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{{Short description|French politician and official (born 1957)}}
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| office1 = President of the [[Popular Republican Union (2007)|Popular Republican Union]]
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| office2 = [[Council of Paris|Councillor of Paris]]
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| term_end2 = 2008
| term_end2 = 24 March 2008
| constituency2 = [[19th arrondissement of Paris|19th arrondissement]]
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'''François Asselineau''' ({{IPA|fr|fʁɑ̃swa asəlino|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Fabricio Cardenas (Culex)-François Asselineau.wav}}, born 14 September 1957) is a French politician and an [[Inspection générale des finances (France)|Inspector General for finances]].
'''François Asselineau''' ({{IPA-fr|fʁɑ̃swa asəlino}}, born September 14, 1957), is a [[French politician]] and an [[Inspector General]]. He belonged to the [[Rally for France]] (RPF), before creating his own [[List of political parties in France|political party]], [[Popular Republican Union (2007)|Popular Republican Union]], (UPR Union Populaire Républicaine), a movement proposing [[France]]'s [[unilateral]] [[withdrawal from the European Union]], the [[Eurozone]] and [[NATO]]. He was an announced candidate for the [[French presidential election, 2012|2012 French presidential election]] but failed to muster the 500 signatures from elected politicians to run for president.


Asselineau was a member of the [[Rally for France]] (RPF) and UMP<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/demission-remarquee-a-l-ump-03-10-2006-2007382302.php|title=Démission remarquée à l'UMP|date=3 October 2006|website=[[Le Parisien]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/ca-bouge-a-l-ump-31-12-2004-2005580066.php|title=Ça bouge à l'UMP|date=31 December 2004|website=[[Le Parisien]]|access-date=8 March 2012|archive-date=6 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906014411/http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/ca-bouge-a-l-ump-31-12-2004-2005580066.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> before creating his own [[List of political parties in France|political party]] the [[Popular Republican Union (2007)|Popular Republican Union]] (Union Populaire Républicaine or UPR). His movement promotes [[Frexit|France's unilateral withdrawal]] from the [[European Union]], the [[Eurozone]] and [[NATO]]. Asselineau has been described as a [[souverainist]],<ref name="Arrêt">{{cite web|url=http://www.arretsurimages.net/articles/2014-09-24/Mais-qui-est-Francois-Asselineau-le-souverainiste-sans-page-Wikipedia-id7078|title= Mais qui est François Asselineau, le souverainiste sans page Wikipedia ? |trans-title=But who is François Asselineau, the "souverainist" without a Wikipedia page? |author=Laure Daussy|date=24 September 2014|website=[[Arrêt sur images]]|url-access=registration |access-date=29 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927000953/http://www.arretsurimages.net/articles/2014-09-24/Mais-qui-est-Francois-Asselineau-le-souverainiste-sans-page-Wikipedia-id7078 |archive-date=27 September 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> but does not self-identify as such.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/francois-asselineau/francois-asselineau-quand-mon-nom-apparait-dans-un-sondage-en-ligne-on-casse-la-baraque_2127711.html|title=François Asselineau : "Quand mon nom apparaît dans un sondage en ligne, on casse la baraque"|date=2017-04-03|work=Franceinfo|access-date=2017-11-07|language=fr-FR}}</ref> Although he identifies as being on neither side of the [[left–right political spectrum]], he has been described as [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] to [[Far-right politics|far-right]].<ref name="la-croix">[https://international.la-croix.com/news/frances-frexit-presidential-candidate/4821 France’s 'Frexit' presidential candidate], ''[[La Croix (newspaper)|La Croix]]'', 10 March 2017.</ref><ref name="Arrêt"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=UPR Union Populaire Républicaine – Actualité et info sur France Bleu |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/theme/upr |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}}</ref>
Generally considered as a far-right [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracist]],<ref name="Plus"/>

Asselineau has had a troubled relationship with the media, which he has repeatedly accused of "[[censorship]]". In his critique he includes [[French Wikipedia]], which had once considered him insufficiently noteworthy to justify a page in the encyclopedia. The [[Internet activism|activism]] of his supporters to try and increase media coverage of Asselineau and the UPR has been noted by some observers.<ref name="ONPC 2mn">{{YouTube|5Lg9SUMH99s|François Asselineau de l'Union Populaire Républicaine - ''On n'est pas couché'', 20 septembre 2014}}, at 2 mn 10" (accessed on October 4th, 2014).</ref>

He ran in the [[2017 French presidential election]], presenting himself as the "[[Frexit]] candidate".<ref name="la-croix"/> He was eventually eliminated in the first round, earning 0.92% of the votes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/apr/23/french-presidential-election-results-2017-latest|title=French presidential election: first round results in charts and maps|last1=Clarke|first1=Seán|work=The Guardian|access-date=2018-01-01|last2=Holder|first2=Josh|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|last3=Clarke|first3=Seán|last4=Holder|first4=Josh}}</ref> For the 2022 presidential election he failed to secure 500 sponsorships from elected officials in order to run.


== Education ==
== Education ==
Asselineau enrolled in [[HEC Paris]] where he graduated with the [[MSc in Management]] from the [[Grande école]] program in 1980. He enrolled at [[École nationale d'administration]] (ENA) where he graduated in 1985.<ref name="Les Echos 2000">{{cite web|url=http://archives.lesechos.fr/archives/2000/LesEchos/18202-126-ECH.htm?texte=asselineau|title=Résultats recherche lesechos.fr|work=Les Echos.fr|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref>
Asselineau enrolled in [[HEC Paris]] where he graduated in 1980 with the [[MSc in Management]].{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} He enrolled at the [[École nationale d'administration]] (promotion "Léonard de Vinci", 1985).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000000659170 |title=Arrêté du 31 mai 1985 portant affectation aux carrières des élèves de la promotion 1983-1985 de l'École nationale d'ndministration ayant terminé leur scolarité au mois de mai 1985 (élèves issus des concours externe et interne) |work=[[Journal officiel de la République française]] |date=1 June 1985 |page=6089 |publisher=[[Légifrance]]}}</ref>


== Ministerial career ==
== Career ==
After graduating from [[HEC Paris]] and before enrolling at [[École nationale d'administration]] (ENA), Asselineau started his career in [[Japan]] in the department of economic expansion for National Service Overseas (CSNE).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.lesechos.fr/archives/1995/LesEchos/16905-114-ECH.htm?texte=asselineau|title=Résultats recherche lesechos.fr|work=Les Echos.fr|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> Asselineau served in 1985 as [[inspector General]] in the ''[[General Inspection of Finances (France)|inspection générale des Finances]]''.
Asselineau started his career in [[Japan]] in the department of economic expansion for National Service Overseas (CSNE). Served in 1985 as [[inspector General]] in the ''[[General Inspection of Finances (France)|inspection générale des Finances]]''.


From 1989 to 1990, he was [[chief of mission]] for the National Credit. He was also president of the direction of the ''Society for Economical and Financial Analysis and Diagnostic'' (SADEF). In 1991, he became [[chief of mission]] of the Asia-Oceania office at the ''Direction of Foreign Economical Relation'' (DREE) in the [[Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment (France)|Ministry of Economy and Finance]] in the [[Pierre Bérégovoy]] government.
From 1989 to 1990, he was [[chief of mission]] for the National Credit. He was also president of the direction of the ''Society for Economical and Financial Analysis and Diagnostic'' (SADEF). In 1991, he became [[chief of mission]] of the Asia-Oceania office at the ''Direction of Foreign Economical Relation'' (DREE) in the [[Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment (France)|Ministry of Economy and Finance]] under the [[Pierre Bérégovoy]] government.


From 1994 to 1995, he served as [[minister-counsellor]] for [[international relations|international affairs]]<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|title=Cabinet de Gérard Longuet Philippe ANDRES François ASSELINEAU|url=http://archives.lesechos.fr/archives/1994/LesEchos/16566-98-ECH.htm?texte=asselineau|publisher=[[Les Échos (France)|Les Échos]]|date=21 January 1994|page=39|series=16566 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906215328/http://archives.lesechos.fr/archives/1994/LesEchos/16566-98-ECH.htm?texte=asselineau|archivedate=6 September 2011}}</ref> in the [[Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment (France)|Ministry of Industry]] in the [[Edouard Balladur]] government.
From 1994 to 1995, he served as counsellor for [[international relations|international affairs]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Cabinet de Gérard Longuet Philippe ANDRES François ASSELINEAU|url=http://archives.lesechos.fr/archives/1994/LesEchos/16566-98-ECH.htm?texte=asselineau|publisher=[[Les Échos (France)|Les Échos]]|date=21 January 1994|page=39|series=16566 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906215328/http://archives.lesechos.fr/archives/1994/LesEchos/16566-98-ECH.htm?texte=asselineau|archive-date=6 September 2011}}</ref> in the [[Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment (France)|Ministry of Industry]] under the [[Edouard Balladur]] government.


In June 1995, he was named director of the office of the [[Minister of Tourism (France)|Ministry of Tourism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.lesechos.fr/archives/1995/LesEchos/16917-112-ECH.htm?texte=asselineau|title=Résultats recherche lesechos.fr|work=Les Echos.fr|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> In 1996, he moved to the [[ministry of Foreign Affairs]], where he was in charge of economic matters for Asia, Oceania and Latin America until the [[dissolution of parliament]] by [[Jacques Chirac]] in 1997.
In June 1995, he was named director of the office of the [[Minister of Tourism (France)|Ministry of Tourism]]. In 1996, he moved to the [[ministry of Foreign Affairs]], where he was in charge of economic matters for Asia, Oceania and Latin America until the [[dissolution of parliament]] by [[Jacques Chirac]] in 1997.


== Political career ==
==Engagement in Politics==
In 1999, François Asselineau engaged himself in politics by becoming a member of the [[Rally for France]] (RPF), a party created by [[Charles Pasqua]] and [[Philippe de Villiers]]. He became a member of the national bureau, director of studies and [[spokesman]] of the party until autumn 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.u-p-r.fr/francois-asselineau|title=François Asselineau est le Président fondateur de l'UPR|work=Union Populaire Républicaine - UPR|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> On July 27, 2000, François Asselineau became vice-director of the [[General councils of France|general council]] of the [[Hauts-de-Seine]]. He was in charge of economic and international affairs.<ref name="Les Echos 2000" /> On March 19, 2001, François Asselineau was elected as a member of the [[council of Paris]] in the [[19e arrondissement de Paris]]. His list, a right-wing dissident list made with an agreement between [[Jean Tiberi]] and [[Charles Pasqua]], was in a triangular against a [[Rally for the Republic]] (RPR) list and unified left list composed with [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] (PS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberation.fr/cahier-special/0101367656-ile-de-france-paris-75|title=Ile-de-France. Paris (75)|work=http://www.liberation.fr|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> On May 23, 2001, [[Charles Pasqua]] nominated François Asselineau as the director of his office of the presidency of the [[General councils of France|general council]] of [[Hauts-de-Seine]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/web/recherche_breve/1,13-0,37-706314,0.html|title=Le Monde.fr : Archives|publisher=|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> where he worked until March 30, 2004 when [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] took over the position of [[Charles Pasqua]].


In 1999, François Asselineau got involved in politics by becoming a member of the [[Rally for France]] (RPF), a party created by [[Charles Pasqua]] and [[Philippe de Villiers]]. He became a member of the national bureau, director of studies and [[spokesman]] of the party until autumn 2005. On July 27, 2000, he became vice-director of the [[General councils of France|general council]] of the [[Hauts-de-Seine]]. He was in charge of economic and international affairs. On May 23, 2001, [[Charles Pasqua]] nominated François Asselineau as the director of his office of the presidency of the [[General councils of France|general council]] of [[Hauts-de-Seine]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/web/recherche_breve/1,13-0,37-706314,0.html|title=Le Monde.fr: Archives|website=[[Le Monde]] |access-date=30 September 2014|archive-date=23 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723200824/http://www.lemonde.fr/web/recherche_breve/1,13-0,37-706314,0.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> where he worked until March 30, 2004, when [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] took over the position of [[Charles Pasqua]].
On October 20, 2004, [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] nominated François Asselineau as the director of the general delegation for economic intelligence within the [[Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment (France)|Minister of Economy and Finance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.lesechos.fr/archives/2004/LesEchos/19269-50-ECH.htm?texte=asselineau|title=Résultats recherche lesechos.fr|work=Les Echos.fr|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> On December 31, 2004, he decided to join the group [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (UMP) at the [[Council of Paris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/ca-bouge-a-l-ump-31-12-2004-2005580066.php|title=Ça bouge à l'UMP|work=leparisien.fr|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> On November 3, 2006, he decided to quit the group and seat with the ''non-inscrit'' just after [[Françoise de Panafieu]], for whom he worked, was elected president of the [[council of Paris]] for the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (UMP).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/demission-remarquee-a-l-ump-03-10-2006-2007382302.php|title=Démission remarquée à l'UMP|work=leparisien.fr|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref>


On October 20, 2004, [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] appointed Asselineau as the director of the general delegation for economic intelligence within the [[Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment (France)|Minister of Economy and Finance]].
=== Creation of the UPR ===


In November 2006, Asselineau joined the steering committee of ''Rally for an Independent and Sovereign France'' (RIF), a party created by [[Paul-Marie Coûteaux]],<ref name=France-Politique>{{cite web |url=http://www.france-politique.fr/rassemblement-pour-l-independance-et-la-souverainete-de-la-france.htm |title=Rassemblement pour l'indépendance et la souveraineté de la France (RIF) |author=Laurent de Boissieu |date= |work= |publisher=France-Politique.fr |accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref> but left three months later. On March 25, 2007, for the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaty signature, he created the [[Popular Republican Union (2007)|Popular Republican Union]] (UPR).<ref name=lefigaro />
In November 2006, Asselineau joined the steering committee of ''Rally for an Independent and Sovereign France'' (RIF), a party created by [[Paul-Marie Coûteaux]],<ref name=France-Politique>{{cite web |url=http://www.france-politique.fr/rassemblement-pour-l-independance-et-la-souverainete-de-la-france.htm |title=Rassemblement pour l'indépendance et la souveraineté de la France (RIF) |author=Laurent de Boissieu |publisher=France-Politique.fr |access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref>


=== Municipal councillor ===
In September 2007, Asselineau participated in a dissident political group named ''Paris Libre'' with several other ex-UMP members.<ref name=Leparisien1>{{cite web |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/bertrand-delanoe-bientot-dans-les-arrondissements-francoise-de-panafieu-travaille-son-projet-un-nouveau-groupe-politique-au-conseil-de-paris-27-09-2007-2008416104.php |title=Bertrand Delanoë bientôt dans les arrondissements... |author= Marie-Anne GAIRAUD|date= September 27, 2007|work= |publisher=[[Le Parisien]]}}</ref> The group ran several lists against the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (UMP), and Asselineau ran a list in the [[17e arrondissement de Paris]] against [[Françoise de Panafieu]].<ref name=Leparisien2>{{cite web |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/24-heures-22-12-2007-3291524935.php |title=24 Heures |author= |date= December 22, 2007|work= |publisher=[[Le Parisien]]}}</ref> However, he then backtracked, denouncing consequent pressure on the members of his list.<ref name=Lefigaro1>{{cite news |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2008/02/21/01011-20080221FILWWW00392-xviie-un-divers-droite-jette-l-eponge.php |title=XVIIe: un divers droite jette l'éponge |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |date= February 21, 2008|work= |publisher=[[Le Figaro]]}}</ref><ref name=Leparisien3>{{cite web |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/panafieu-malmenee-dans-son-fief-du-xviie-26-02-2008-3296085783.php |title=Panafieu malmenée dans son fief du XVIIe |author=Benoît Hasse |date= February 26, 2008|work= |publisher=[[Le Parisien]]}}</ref>


On March 19, 2001, he was elected as a member of the [[council of Paris]] in the [[19th arrondissement of Paris]]. His list, a right-wing dissident list made with an agreement between [[Jean Tiberi]] and [[Charles Pasqua]], was third with 15,78% in a triangular against a [[Rally for the Republic]] (RPR) list and unified left list composed with [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] (PS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberation.fr/cahier-special/0101367656-ile-de-france-paris-75|title=Ile-de-France. Paris (75)|work=[[Libération]]|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref> His campaign was marked by a radical rhetoric on security, with posters denouncing "six years of socialist laxity", supposed [[Illegal drug trade|drug trafficking]], alleged [[prostitution]] and an asserted lack of police forces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2019/10/POPELARD/60491|title=Ces Français qui militent pour le " Frexit "|last=Popelard|first=Allan|date=2019-10-01|website=Le Monde diplomatique|language=fr|access-date=2019-09-26}}</ref>
=== 2012 French presidential election ===


On December 31, 2004, Asselineau decided to join the group [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (UMP) at the [[Council of Paris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/ca-bouge-a-l-ump-31-12-2004-2005580066.php|title=Ça bouge à l'UMP|work=leparisien.fr|access-date=30 September 2014|archive-date=6 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906014411/http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/ca-bouge-a-l-ump-31-12-2004-2005580066.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> On November 3, 2006, he decided to quit the group and seat with the ''non-inscrits'' just after [[Françoise de Panafieu]], for whom he worked, was elected president of the [[council of Paris]] for the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (UMP).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/demission-remarquee-a-l-ump-03-10-2006-2007382302.php|title=Démission remarquée à l'UMP|work=leparisien.fr|date=2 October 2006|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref>
In January 2011, Asselineau announced his intention to run for the [[2012 French presidential election]].<ref>Choq FM, "L'autre monde" (The other world), 14 February 2011</ref> He confirmed his candidacy in December 2011 during the national congress of the [[Popular Republican Union (2007)|Popular Republican Union]].<ref name=leparisien>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/nogent-sur-marne-94130/asselineau-candidat-a-la-presidentielle-03-12-2011-1750168.php|title=Asselineau candidat à la présidentielle|work=leparisien.fr|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> However, François Asselineau was finally not among the ten candidates officially endorsed by [[Constitutional Council of France|Constitutional council]], as he could muster only 17<ref name=lefigaro>{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2013/05/30/01002-20130530ARTFIG00407-trois-recales-de-la-presidentielle-en-repechage-a-villeneuve-sur-lot.php|title=Trois recalés de la présidentielle en repêchage à Villeneuve-sur-Lot|author=Béatrice Houchard|work=Le Figaro|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> out of the 500 signatures from elected politicians that are necessary to run for president.<ref name=leparisien>{{cite web|url=http://www.latribune.fr/actualites/economie/france/20120319trib000689126/les-candidats-a-la-presidentielle-jacques-cheminade-a-ses-500-signatures-pas-corinne-lepage.html|title=Les candidats à la présidentielle : Jacques Cheminade a ses 500 signatures, pas Corinne Lepage|work=La Tribune|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> As a consequence, Asselineau called for boycotting the election that he described as not being democratic.<ref name=alalam>{{cite web|url=http://www.linktv.org/scripts/episode_transcript.php?episode=mosaic2012041918|title=Link TV Video - 404|publisher=|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref>


In September 2007, Asselineau participated in a dissident political group named ''Paris Libre'' with several other ex-UMP members.<ref name=Leparisien1>{{cite web |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/bertrand-delanoe-bientot-dans-les-arrondissements-francoise-de-panafieu-travaille-son-projet-un-nouveau-groupe-politique-au-conseil-de-paris-27-09-2007-2008416104.php |title=Bertrand Delanoë bientôt dans les arrondissements... |author= Marie-Anne GAIRAUD|date= September 27, 2007|publisher=[[Le Parisien]]}}</ref> The group ran several lists against the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (UMP), and Asselineau ran a list in the [[17e arrondissement de Paris]] against [[Françoise de Panafieu]].<ref name=Leparisien2>{{cite web |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/24-heures-22-12-2007-3291524935.php |title=24 Heures |date= December 22, 2007|publisher=[[Le Parisien]]}}</ref> However, he then backtracked,<ref name=Leparisien3>{{cite web |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/panafieu-malmenee-dans-son-fief-du-xviie-26-02-2008-3296085783.php |title=Panafieu malmenée dans son fief du XVIIe |author=Benoît Hasse |date= February 26, 2008|publisher=[[Le Parisien]]}}</ref> denouncing consequent pressure on the members of his list.<ref name=Lefigaro1>{{cite news |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2008/02/21/01011-20080221FILWWW00392-xviie-un-divers-droite-jette-l-eponge.php |title=XVIIe: un divers droite jette l'éponge |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |date= February 21, 2008|publisher=[[Le Figaro]]}}</ref>
=== 2013 French legislative election ===


== Creation of the UPR ==
Following the [[Cahuzac affair]] and the resignation of [[Jérôme Cahuzac]] for whom Asselineau worked as civil servant under the [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|Ministry of Finance]], Asselineau decided to run for the [[French legislative election, 2012|legislative election]] in the {{Ill|fr|Lot-et-Garonne's 3rd constituency|Troisième circonscription de Lot-et-Garonne}} aside with [[Régis Chamagne]].<ref name=ladepeche>{{cite web|url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2013/05/24/1633424-l-upr-entre-conquete-et-resistance.html|title=Villeneuve-sur-lot. L'UPR entre conquête et résistance|author=J.Sch.|work=LaDépêche.fr|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> His candidacy has been qualified as atypical by the magazine ''[[La Dépêche du Midi]]''<ref name="ladepeche"/> and considered as one of the thoughtful candidacies{{clarify|Meaning what?|date=September 2014}} not representing a major party by the magazine ''[[L'Express]]''.<ref name=lexpress>{{cite web|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/legislatives-partielles-apres-la-demission-de-cahuzac-le-ps-a-beaucoup-a-perdre_1257764.html|title=Villeneuve-sur-Lot: après la démission de Cahuzac, le PS a beaucoup à perdre|work=L'EXPRESS.fr|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> However, he was described as being parachuted to what he explained that it was not applicable for [[French legislative election, 2012|legislative election]] since members of the [[National Assembly]] are representing the whole nation not a region.<ref name="ladepeche"/>


On March 25, 2007, for the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaty signature, he created the [[Popular Republican Union (2007)|Popular Republican Union]] (UPR).<ref name=lefigaro />
Asselineau's goal to run for this election was to expose the [[Popular Republican Union (2007)|Popular Republican Union]] analysis to the locals that the [[European Union]] is "a deception"<ref name="ladepeche"/> and "the cause of their problem". In addition, He wanted to galvanize party's members and to gain in notoriety thanks to the media exposure of this election.<ref name=france3>{{cite web|url=http://aquitaine.france3.fr/2013/06/10/les-17-candidats-l-election-legislative-partielle-en-lot-et-garonne-267155.html|title=Les candidats à l'élection législative partielle en Lot-et-Garonne|work=France 3 Aquitaine|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> He failed to reach the second round with a score of 0.58%.<ref name=legislative>{{cite web|url=http://www.ville-villeneuve-sur-lot.fr/election-legislative-partielle-les-resultats-definitifs-art2547.html|title=Ville de Villeneuve sur Lot - Election législative partielle : les résultats définitifs|publisher=|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref>


=== Election results ===
=== 2014 European Parliament election ===


In January 2011, François Asselineau announced his intention to run for the [[2012 French presidential election]],<ref>Choq FM, "L'autre monde" (The other world), 14 February 2011</ref> and confirmed this intention in December 2011.<ref name=leparisien>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/nogent-sur-marne-94130/asselineau-candidat-a-la-presidentielle-03-12-2011-1750168.php|title=Asselineau candidat à la présidentielle|work=leparisien.fr|date=3 December 2011|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref> However, he was only able to garner 17 of the required 500 endorsements from elected politicians necessary to be on the ballot.<ref name=lefigaro>{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2013/05/30/01002-20130530ARTFIG00407-trois-recales-de-la-presidentielle-en-repechage-a-villeneuve-sur-lot.php|title=Trois recalés de la présidentielle en repêchage à Villeneuve-sur-Lot|author=Béatrice Houchard|work=Le Figaro|date=30 May 2013 |access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=latribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.latribune.fr/actualites/economie/france/20120319trib000689126/les-candidats-a-la-presidentielle-jacques-cheminade-a-ses-500-signatures-pas-corinne-lepage.html|title=Les candidats à la présidentielle: Jacques Cheminade a ses 500 signatures, pas Corinne Lepage|work=La Tribune|date=19 March 2012 |access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lopinion.fr/edition/politique/francois-asselineau-candidat-extremement-divers-109695|title=François Asselineau, le candidat extrêmement "divers"|work=L'Opinion|access-date=6 January 2016}}</ref> As a result, Asselineau called for a boycott of the presidential election.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}
Asselineau ran for the [[European Parliament election, 2014 (France)|2014 European Parliament election]] as the head of the list for the [[Île-de-France (European Parliament constituency)|Île-de-France constituency]]. His purpose was to introduce [[Popular Republican Union (2007)|UPR]]'s program hoping to bring electors deceived from the current political system to his analysis and gain in notoriety thanks to the media exposure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/val-d-oise-95/asselineau-upr-a-ermont-21-05-2014-3857397.php|title=Asselineau (UPR) à Ermont|work=leparisien.fr|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=essoneinfo>{{cite web|url=http://essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/60014/les-petits-partis-partent-a-lassaut-des-europeennes/|title=Essonne : Les « petits partis » partent à l’assaut des européennes|work=Essonne Info - Site d'actualité et d'information en Essonne|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> Asselineau complained to [[Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel|CSA]] to not have access to media and claimed that media's principle of equity was to expose parties that are already well-known.<ref name=francetvinfo>http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/europeennes/europeennes-la-galere-des-petits-candidats_604655.html "</ref> The [[Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel|CSA]] issued two warnings at 10 and 2 days before the end of the campaign about the emergency to balance the desequilibrium of the parties exposure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fr.reuters.com/article/frEuroRpt/idFRL6N0O74HX20140521|title=RPT-Européennes-Le CSA met en garde sur les temps de parole|publisher=|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> He scored 0.56% of votes cast in his constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/ile-de-france|title=Région Île-de-France : résultats des élections européennes 2014|work=francetv info|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref>


Following the [[Cahuzac affair]] and the resignation of [[Jérôme Cahuzac]], for whom Asselineau had worked as a civil servant in the [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|Ministry of Finance]], Asselineau ran for the [[2012 French legislative election|legislative by-election]] in [[Lot-et-Garonne's 3rd constituency]], with Régis Chamagne.<ref name=ladepeche>{{cite web|url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2013/05/24/1633424-l-upr-entre-conquete-et-resistance.html|title=Villeneuve-sur-lot. L'UPR entre conquête et résistance|author=J.Sch.|work=LaDépêche.fr|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref> They failed to reach the second round with a score of 189 votes (0.58%).<ref name=legislative>{{cite web|url=http://www.ville-villeneuve-sur-lot.fr/election-legislative-partielle-les-resultats-definitifs-art2547.html|title=Ville de Villeneuve sur Lot - Election législative partielle: les résultats définitifs|access-date=30 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006090559/http://www.ville-villeneuve-sur-lot.fr/election-legislative-partielle-les-resultats-definitifs-art2547.html|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Political platform and position on recent topics ==
Asselineau claims that his anti-EU platform is neither right nor left<ref name="Dauphine"/><ref name="Lavoixdunord1"/>{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}, stating that all French policy decisions are made by an "unelected oligarchy, not French," leading to the political disaffection of the French public, and that the continued rule of the EU over European affairs will lead to a "global apartheid."<ref name=NordEclair>{{cite web |url=http://www.nordeclair.fr/Locales/Villeneuve-d-Ascq/2012/02/29/un-petit-candidat-contre-la-grande-europ.shtml |title=Un petit candidat contre la grande Europe |author=Isabelle Dupont |date=February 29, 2012 |work= |publisher={{Ill|fr|Nord Éclair}} |accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref>


Asselineau ran for the [[2014 European Parliament election in France|2014 European Parliament election]] as the head of the list for the [[Île-de-France (European Parliament constituency)|Île-de-France constituency]]. He hoped that the [[Popular Republican Union (2007)|UPR]]'s agenda could rally voters disappointed by the current political system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/val-d-oise-95/asselineau-upr-a-ermont-21-05-2014-3857397.php|title=Asselineau (UPR) à Ermont|work=leparisien.fr|date=21 May 2014|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=essoneinfo>{{cite web|url=http://essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/60014/les-petits-partis-partent-a-lassaut-des-europeennes/|title=Essonne: Les 'petits partis' partent à l'assaut des européennes|work=Essonne Info - Site d'actualité et d'information en Essonne|access-date=30 September 2014|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006164749/http://essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/60014/les-petits-partis-partent-a-lassaut-des-europeennes/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Asselineau complained to the [[Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel|CSA]] for not having had access to mainstream media; he also claimed that the principle of equity for all candidates was actually undermined by the media, that tended to give voice to parties that were already well-known.<ref name=francetvinfo>Yann Thompson, [http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/europeennes/europeennes-la-galere-des-petits-candidats_604655.html Européennes: la galère des petits candidats], [[France Télévisions]], 21 May 2014</ref> He scored 0.56% of votes cast in his constituency.<ref>{{cite web|title=European Parliament Election Results|url=http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/ile-de-france#type=european&year=2014|work=francetv info|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref>
He accused [[Marine Le Pen]] of having "stolen" his ideas,<ref name="Plus">{{cite journal|work=Le Plus|url=http://leplus.nouvelobs.com/contribution/1242473-onpc-en-invitant-francois-asselineau-laurent-ruquier-cede-a-la-pression-des-complotistes.html|title=ONPC. En invitant François Asselineau, Laurent Ruquier cède à la pression des complotistes|first1=Louise|last1=Pothier|last2=Merlin|first2=Caroline|day=23|month=September|year=2014}}.</ref> and is himself acquainted with [[Serge Ayoub]],<ref name="Plus"/> associated with the French extreme right and known under the nickname of "Batskin"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.20minutes.fr/societe/1171585-20130611-serge-ayoub-skin-utile-a-police|title=Serge Ayoub, le skin qui passe entre les gouttes|work=20minutes.fr|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> for his use of a [[baseball bat]] during demonstrations. As a matter of fact, Asselineau is very vocal about his claim that the [[Bush family]] was supporting the rightist magazine ''[[Marianne (magazine)|Marianne]]'' so as to ruin his own campaign: the Front National, Asselineau said, was not going "far enough" as far as Europe was concerned and was paid by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] to "cast a shadow" upon him.<ref name="Plus"/>


== Political views ==
On September 20, 2014, Asselineau demanded that a debate be organized on ''[[France 2]]'', the public national television channel, between him and [[Marine Le Pen]], the president of the Front National; to support his request, Asselineau published a report "denouncing the 14 conflicting versions of the Front National's agenda on Europe and the euro".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.francoisasselineau.fr/2014/09/francois-asselineau-demande.html |title=François Asselineau demande l’organisation sur France 2 d’un grand débat télévisé entre lui et Marine Le Pen |publisher=Francoisasselineau.fr |accessdate= September 30, 2014}}</ref>


François Asselineau's '[[Souverainism|souverainiste]]' platform has two main targets, the [[European Union]] and the United States.<ref name="Slate"/> He insists that France should leave the [[Eurozone]],<ref name="interview">{{cite web |last=Asselineau |first=François |interviewer=Florentin Piffard |title=Les monnaies plurinationales finissent toujours par exploser |url=http://www.causeur.fr/depuis-l%E2%80%99antiquite-toutes-les-monnaies-plurinationales-finissent-toujours-par-exploser-16675.html |work=[[Causeur (magazine)|Causeur]] |date= 24 March 2012 |access-date=19 Feb 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728002322/https://www.causeur.fr/depuis-l%E2%80%99antiquite-toutes-les-monnaies-plurinationales-finissent-toujours-par-exploser-16675.html |archivedate=2014-07-28 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the European Union, and [[NATO]].<ref name="Slate">[http://politique.slate.fr/personnalites/Fran%C3%A7ois_Asselineau François Asselineau fact sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006215659/http://politique.slate.fr/personnalites/Fran%C3%A7ois_Asselineau |date=2014-10-06 }} on the website of the French version of the magazine [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]], retrieved on 12 March 2012</ref> According to Asselineau, the EU and NATO "as seen from Washington...are the political and military side of the same coin, that of the enthrallment of the European continent to their 'buffer zone' so as to surround and contain the Russian continental power".<ref name="interview"/> He says the process leading to European unification was launched solely upon orders from the American government.
He believes that withdrawal from the [[European Union|EU]] and the [[euro]] by means of [[s:Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union/Title VI: Final Provisions#Article 50|TEU Article 50]]<ref name=lacroix>{{cite web |url=http://www.la-croix.com/Actualite/S-informer/France/Presidentielle-Ces-petits-candidats-qui-veulent-se-faire-entendre-_EP_-2012-03-15-778791 |title=Présidentielle: Ces "petits" candidats qui veulent se faire entendre |author=Laurent de Boissieu |date=March 15, 2012 |work= |publisher=[[La Croix]] |accessdate=March 15, 2012}}</ref> will get France out of its current crisis by regaining capital, goods and person flow regulation control.<ref name=Lavoixdunord1>{{cite web|last=|first=|title=LE NORD - PAS-DE-CALAIS DE A À Z|url=http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Region/actualite/Secteur_Region/2012/02/28/article_de-a-a-z.shtml|publisher=[[La Voix du Nord (daily)|La Voix du Nord]]|date=February 28, 2012}}</ref><ref name="NordEclair"/> He further favors the [[nationalisation]] of [[TF1]], [[La Poste (France)|La Poste]], [[Gaz de France]], highways, water management and troubled banks.<ref name=Dauphine>{{cite web |url=http://www.u-p-r.fr/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/article-Dauphine.pdf |title=François Asselineau, le candidat qui dit non à l’UE |author=Ève MOULINIER |date=February 12, 2012 |work= |publisher=[[Le Dauphiné Libéré]]}}</ref><ref name="NordEclair"/>


Asselineau denies he is a "[[eurosceptic]]", preferring to call himself a "euro-atheist".<ref name="ValeursActuelles0914">[http://www.valeursactuelles.com/politique/qui-fran%C3%A7ois-asselineau Qui est François Asselineau ?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006090656/http://www.valeursactuelles.com/politique/qui-fran%C3%A7ois-asselineau |date=2014-10-06 }}, ''Valeurs actuelles'', September 22d, 2014</ref> He said on the French TV program ''[[On n'est pas couché]]'' that he opposes [[Military intervention against ISIL|military intervention in Syria and Iraq]].<ref name="Arrêt"/><ref name="ONPC 2mn"/>{{rp|27'45"}}
==Complaints against Media==
Asselineau has claimed to be the victim of censorship by the French media. As a declared candidate for the [[French presidential election, 2012]], he believes that French media are not following the recommendation advised by the [[Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel]] (CSA).{{Vague|date=March 2012}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Seymour|first=Jean-Jacques|title=l'invité de Jean-Jacques Seymour|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xp8b6r_francois-asselineau-l-invite-de-j-j-seymour-sur-tropique-fm-le-5-mars-2012_news#|publisher={{Ill|fr|Tropiques FM}}|date=5 March 2012}}</ref> In response to Asselineau's complaint, the CSA confirmed that any potential candidate has to be treated fairly, and that all communication tools will be taken in account to measure the candidate's representativeness, including Internet ones<ref>{{cite web|first=Michel|last=Boyon|title=Letter sent to the national secretary of UPR|url=http://www.u-p-r.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/PRESIDENTIELLE-Lettre-du-CSA.pdf|publisher=[[Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel]]|date=8 February 2012}}</ref>{{Primary source-inline|reason=interpretation of the answer of the CSA, should be instead from a secondary source|date=March 2014}}


Asselineau claims the 1944 [[Conseil national de la Résistance]] as the source of inspiration for his presidential program in 2012, including "[[Nationalization|re-nationalisations]]" and "quality public services".<ref name="Dauphiné">Ève Moulinier, ''[[Le Dauphiné libéré]]'', 12 February 2012, page 4</ref><ref name="Nord">{{cite news|newspaper=[[Nord Éclair]]|title=Un 'petit candidat' contre la grande Europe|first=Isabelle|last=Dupont|date=29 February 2012|url=http://www.nordeclair.fr/Locales/Villeneuve-d-Ascq/2012/02/29/un-petit-candidat-contre-la-grande-europ.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212222937/http://www.nordeclair.fr/Locales/Villeneuve-d-Ascq/2012/02/29/un-petit-candidat-contre-la-grande-europ.shtml|archive-date=12 December 2013}}</ref> Asselineau does not say what should be done about "the major national issues such as [[nuclear power in France]], the French [[debt crisis]] or the decisions to be made about [[Immigration to France|immigration]], [which] should be addressed through [[referendum]]s",<ref name="interview"/> "once France has left the European Union".<ref name="ONPC 2mn"/>
Asselineau has also charged the [[French Wikipedia]] with censoring his page. According to [[Numerama]], the page was repeatedly deleted from the French Wikipedia because Asselineau does not meet the requisite notability criteria.<ref>{{cite web|last=Champeau|first=Guillaume|title=Un candidat à l'élection présidentielle privé de page Wikipédia|url=http://www.numerama.com/magazine/21913_6-un-candidat-a-l-election-presidentielle-prive-de-page-wikipedia.html|publisher=[[Numerama]]|date=5 March 2012}}</ref>

Asselineau opposes French COVID-19 [[immunity passports]]. In July 2021, Asselineau tested positive for the disease and advocated the use of Ivermectin as treatment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnews.fr/france/2021-07-30/francois-asselineau-positif-au-covid-19-il-ne-participera-pas-aux-manifestations|title = François Asselineau : Positif au Covid-19, il ne participera pas aux manifestations contre l'extension du pass sanitaire}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
=== Accusations of sexual harassement ===

In May 2020, Asselineau's former driver and press secretary filed a complaint against him for sexual harassment and sexual assault. Another complaint is filed by another former collaborator against Asselineau for psychological and sexual harassment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liberation.fr/france/2020/05/10/francois-asselineau-accuse-de-harcelement-sexuel_1787982/|title=François Asselineau accusé de harcélement sexuel|work=Libération|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liberation.fr/france/2020/07/03/deuxieme-plainte-contre-francois-asselineau-j-ai-son-corps-sur-moi-ca-dure-une-eternite_1792905/|title=Deuxième plainte contre François Asselineau : "J'ai son corps sur moi. Ça dure une éternité"|work=Libération|access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2021/02/08/face-aux-enqueteurs-francois-asselineau-et-ses-accusateurs-maintiennent-leurs-versions_6069162_823448.html|title=Face aux enquêteurs, François Asselineau et ses accusateurs maintiennent leurs versions|work=Le Monde|date=8 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref>

Since 5 February 2021, Asselineau has been under investigation and placed under [[judicial supervision (France)|judicial supervision]] for the alleged sexual assault, sexual and moral harassment of two of his former collaborators. He has denied all the allegations made against him.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2021/02/05/le-president-de-l-upr-et-ancien-candidat-a-la-presidentielle-francois-asselineau-mis-en-examen-pour-harcelement-et-agressions-sexuelles_6068927_823448.html|title=François Asselineau a été mis en examen pour harcèlement et agressions sexuelles
|work=Le Monde|date=5 February 2021
|access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref>

==Electoral performance==
[[File:François Asselineau 2017 logo.png|thumb|190px|Logo of François Asselineau]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[President of the French Republic]]
! Election year
! Candidate
! # of 1st round votes
! % of 1st round vote
! # of 2nd round votes
! % of 2nd round vote
! Won/Loss
|-
! [[2017 French presidential election|2017]]
| François Asselineau
| 332,547
| 0.92% #9
| __
| __
| Lost
|}


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[Popular Republican Union (2007)]]
* [[Inspector General]]
* [[List of political parties in France]]
*[[List of political parties in France]]


==References==
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François Asselineau
President of the Popular Republican Union
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 March 2007
Preceded byOffice established
Councillor of Paris
In office
25 March 2001 – 24 March 2008
Constituency19th arrondissement
Personal details
Born (1957-09-14) 14 September 1957 (age 67)
Paris, France
Political partyPopular Republican Union
Alma materHEC Paris
École nationale d'administration
OccupationCivil Servant
Politician
ProfessionInspector General
Business School professor[citation needed]
Websitefrancoisasselineau.fr

François Asselineau (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa asəlino] ⓘ, born 14 September 1957) is a French politician and an Inspector General for finances.

Asselineau was a member of the Rally for France (RPF) and UMP[1][2] before creating his own political party the Popular Republican Union (Union Populaire Républicaine or UPR). His movement promotes France's unilateral withdrawal from the European Union, the Eurozone and NATO. Asselineau has been described as a souverainist,[3] but does not self-identify as such.[4] Although he identifies as being on neither side of the left–right political spectrum, he has been described as right-wing to far-right.[5][3][6]

Asselineau has had a troubled relationship with the media, which he has repeatedly accused of "censorship". In his critique he includes French Wikipedia, which had once considered him insufficiently noteworthy to justify a page in the encyclopedia. The activism of his supporters to try and increase media coverage of Asselineau and the UPR has been noted by some observers.[7]

He ran in the 2017 French presidential election, presenting himself as the "Frexit candidate".[5] He was eventually eliminated in the first round, earning 0.92% of the votes.[8] For the 2022 presidential election he failed to secure 500 sponsorships from elected officials in order to run.

Education

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Asselineau enrolled in HEC Paris where he graduated in 1980 with the MSc in Management.[citation needed] He enrolled at the École nationale d'administration (promotion "Léonard de Vinci", 1985).[9]

Career

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Asselineau started his career in Japan in the department of economic expansion for National Service Overseas (CSNE). Served in 1985 as inspector General in the inspection générale des Finances.

From 1989 to 1990, he was chief of mission for the National Credit. He was also president of the direction of the Society for Economical and Financial Analysis and Diagnostic (SADEF). In 1991, he became chief of mission of the Asia-Oceania office at the Direction of Foreign Economical Relation (DREE) in the Ministry of Economy and Finance under the Pierre Bérégovoy government.

From 1994 to 1995, he served as counsellor for international affairs[10] in the Ministry of Industry under the Edouard Balladur government.

In June 1995, he was named director of the office of the Ministry of Tourism. In 1996, he moved to the ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he was in charge of economic matters for Asia, Oceania and Latin America until the dissolution of parliament by Jacques Chirac in 1997.

Political career

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In 1999, François Asselineau got involved in politics by becoming a member of the Rally for France (RPF), a party created by Charles Pasqua and Philippe de Villiers. He became a member of the national bureau, director of studies and spokesman of the party until autumn 2005. On July 27, 2000, he became vice-director of the general council of the Hauts-de-Seine. He was in charge of economic and international affairs. On May 23, 2001, Charles Pasqua nominated François Asselineau as the director of his office of the presidency of the general council of Hauts-de-Seine[11] where he worked until March 30, 2004, when Nicolas Sarkozy took over the position of Charles Pasqua.

On October 20, 2004, Nicolas Sarkozy appointed Asselineau as the director of the general delegation for economic intelligence within the Minister of Economy and Finance.

In November 2006, Asselineau joined the steering committee of Rally for an Independent and Sovereign France (RIF), a party created by Paul-Marie Coûteaux,[12]

Municipal councillor

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On March 19, 2001, he was elected as a member of the council of Paris in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. His list, a right-wing dissident list made with an agreement between Jean Tiberi and Charles Pasqua, was third with 15,78% in a triangular against a Rally for the Republic (RPR) list and unified left list composed with Socialist Party (PS).[13] His campaign was marked by a radical rhetoric on security, with posters denouncing "six years of socialist laxity", supposed drug trafficking, alleged prostitution and an asserted lack of police forces.[14]

On December 31, 2004, Asselineau decided to join the group Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) at the Council of Paris.[15] On November 3, 2006, he decided to quit the group and seat with the non-inscrits just after Françoise de Panafieu, for whom he worked, was elected president of the council of Paris for the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).[16]

In September 2007, Asselineau participated in a dissident political group named Paris Libre with several other ex-UMP members.[17] The group ran several lists against the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), and Asselineau ran a list in the 17e arrondissement de Paris against Françoise de Panafieu.[18] However, he then backtracked,[19] denouncing consequent pressure on the members of his list.[20]

Creation of the UPR

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On March 25, 2007, for the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaty signature, he created the Popular Republican Union (UPR).[21]

Election results

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In January 2011, François Asselineau announced his intention to run for the 2012 French presidential election,[22] and confirmed this intention in December 2011.[23] However, he was only able to garner 17 of the required 500 endorsements from elected politicians necessary to be on the ballot.[21][24][25] As a result, Asselineau called for a boycott of the presidential election.[citation needed]

Following the Cahuzac affair and the resignation of Jérôme Cahuzac, for whom Asselineau had worked as a civil servant in the Ministry of Finance, Asselineau ran for the legislative by-election in Lot-et-Garonne's 3rd constituency, with Régis Chamagne.[26] They failed to reach the second round with a score of 189 votes (0.58%).[27]

Asselineau ran for the 2014 European Parliament election as the head of the list for the Île-de-France constituency. He hoped that the UPR's agenda could rally voters disappointed by the current political system.[28][29] Asselineau complained to the CSA for not having had access to mainstream media; he also claimed that the principle of equity for all candidates was actually undermined by the media, that tended to give voice to parties that were already well-known.[30] He scored 0.56% of votes cast in his constituency.[31]

Political views

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François Asselineau's 'souverainiste' platform has two main targets, the European Union and the United States.[32] He insists that France should leave the Eurozone,[33] the European Union, and NATO.[32] According to Asselineau, the EU and NATO "as seen from Washington...are the political and military side of the same coin, that of the enthrallment of the European continent to their 'buffer zone' so as to surround and contain the Russian continental power".[33] He says the process leading to European unification was launched solely upon orders from the American government.

Asselineau denies he is a "eurosceptic", preferring to call himself a "euro-atheist".[34] He said on the French TV program On n'est pas couché that he opposes military intervention in Syria and Iraq.[3][7]: 27'45" 

Asselineau claims the 1944 Conseil national de la Résistance as the source of inspiration for his presidential program in 2012, including "re-nationalisations" and "quality public services".[35][36] Asselineau does not say what should be done about "the major national issues such as nuclear power in France, the French debt crisis or the decisions to be made about immigration, [which] should be addressed through referendums",[33] "once France has left the European Union".[7]

Asselineau opposes French COVID-19 immunity passports. In July 2021, Asselineau tested positive for the disease and advocated the use of Ivermectin as treatment.[37]

Controversies

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Accusations of sexual harassement

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In May 2020, Asselineau's former driver and press secretary filed a complaint against him for sexual harassment and sexual assault. Another complaint is filed by another former collaborator against Asselineau for psychological and sexual harassment.[38][39][40]

Since 5 February 2021, Asselineau has been under investigation and placed under judicial supervision for the alleged sexual assault, sexual and moral harassment of two of his former collaborators. He has denied all the allegations made against him.[41]

Electoral performance

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Logo of François Asselineau
President of the French Republic
Election year Candidate # of 1st round votes % of 1st round vote # of 2nd round votes % of 2nd round vote Won/Loss
2017 François Asselineau 332,547 0.92% #9 __ __ Lost

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Ça bouge à l'UMP". Le Parisien. 31 December 2004. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Laure Daussy (24 September 2014). "Mais qui est François Asselineau, le souverainiste sans page Wikipedia ?" [But who is François Asselineau, the "souverainist" without a Wikipedia page?]. Arrêt sur images. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  4. ^ "François Asselineau : "Quand mon nom apparaît dans un sondage en ligne, on casse la baraque"". Franceinfo (in French). 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  5. ^ a b France’s 'Frexit' presidential candidate, La Croix, 10 March 2017.
  6. ^ "UPR Union Populaire Républicaine – Actualité et info sur France Bleu". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  7. ^ a b c François Asselineau de l'Union Populaire Républicaine - On n'est pas couché, 20 septembre 2014 on YouTube, at 2 mn 10" (accessed on October 4th, 2014).
  8. ^ Clarke, Seán; Holder, Josh; Clarke, Seán; Holder, Josh. "French presidential election: first round results in charts and maps". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  9. ^ "Arrêté du 31 mai 1985 portant affectation aux carrières des élèves de la promotion 1983-1985 de l'École nationale d'ndministration ayant terminé leur scolarité au mois de mai 1985 (élèves issus des concours externe et interne)". Journal officiel de la République française. Légifrance. 1 June 1985. p. 6089.
  10. ^ "Cabinet de Gérard Longuet Philippe ANDRES François ASSELINEAU". 16566. Les Échos. 21 January 1994. p. 39. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011.
  11. ^ "Le Monde.fr: Archives". Le Monde. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  12. ^ Laurent de Boissieu. "Rassemblement pour l'indépendance et la souveraineté de la France (RIF)". France-Politique.fr. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  13. ^ "Ile-de-France. Paris (75)". Libération. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  14. ^ Popelard, Allan (2019-10-01). "Ces Français qui militent pour le " Frexit "". Le Monde diplomatique (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  15. ^ "Ça bouge à l'UMP". leparisien.fr. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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  17. ^ Marie-Anne GAIRAUD (September 27, 2007). "Bertrand Delanoë bientôt dans les arrondissements..." Le Parisien.
  18. ^ "24 Heures". Le Parisien. December 22, 2007.
  19. ^ Benoît Hasse (February 26, 2008). "Panafieu malmenée dans son fief du XVIIe". Le Parisien.
  20. ^ "XVIIe: un divers droite jette l'éponge". Le Figaro. Agence France-Presse. February 21, 2008.
  21. ^ a b Béatrice Houchard (30 May 2013). "Trois recalés de la présidentielle en repêchage à Villeneuve-sur-Lot". Le Figaro. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  22. ^ Choq FM, "L'autre monde" (The other world), 14 February 2011
  23. ^ "Asselineau candidat à la présidentielle". leparisien.fr. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  24. ^ "Les candidats à la présidentielle: Jacques Cheminade a ses 500 signatures, pas Corinne Lepage". La Tribune. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  25. ^ "François Asselineau, le candidat extrêmement "divers"". L'Opinion. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  26. ^ J.Sch. "Villeneuve-sur-lot. L'UPR entre conquête et résistance". LaDépêche.fr. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  27. ^ "Ville de Villeneuve sur Lot - Election législative partielle: les résultats définitifs". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  28. ^ "Asselineau (UPR) à Ermont". leparisien.fr. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  29. ^ "Essonne: Les 'petits partis' partent à l'assaut des européennes". Essonne Info - Site d'actualité et d'information en Essonne. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  30. ^ Yann Thompson, Européennes: la galère des petits candidats, France Télévisions, 21 May 2014
  31. ^ "European Parliament Election Results". francetv info. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  32. ^ a b François Asselineau fact sheet Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine on the website of the French version of the magazine Slate, retrieved on 12 March 2012
  33. ^ a b c Asselineau, François (24 March 2012). "Les monnaies plurinationales finissent toujours par exploser". Causeur. Interviewed by Florentin Piffard. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 19 Feb 2023.
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  35. ^ Ève Moulinier, Le Dauphiné libéré, 12 February 2012, page 4
  36. ^ Dupont, Isabelle (29 February 2012). "Un 'petit candidat' contre la grande Europe". Nord Éclair. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013.
  37. ^ "François Asselineau : Positif au Covid-19, il ne participera pas aux manifestations contre l'extension du pass sanitaire".
  38. ^ "François Asselineau accusé de harcélement sexuel". Libération. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  39. ^ "Deuxième plainte contre François Asselineau : "J'ai son corps sur moi. Ça dure une éternité"". Libération. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  40. ^ "Face aux enquêteurs, François Asselineau et ses accusateurs maintiennent leurs versions". Le Monde. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  41. ^ "François Asselineau a été mis en examen pour harcèlement et agressions sexuelles". Le Monde. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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