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‘All for France and France for all’ – We present a new ‘Frexit Prospectus’ from across the Channel
D'Artagnan plus the 3 Musketeers, Montage © Facts4EU.Org 2024
Independence parties and movements are on the march in France – here is one of them
Readers will be familiar with ‘The Three Musketeers’, a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by Alexandre Dumas.
Today we bring you something of a modern day equivalent, with a document specially written for the Facts4EU.Org think-tank and CIBUK.Org by the new ‘Mouvement Politique Citoyen’ and translated into English by our Chairman.
The Citizen Political Movement (MPC) is an initiative led by three French thinkers and activists determined to restore sovereignty and political dignity to France: Philippe Murer, Laurent Henninger, and Olivier Piacentini.
Founded on clear principles of defending national interests, the MPC embodies a true citizen movement to restore to the French their freedom, their sovereignty and the unique French identity.
We suggest what follows amounts to a ‘Frexit Prospectus’ in broad terms. Below this paper we comment on the political landscape in France and some of the political parties and movements gaining momentum.
The Citizen Political Movement:
A new lease of life for France
By ‘Le Mouvement Politique Citoyen’, Oct 2024
A France that frees itself from supranational constraints
The vision of the MPC is that of a free France, detached from the chains imposed by supranational institutions such as the European Union and the WHO. In recent years, France has seen its independence eroded by trade and economic rules that primarily serve the interests of the great economic powers, to the detriment of French workers. The MPC proposes a return to an authentic national policy, where the State regains its capacity to regulate its economy and protect its industries.
Leaving the EU will also make it possible to control/stop the immigration flows that cause so much harm to France: in fact, European directives prevent the control of borders and legal and illegal immigration. The British Conservatives did not simply want to stop the immigration flows to the United Kingdom after Brexit, but they had all the cards in hand to succeed in this area, as Japan demonstrates!
Getting out of the mechanisms imposed by the EU, particularly in terms of energy and agricultural policy, is at the heart of the MPC project. For example, the explosion of energy prices in France is a direct result of European laws and restrictions that limit our ability to intervene. The MPC defends an approach that puts France back in control of its energy, agricultural and industrial policy to guarantee real autonomy.
An economy that serves citizens
The MPC also highlights the need to rebuild a national economy that serves the interests of the French people, rather than favouring large multinationals. To this end, the MPC advocates for massive reindustrialization, focused on the relocation of strategic industries and the protection of our local know-how.
© MPC 2024
In terms of agriculture, Philippe Murer and his co-founders denounce a Europe that imposes standards disconnected from the realities of our farmers - free trade agreements that impose prices that are too low, at the same time as a submersion by imports, which financially strangle producers. The MPC proposes to exit the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) and establish a food sovereignty policy to guarantee fair prices for producers while ensuring an ecological transition adapted to the French context.
Social justice and controlled ecological transition
One of the main principles of the Mouvement Politique Citoyen is to promote a Gaullist-inspired, controlled ecological transition that is in harmony with the needs of the French economy and workers. Too often, decisions regarding the environment have been taken technocratically, without taking into account the interests of the French people, creating economic and social tensions.
For the MPC, it is essential to adopt an approach that combines social justice and environmental protection, the opposite of what environmental movements advocate and what the governments of our countries are doing. This means investing in a state-led energy transition (planning), without sacrificing employment or increasing costs for French families, already burdened by soaring prices and austerity imposed by Brussels. On the contrary, the ecological transition must be a means of increasing employment and strengthening industrial sectors.
A citizens' movement above all
The Citizen Political Movement speaks directly to French citizens, giving them back a voice. The MPC advocates a return to direct democracy, where citizens are no longer dispossessed of their sovereignty by political and economic elites. In this spirit, the movement proposes a series of institutional reforms, including the introduction of the citizens' initiative referendum (RIC), which will allow the people to resume their central role in political decision-making.
Philippe Murer, Laurent Henninger, and Olivier Piacentini are convinced that the people must recover and re-appropriate democracy. The MPC aims to be the voice of all those who wish to see a strong, united and resolutely independent France in its economic and political choices.
Towards a sovereign and independent France
The Citizen Political Movement is not limited to opposition to European institutions. It is a constructive project, with concrete proposals to get France out of the current impasse. The MPC calls for a democratic renewal, an economic overhaul based on social justice, a control/stop of immigration flows, a France that is a power of balance and peace and a resumption of national sovereignty to guarantee a sustainable and prosperous future for France.
In an interconnected world, France must be the master of its destiny. The Citizen Political Movement positions itself as the tool of this reconquest, ready to bring together all the active forces wishing to defend the freedom, sovereignty and identity of our country.
Our movement is the friend of all those who in Europe and in the world fight for their country to be free, sovereign and to defend their culture and their own spirit in the concert of nations.
- By Pierre d'Herbais for the ‘Mouvement Politique Citoyen’, October 2024, translated by Facts4EU.Org
Observations
When surveilling the French political scene, the first observation is how fragmented it is. There are currently an extraordinary 33 parties with MPs in the lower house. There are then five more parties with Senators in the upper chamber. Any attempt to describe all of this in detail would be a major undertaking.
Instead, Facts4EU.Org has been in contact with those organisations in the French political sphere who have been prepared to engage with us. One of these is the relatively new Mouvement Politique Citoyen, whose thoughts are published in our translated paper above. Whilst they may not yet have much traction on the ground, they nonetheless express a growing sentiment amongst the French people on issues which will be familiar to British people: immigration, taxes, energy (Net Zero) policies, and the like.
Unless French parties and movements can start to work together, there is no chance of a real Frexit momentum developing. That said, views are increasingly being expressed across the nation which might be said to resemble those in other European countries, and certainly in the United Kingdom.
We are also in discussions with the 'Let's Take Back Control' party led by Charles-Henri Gallois, and hope to present their thoughts here too. In any event, Facts4EU and CIBUK are organising a major, live-streamed, online debate for certain European party leaders starting at 09.00am on Sunday 03 November - in English - and we will be providing details of this here very soon.
For all those interested in national independence, sovereignty, democracy and freedoms, this is an event not to be missed!
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