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Movement for France
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| Mouvement pour la France | |
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| Leader | Philippe de Villiers |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | 35, Avenue de la Motte Picquet - 75007 PARIS |
| Political Ideology | Traditionalism, Souverainism, Nationalism |
| European Affiliation | Independence and Democracy |
| International Affiliation | |
| Colours | Blue |
| 2007 Presidential candidate | Philippe de Villiers |
| Website | www.pourlafrance.fr |
| See also | Constitution of France France Politics |
The Movement for France (French: Mouvement pour la France), or MPF, is a conservative, traditionalist and nationalist party, founded on November 20, 1994, with a marked regional implementation in Vendée. It is led by Philippe de Villiers, once communication minister under Jacques Chirac. Philippe de Villiers may be tied to the legitimist right-wing tradition analyzed by famous historian René Rémond.
The party is Eurosceptic, resisting increases in European integration and campaigned for a "no" vote in the 2005 referendum on the European constitution. It is also strongly opposed to the possible admission of Turkey into the European Union. While this view is not uncommon, the MPF distinguishes itself here in its stridency and the fact that it does not believe, as do some other political leaders, that Turkey should be admitted at some point in the future, after a set of criteria have been met.
It contested the 1999 European Parliamentary Elections in alliance with the Rassemblement pour la France of Charles Pasqua, the combination winning 13 seats. Standing by itself in the 2004 Elections it gained 7.6% of the popular vote and returned three MEPs. The party is a member of the Independence and Democracy Group in the EP.
MPF also campaigned against the adoption of the euro in France.
Many MPF posters have displayed Villiers prominently and attack outsourcing, as well as the European Constitution.
In September 2005, Philippe de Villiers caused controversy by declaring that terrorism is a product Islamism.
Moreover, he published a book in April 2006, The Mosques of Roissy, in which his inquiries, helped by confidential notes of the French secret service (DST), reveal the presence of terrorists in the international airport of Roissy. The French Ministry of the Interior filed a lawsuit for the revelation of these notes. This caused members of the Muslim community of France to feel targeted.
At the time of the November 2005 suburban riots, the party paraphrased a slogan of Ronald Reagan's: “France, love it or leave it”.
Villiers was declared a candidate for the presidential election of 2007 and appointed a secretary-general, Guillaume Peltier, currently ranked second in the party.
The MPF currently has 20,000 members.
1) Restore the rule of national law over European law. It is a guiding principle: the re-establishment of democracy by subjecting the technocratic body to the elected one.
2) Cease negotiations of accession of Turkey to the European Union, and begin a process of privileged partnerships with Turkey and other Mediterranean countries.
3) Allow the countries of Europe to form their own, independent foreign policies.
4) Follow a policy of respect of national borders and control of immigration.
5) Build a Europe of free and selected co-operations.
6) Put the national Parliaments in the middle of European construction in their giving a right of veto on the vital interests of the people which they represent.
7) Found a right of call in front of the people for the judgments of the Court of Justice, true right of popular opposition.
8) Put the European Union and the euro at the service of the growth and employment.
9) Found a European preference for industry and the services, as for agriculture.
10) Refuse the European tax and technocratic Europe which costs France €3.8 billion per year.