Independent Republicans

Independent Republicans

Républicains Indépendants
Independent Republicans Républicains Indépendants
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The Independent Republicans (French: Républicains Indépendants, RI) were a liberal-conservative political group in France founded in 1962, which became a political party in 1966 known as the National Federation of the Independent Republicans (Fédération nationale des républicains et indépendants, FNRI). Its leader was Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.

In 1977 it became the Republican Party which joined the Union for French Democracy (UDF) the following year.

History

The Independent Republicans came from the liberal-conservative

European federalism

.

The relation with the Gaullists tensed when Giscard was dismissed from the cabinet in 1966. The group became a political party, the National Federation of the Independent Republicans (FNRI), directed by the general secretary Michel Poniatowski. Giscard defined the Independent Republicans as "liberal, centrist and pro-European". It stood in the parliamentary majority, but chosen a critical attitude. Giscard summed up his opinion about the Gaullist policy by a "yes, but...".

In 1969, the party divided about the referendum of regionalisation and

Senate's reform. Giscard called to vote "no". President de Gaulle resigned when the "no" won. The FNRI supported the winning candidacy of Georges Pompidou

for the presidency and its leader re-integrated the cabinet as Economy Minister.

In 1974, after President Pompidou's death, Giscard announced his candidacy at the

Reform Movement and, covertly, by some Gaullists. He eliminated Gaullist Jacques Chaban-Delmas in the first round and then defeated Socialist François Mitterrand

in the run-off.

Three years later, the FNRI was replaced by the Republican Party (PR) which became the liberal-conservative wing of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) created in 1978.

Election results

Presidential

Election	Candidate	First round		Second round		Result
Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Result
1974	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	8,326,774	32.60	13,396,203	50.81	Won

National Assembly

Election	Leader	1st round		2nd round		Seats	+/−	Government
Election	Leader	Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats	+/−	Government
1962	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	1,089,348	5.94	1,444,666	9.46	27 / 491	27	Presidential majority
1967		8,448,082	37.73	7,972,908	42.60	42 / 491	15	Presidential majority
1968		9,667,532	43.65	6,762,170	46.39	61 / 491	19	Presidential majority
1973		8,242,661	34.68	10,701,135	45.62	55 / 491	6	Presidential majority

Notes

^ as the Study and Liaison Committee of Independent Republicans
^ as the National Federation of the Independent Republicans

References

ISBN 978-1-85567-328-1
. Retrieved 21 August 2012.

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[1] s the Study and Liaison Committee of Independent Republicans

[2] s the National Federation of the Independent Republicans

[Hanley1999-3] ISBN 978-1-85567-328-1
. Retrieved 21 August 2012.