Union for the New Republic explained

Union for the New Republic
Native Name:Union pour la nouvelle république
Leader1 Title:President
Leader1 Name:Charles de Gaulle
Leader2 Title:General Secretary
Founder:Charles de Gaulle
Predecessor:National Centre of Social Republicans
Successor:Union for the Defense of the Republic
Headquarters:Paris
Wing1 Title:Trade union
Wing1:Union démocratique du travail
Newspaper:La Lettre de la nation Magazine
Position:Right-wing[1]
Colours: Blue and red
Country:France

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

The UNR won 189 of 466 seats in the November 1958 elections.[3]

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

UNR in the Senate

Under the Fifth Republic, 39 senators were affiliated to the UNR Group and 11 of them were Muslims or with Muslim origins.[4]

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

Election results

Presidential

Election!rowspan=2
CandidateFirst roundSecond roundResult
Votes%Votes%
1958Charles de Gaulle62,39478.51%-|-||-! 1965| 10,828,521| 44.65%| 13,083,699| 55.20%||}

National Assembly

Election year! rowspan="2"
LeaderFirst roundSecond roundSeats+/−Rank(seats)
Votes%Votes%
1958Charles de Gaulle3,603,95817.64,769,05226.41st
1962Georges Pompidou5,855,74431.96,169,89040.5441st

See also

  • Gaullist Party

References

Notes and References

  1. Emmenegger . Patrick . A 'Red Wave' over Europe . The Power to Dismiss . 15 October 2014 . 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198709237.003.0004.
  2. http://www.europe-politique.eu/rassemblement-des-democrates-europeens.htm UFE on Europe Politique
  3. Rohn . Peter H. . Macridis . Roy C. . Brown . Bernard E. . 1961 . The De Gaulle Republic, Quest for Unity . The Western Political Quarterly . 14 . 1 . 253 . 10.2307/443963 . 0043-4078. 2027/mdp.39015012077858 . free .
  4. http://www.senat.fr/anciens-senateurs-5eme-republique/unr.html Groupe de l'Union pour la Nouvelle République