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Union Des Nationaux Indépendants Et Républicains
The Union des nationaux indépendants et républicains (UNIR, Union of Independent and Republican Nationals or National Unity and Independent Republicans), was a political movement launched during the 1951 French legislative election by Jacques Isorni and other nostalgic supporters of the Vichy Government. Officially apolitical, UNIR adhered to a minimal political platform: "to obtain the revision of the trial of Marshal Pétain and his rehabilitation, as well as the moral and material reparation for all French citizens unjustly condemned by exceptional courts." Its general secretary, Roger de Saivre, had previously campaigned in the 1948 elections to the Algerian Assembly under the slogan, "''Voting for de Saivre is voting for Pétain''"—a campaign that secured 20% of the vote. Upon its creation, UNIR received support from the Association for the Defense of Marshal Pétain's Memory and the Union of Independent Intellectuals. During the 1951 election, UNIR succeeded in elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Centre Of Independents And Peasants
The National Centre of Independents and Peasants (, ; CNIP) is a right-wing agrarian political party in France, founded in 1951 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents (CNI), the heir of the French Republican conservative-liberal tradition (many party members came from the Democratic Republican Alliance), with the Peasant Party and the Republican Party of Liberty. It played a major role during the Fourth Republic (prior to 1958), but since creation of the Fifth Republic, its importance has decreased significantly. The party has mostly run as a minor ally of larger centre-right parties. The CNI and its predecessors have been classical liberal and economically liberal parties largely opposed to the ''dirigisme'' of the left, centre and Gaullist right. History Fourth Republic The Centre National des Indépendants was founded in January 1949 with the aim of uniting centre-right and right-wing parliamentarians, dispersed between a plethora of parties such as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |