Union for the New Republic

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Union for the New Republic
Union pour la nouvelle république
Founded 1 october 1958
Dissolved 1968
Succeeded by Union for the Defense of the Republic
Ideology Gaullism,1
Conservatism2
Political position Right-wing3
European Parliament group European Democratic Union (1965-68)
Colours Blue and red

Politics of France
Political parties
Elections

The Union for the New Republic (French: L'Union pour la nouvelle République, UNR), was a French political party founded on 1 October 1958 that supported Charles de Gaulle in the French presidential election, 1958

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History

The UNR won 206 of 579 seats in the November 1958 elections.

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 Democratic Union of the Fifth Republic (Union démocratique pour la Ve République, UD-Ve), winning 200 out of 486 seats.

The UNR was renamed Union for the Defense of the Republic in 1968, and later Union of Democrats for the Republic in 1971.

Secretaries General of the UNR

See also

References

  1. ^ Mény, Yves (2008), "France: The Institutionalisation of Leadership", Comparative European Politics (Third ed.) (Routledge): 105 
  2. ^ Laponce, J. A. (1961), The Government of the Fifth Republic, University of California Press, p. 23 
  3. ^ Blondel, Jean (1974), Contemporary France: Politics, Society and Institutions, Methuen & Co, p. 24-25 
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