Union of Democrats for the Republic
Union of Democrats for the Republic Union des démocrates pour la République | |
|---|---|
Union for the New Republic | |
| Succeeded by | Rally for the Republic |
| Headquarters | 123 rue de Lille, Paris 7th |
| Newspaper | La Lettre de la nation |
| Ideology | Gaullism Paternalistic conservatism[1] Liberal conservatism[2] Pro-Europeanism[3][4] (soft)[5] |
| Political position | Right-wing[6][7] |
| European Parliament group | European Democratic Union (1967–73) European Progressive Democrats (1973–76) |
| Colors | |
The Union for the Defence of the Republic (French: Union pour la défense de la République), after 1968 renamed Union of Democrats for the Republic (French: Union des démocrates pour la République), commonly abbreviated UDR, was a Gaullist[8][9] political party of France that existed from 1968 to 1976.
The UDR was the successor to
May 1968 crisis
, it formed a right-wing coalition named Union for the Defense of the Republic (UDR); it was subsequently renamed Union of Democrats for the Republic, retaining the abbreviation UDR, in October 1968.
Under de Gaulle's successor Georges Pompidou it promoted the Gaullist movement. It dissolved in 1976, and its successor was the Rally for the Republic (RPR) founded by Jacques Chirac.[10][11]
Secretaries-general
- 1968–71: Robert Poujade
- 1971–72: René Tomasini
- 1972–73: Alain Peyrefitte
- 1973–74: Alexandre Sanguinetti
- 1974–75: Jacques Chirac
- 1975–76: André Bord
- 1976: Yves Guéna
Election results
Presidential
| Election year | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Rank | Votes | % | Rank | ||
| 1969 | Georges Pompidou | 10,051,783 | 44.5 | 1st | 11,064,371 | 58.2 | Won |
| 1974 | Jacques Chaban-Delmas | 3,857,728 | 15.1 | 3rd | - | - | Lost |
National Assembly
| Election year | Leader | 1st round | 2nd round | Seats | +/− | Rank (seats) |
Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||
| 1967 | Georges Pompidou | 8,448,082 | 37.7 | 7,972,908 | 42.6 | 243 / 487
|
 25
|
1st | Presidential majority |
| 1968 | 9,667,532 | 43.6 | 6,762,170 | 46.4 | 354 / 487
|
 111
|
1st | Presidential majority | |
| 1973 | Pierre Messmer | 8,242,661 | 34.6 | 10,701,135 | 45.6 | 272 / 491
|
82
|
1st | Presidential majority |
See also
- Gaullist Party
References
- ISBN 9781476761152.
- )
- ISBN 9781135234010.
- ^ Rusi, Alpo M. (1991). Springer (ed.). After the Cold War: Europe's New Political Architecture. Springer. p. 34.
- ISBN 9781134876167.
- ^ Goodliffe, Gabriel (2012), The Resugence of the Radical Right in France: From Boulangisme to the Front National, Cambridge University Press, p. 250
- ^ Blondel, Jean (1974), Contemporary France: Politics, Society and Institutions, Methuen & Co, pp. 24–25
- ISBN 978-1-134-78865-1.
- ISBN 978-1-134-97423-8.
- ^ Frank L. Wilson, "Gaullism without de Gaulle," Western Political Quarterly (1973) 26#3 pp. 485-506 in JSTOR
- ^ Senate Groups since 1959
Further reading
- Berstein, Serge & Jean-Pierre Rioux (2000). The Pompidou Years, 1969-1974. Cambridge UP. ISBN 9780521580618.S, major scholarly history of France
- Hibbs, Douglas A., and Nicholas Vasilatos. "Economics and Politics in France: Economic Performance and Mass Political Support for Presidents Pompidou and Giscard d'Estaing." European Journal of Political Research (1981) 9#2 pp: 133-145. online
- Wilson, Frank L. "Gaullism without de Gaulle," Western Political Quarterly (1973) 26#3 pp. 485–506 in JSTOR
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