Union of Independent and Republican Nationals Union des nationaux indépendants et républicains | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Jacques Isorni |
| Secretary-General | Roger de Saivre |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Dissolved | 1950s (merged into theNational Centre of Independents and Peasants) |
| Succeeded by | National Centre of Independents and Peasants |
| Headquarters | France |
| Ideology |
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| Political position | Far-right |
| International affiliation | None |
| Slogan | "Voting for de Saivre is voting for Pétain" |
| Seats won (1951 elections) | 5 |
TheUnion des nationaux indépendants et républicains (UNIR, Union of Independent and Republican Nationals or National Unity and Independent Republicans), was a political movement launched during the1951 French legislative election byJacques Isorni and other nostalgic supporters of theVichy Government.[1]
Officially apolitical, UNIR adhered to a minimal political platform: "to obtain the revision of thetrial ofMarshal 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.[2] Upon its creation, UNIR received support from theAssociation for the Defense of Marshal Pétain's Memory and theUnion of Independent Intellectuals.[3]
During the 1951 election, UNIR succeeded in electing several deputies, three under the UNIR label: Jacques Isorni in Paris, Roger de Saivre inOran, andJacques Le Roy Ladurie inCalvados.[4] Additionally,Paul Estèbe, a former member of theRepublican Party of Liberty inGironde, ran under the broaderRally of French Republican and Independent Groups banner, along withGeorges Loustaunau-Lacau who won as an independent.[3]
Initially,Paul Reynaud opposed the integration of UNIR deputies into the parliamentary group of theNational Centre of Independents and Peasants (CNIP).[1] As a result, they first aligned themselves with thePeasant Party of Social Union[1] before ultimately joining the CNIP parliamentary group. Shortly thereafter, UNIR merged into the CNIP political party.
