompidou 5,855,744 31.9 6,169,890 40.5
233 / 491
 Increase44 1st

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mény, Yves (2008), "France: The Institutionalisation of Leadership", Comparative European Politics (Third ed.), Routledge, p. 105
  2. ^ "FRANCE: The Page of Progress". TIME. 15 December 1958. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  3. ^ Cerny, P. G. (1970). "The Fall of Two Presidents and Extraparliamentary Opposition: France and the United States in 1968". Government and Opposition. 5 (3). Cambridge University Press: 287–306.
  4. ^ a b Bell, David (4 May 2012). "New Republic: Midnight In Paris". NPR. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  5. ^ Laponce, J. A. (1961), The Government of the Fifth Republic, University of California Press, p. 23
  6. ^ Blondel, Jean (1974), Contemporary France: Politics, Society and Institutions, Methuen & Co, pp. 24–25
  7. ^ Emmenegger, Patrick (15 October 2014). "A 'Red Wave' over Europe". The Power to Dismiss. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198709237.003.0004.
  8. ^ UFE on Europe Politique
  9. ^ Rohn, Peter H.; Macridis, Roy C.; Brown, Bernard E. (1961). "The De Gaulle Republic, Quest for Unity". The Western Political Quarterly. 14 (1): 253. doi:10.2307/443963. hdl:2027/mdp.39015012077858. ISSN 0043-4078.
  10. ^ Groupe de l'Union pour la Nouvelle République


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