Rurality Movement French:Le Mouvement de la ruralité | |
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| Leader | Eddie Puyjalon |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | BP 87546 64075Pau |
| Ideology | Agrarianism Alter-globalism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Right-wing[1] |
| European affiliation | Libertas (2009/2010) |
| Colours | Green andblue |
| Seats in the National Assembly | 0 / 577 |
| Seats in the Senate | 0 / 343 |
| Seats in the European Parliament | 0 / 72 |
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TheRurality Movement (French:Le Mouvement de la ruralité[ləmuvmɑ̃d(ə)laʁyʁalite];LMR[ɛlɛmɛʁ]), formerlyHunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions (French:Chasse, pêche, nature et traditions[ʃaspɛʃnatyʁetʁadisjɔ̃];CPNT[sepeɛnte]), is anagrarianistpolitical party in France which aims to defend the traditional values of rural France. Its leader is Eddie Puyjalon. The party states it is neither right nor left but represents rural people on the whole in their diversity.
The party was a member of the presidential majority ofNicolas Sarkozy.
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Formed in 1985, it contested both the European elections of1989 and1994 without success. In1999, it obtained six seats, led byJean Saint-Josse who was at the top of the list. It lost all representation at thefollowing election to the European Parliament in 2004, when it obtained less than the minimum 3% of votes that allow a party to be reimbursed for campaign expenses. Consequently, it faced a deficit of 300,000 euros. At one stage, it had 32 regional councillors, but lost all of them in that same year. After these problems, most members of the CPNT have joined theUnion for a Popular Movement (UMP) or theMovement for France, but the party is still in existence, and nominatedFrédéric Nihous, a hunter from Northern France, as a candidate in thePresidential election of 2007. Nihous won 1.15% of votes only, much lower thanJean Saint-Josse in 2002.
In the2009 European Parliament election, the party ran as the junior partner of theMovement for France under the etiquette of theLibertas political movement led by Irish businessmanDeclan Ganley. They won 4.8% of the vote, but only one seat, that of MPF leaderPhilippe de Villiers.
In August 2009, CPNT President Frédéric Nihous announced interest in joining theLiaison Committee for the Presidential Majority, which co-ordinates the parties which support the policies of PresidentNicolas Sarkozy.[2]
After the standing down of Frédéric Nihous in March 2016, Eddie Puyjalon assumed the leadership of the party.[3]
CPNT is strong in certain rural areas of France with an important community ofhunters. It is strong in theSomme River estuary to the west ofAbbeville, in theManche department and theGironde department. In the1999 European election, CPNT won 25% of the vote in theSomme,[4] 15.4% in the Manche, 15.2% in theLandes department and 11.9% in Gironde. In stark contrast, the party barely won 1% of the vote that year in the Alsatian department ofBas-Rhin[5] and did poorly in the east of France, much more industrialized and much less agrarian.
CPNT has three general councillors: one in the Somme, one in Gironde and one in the Hérault department.
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 2002 | Jean Saint-Josse | 1,204,863 | 4.23% | - | - | Lost |
| 2007 | Frédéric Nihous | 420,645 | 1.15% | - | - | Lost |
| Election year | # of 1st round votes | % of 1st round vote | # of 2nd round votes | % of 2nd round vote | # of seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 422,448 | 1.67% | — | — | 0 |
| 2007 | 213,427 | 0.82% | — | — | 0 |
| Election year | # of votes | % of overall vote | # of seats won |
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| 1989 | 749,741 | 4.13% | 0 |
| 1994 | 771,061 | 3.96% | 0 |
| 1999 | 1,195,727 | 6.77% | 6 |
| 2004 | 297,389 | 1.73% | 0 |
| 2009 | 826,357 | 4.80%[6] | 0[7] |
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