François Asselineau: «I created my party out of desperation».»

François Asselineau was a candidate in the 2017 French presidential election. Ranked among the «minor candidates», he was the only one to propose France's exit from the European Union. Meet the President of the Union Populaire Républicaine, considered a conspiracy theorist by some, lucid by others.

François Asselineau: I founded the UPR on March 25, 2007, the very day of the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. When we filed our articles of association with the Paris prefecture of police, the very object of the political party mentioned the need to leave the European Union. So it's not just a question of timing. At the moment, a certain number of people on the French political scene and