Union for the New Republic
The Union pour la Nouvelle République ( UNR ) was a French party in 1958 and 1968. In her and her successor party, the UDR Gaullist policy of the Fifth French Republic, organized by 1958 until 1976.
Party of the Gaullists
The party was founded on 13 May 1958 to support the return of Charles de Gaulle in government functions. It held its position in the creation of a new constitution with a powerful president. In the debate about the decolonization of Algeria, its members were predominantly of an Algerian state under French direction. De Gaulle was elected Prime Minister in June 1958 and after a successful constitutional referendum in December 1958 as the first president of the Fifth Republic.
The UNR was a political party that was indeed committed social and cultural traditions, at the same time, however, for one, especially economic - industrial modernization occurred. Among its most important members included Michel Debré, Jacques Soustelle and Jacques Chaban- Delmas.
The leftist wing of the Gaullist policy was organized since 1958 in the Union Démocratique du Travail (UDT, German Democratic Union of the work). Both movements joined in 1962 on the occasion of the presidential campaign under the name UNR - UDT together. The leadership of the party was for the respective Secretary-General; 1962-1967 was the Jacques Baumel.
Renamed UDR
The Union pour la Nouvelle République ( UNR ) has joined as the Union pour la Ve République Démocrates (UDR, German Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic) in the elections of 1967. Its candidates won 200 of the 486 seats in the National Assembly. Together with the Independent Republicans and unbound deputies they formed a parliamentary majority, which supported the government of Georges Pompidou.
As a consequence of the Paris Maiunruhen 1968, the dissolution of the National Assembly was elected in 1967 by President de Gaulle has. The new parliamentary elections on 23 to 30 June 1968, the applicant of the Gaullist party candidates together with the Independent Republicans stepped up to ( FNRI, Fédération nationale des Independants et républicains ). They formed a joint list under the name Union pour la défense de la République (UDR, German Union for the Defense of the Republic). Their candidates achieved with 293 of 487 seats, the absolute majority of parliamentary seats.
The part of the name "fifth " in the party name lost its importance after de Gaulle's party had averted the danger of an overthrow of the Fifth Republic with its election victory. The founder of de Gaulle resigned in 1969 by the Office of the President back, withdrew from politics and died 1970 Officially, the party of the Gaullists changed its name in 1971 in the Union pour la République démocrates. ( Dt: Union of Democrats for the Republic). Their best-known in German-speaking secretaries-general from this period are Alain Peyrefitte (1972-1973) and Jacques Chirac ( 1974-1975 ). As a 19 -year-old joined in 1974 Nicolas Sarkozy in the Party and participated in the presidential campaign of Jacques Chaban- Delmas, but which may in the presidential election in 1974 was defeated by Valéry Giscard d' Estaing.
Successor parties
The elected as president Valéry Giscard d' Estaing came from the Party of the Independent Republicans ( FNRI ), his campaign, however, was supported by many Gaullists, under the leadership of Jacques Chirac.
Chirac was appointed by the newly elected President Giscard d' Estaing as prime minister. 1976, there was a rift between the two and Chirac resigned from office. Jacques Chirac, then ran for the newly created office of mayor of Paris and founded the same time as the successor party, Rassemblement pour la République (RPR ) as neogaullistische movement. Nicolas Sarkorzy also joined this party, which has been merged into the Union pour un mouvement populaire (UMP ) in 2002.
- Historic Party ( France)
- Founded in 1958