Union for the New Republic

This article is about the political party in France. For other uses, see New Republic (disambiguation).

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.

Union for the New Republic Union pour la nouvelle république
The Cross of Lorraine was the official symbol of the UNR.
President	Charles de Gaulle
General Secretary	Robert Poujade (last)
Founder	Charles de Gaulle
Founded	1 October 1958 (1958-10-01)
Dissolved	26 November 1967 (1967-11-26)
Preceded by	National Centre of Social Republicans
Succeeded by	Union for the Defense of the Republic
Headquarters	Paris
Newspaper	La Lettre de la nation Magazine
Trade union	Union démocratique du travail
Ideology	Gaullism[1][2][3] Dirigisme[4] Social conservatism[4] Conservatism[5]
Political position	Right-wing[6][7]
European Parliament group	Liberal and Allies Group[8] (1958-65) European Democratic Union (1965-67)
Colours	Blue and red
Party flag
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History

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 V^e République, UD-V^e), 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

• Roger Frey, 1958–1959
• Albin Chalandon, 1959
• Jacques Richard, 1959–1961
• Roger Dusseaulx, 1961–1962
• Louis Terrenoire, 1962
• Jacques Baumel, 1962–1967
• Robert Poujade, 1967–1969

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.^[10]

• First Senate election – 37 seats; 12.0%
• Second Senate election – 32 seats; 11.7%
• Third Senate election – 30 seats; 10.9%

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

Election results

Presidential

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

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	44	1st

See also

• Gaullist Party

References

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. 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