François Asselineau
François Asselineau (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa asəlino] ⓘ, born 14 September 1957) is a French politician and an Inspector General for finances.
François Asselineau | |
|---|---|
| President of the Popular Republican Union | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Councillor of Paris | |
| In office 25 March 2001 – 24 March 2008 | |
| Constituency | 19th arrondissement |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1957 Paris, France |
| Political party | Popular Republican Union |
| Alma mater | HEC Paris École nationale d'administration |
| Occupation | Civil Servant Politician |
| Profession | Inspector General Business School professor |
| Website | francoisasselineau.fr |
Asselineau was a member of the Rally for France (RPF) and UMP 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, but does not self-identify as such. Although he identifies as being on neither side of the left–right political spectrum, he has been described as right-wing to far-right.
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.
He ran in the 2017 French presidential election, presenting himself as the "Frexit candidate". He was eventually eliminated in the first round, earning 0.92% of the votes. For the 2022 presidential election he failed to secure 500 sponsorships from elected officials in order to run.