Popular Republican Union

The Popular Republican Union is a political party in France, founded in 2007 by François Asselineau. The ideology of the party is a hard Eurosceptic, and seeks the withdrawal of France from the European Union and the Eurozone. History Foundation After leaving the UMP (2006) and the Rally for an Independent and Sovereign France (RIF, :fr:Rassemblement pour l'indépendance et la souveraineté de la France) where Asselineau was a member of the steering committee for 3 months, in 2007, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Rome Treaty, he created the Popular Republican Union (UPR). 2012 presidential election Asselineau confirmed his candidacy for the 2012 French presidential election in December 2011 during the national congress of the party. Asselineau was not among the ten candidates officially endorsed by the Constitutional Council as he could muster only 17 signatures from elected officials out of the necessary 500