Union of the Right for the Republic Union des droites pour la République
Abbreviation	UDR
President	Éric Ciotti
Secretary-General	Hanane Mansouri
Vice Presidents	François Falletti [fr] Alexandre Avril Christelle d'Intorni Brigitte Barèges Sophie Vaginay-Ricourt
Founder	Éric Ciotti
Founded	3 September 2012 (2012-09-03)(as the Friends of Éric Ciotti) 31 August 2024 (2024-08-31)(as the UDR)
Split from	The Republicans (2024)
Headquarters	15 Quai des Deux-Emmanuel,Nice, France
Ideology	Right-libertarianism
Political position	Far-right
National affiliation	UMP/LR (2012–2024) RN (2024–)
European Parliament group	European People's Party Group
Colors	Blue
Slogan	Pour que la France reste la France ('So that France remains France')
National Assembly	15 / 577
Senate	0 / 348
European Parliament	1 / 81
Website
udr.fr
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TheUnion of the Right for the Republic (French:Union des droites pour la République,UDR), occasionally referred to as theUnion of the Rights for the Republic^[1] and formerly known as theAssociation of Friends of Éric Ciotti (French:Association des Amis d'Éric Ciotti) andOn the Right! Friends of Éric Ciotti (French:À droite ! Les Amis d'Éric Ciotti,ADAEC), is afar-right^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} political party in France. Founded in 2012 byÉric Ciotti, who later became president ofThe Republicans (LR), the party took its current name and became a completely separate entity following thecrisis within The Republicans due to the2024 legislative election. The party draws inspiration fromright-libertarianism.^[10][11]

The Association of Friends of Éric Ciotti^[12] was founded on 3 September 2012 byÉric Ciotti. Its headquarters were established at 15 Quai des Deux-Emmanuel inNice, France.^[13] The political party was also named "On the Right! Friends of Éric Ciotti".^[14][15]

In 2021, Ciotti, who was representing the1st constituency ofAlpes-Maritimes in theNational Assembly, aimed to structure the right-wing ofThe Republicans (LR) party, and set his conditions for candidates during his traditional reunion with the "Friends of Éric Ciotti".^[16] Seeking those nostalgic ofFrançois Fillon's leadership, he used the database of supporters of theRepublican Force [fr], and obtained between three and four hundred requests for membership in the Association of Friends of Éric Ciotti.^[17] While candidate for the presidency of The Republicans, Ciotti unveiled his campaign slogan, "la droite au cœur" (transl. The Right at the Heart), during a reunion of the "Friends of Éric Ciotti" in September 2022.[18] In 2023, Nice municipal councillorBernard Chaix became the vice president of the party.^[19]

During the2024 legislative election, Ciotti made an agreement with the leadership of theNational Rally (RN) without consulting his party.^[20] This deal aimed to run his candidates under the joint LR-RN label, registered with the prefecture under the name of his minor party "On the Right! Friends of Éric Ciotti".^[21][22] Campaign posters and candidate declarations bore the labels "Candidat républicain" (transl. Republican candidate) or "Républicains à droite" (transl. Republicans on the right), the later of which appeared on his office façade starting on 27 June.[23]^[24] TheMinistry of the Interior classified these candidates under the political designation "Union of the Far-Right" (UXD), a classification disputed by Ciotti, who demanded they be categorized under "Union of the Right",^[25] denouncing the ministry's decision as a "scandalous maneuver".^[26] A total of 64 candidates were registered under this label, with less than half coming from the LR party.^[27] The list also included former supporters ofÉric Zemmour, close associates ofCNews commentatorsMarion Maréchal andPierre-Édouard Stérin, formerSocialist Party politicianThierry Coudert [fr], and formerLa République en Marche-supporting lawyer Alexandre Humbert Dupalais.^[28][29][30]

In the first round of the election,Christelle d'Intorni was reelected to her seat, and 60 candidates of the LR-RN alliance advanced to the second round, with 38 of them leading in their constituencies.^[31] In the second round, seventeen candidates supported by Éric Ciotti and the National Rally were elected, surpassing the mininmum threshold of fifteen deputies required to form aparliamentary group at theNational Assembly.^[32] These newly-elected deputies established their own group in the17th legislature of the French Fifth Republic, initially called theOn the Right group.^[33]

On 31 August 2024, amid the ongoing unresolved crisis within The Republicans, Ciotti announced his intention to form a new party called the Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR).^[34] This name evoked a former Gaullist party, theUnion of Democrats for the Republic, also abbreviated as UDR.^[35]

As of 3 October 2024^[36]

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