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22-626: Le Gallou began his political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1974 he joined Yvan Blot in setting up the Club de l'Horloge . As the club developed links with GRECE Le Gallou grew in importance, serving as a bridge between the Nouvelle Droite and mainstream right-wing politics. Le Gallou grew close to the National Front and helped to develop their préférence nationale policy of

44-426: A 3-month price freeze; a reduction in the value-added tax; wage controls; salary controls; a reduction of the growth in the money supply; and increases in the income tax, automobile taxes, luxury taxes and bank rates. There were measures to restore the trade balance and support the growth of the economy and employment. Oil imports, whose price had shot up, were limited. There was special aid to exports, and an action fund

66-532: A second term in 2001. One year later, he finished his last parliamentary term in the French National Assembly and retired from politics. Raymond Barre was probably the only French politician to have reached such high levels of responsibilities without having ever been an official member or leader of any political party. He always kept some distance with what he considered to be the political " microcosm ". Raymond Barre died on 25 August 2007 at age 83 at

88-639: Is a keen mountaineer and has completed a number of traditional races in the Alps . He participates in pagan ceremonies, notably at the summer solstice . This article about a Member of the European Parliament from France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a National Rally (France) politician is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Republican Party (France) The Republican Party ( French : Parti républicain , [paʁti ʁepyblikɛ̃] , PR )

110-540: The National Republican Movement . In June 2014, Le Gallou, Bernard Lugan and Philippe Conrad co-founded the racialist think tank fr:Institut Iliade , which describes itself "in the continuity of Dominique Venner 's thought and action". The organization held a colloquium with Renaud Camus , Charlotte d'Ornellas and Jean Raspail in April 2016. In 2022 he joined Reconquête . In his spare time Le Gallou

132-661: The Union for French Democracy (UDF), a confederation created in order to support President Giscard d'Estaing and counterbalance the influence of the Gaullist Rally for the Republic (RPR) over the French centre-right. However, after Giscard d'Estaing's defeat at the 1981 presidential election , the PR gravitated away from its founder and a new generation of politicians, led by François Léotard , took

154-530: The Urban Community of Lyon  : 1995–2001. Member of the Urban Community of Lyon  : 1995–2001. Bilderberg Conference participant 1983 On several occasions, Raymond Barre made remarks that were interpreted as antisemitic, or at least supportive of antisemitism . In 1980, when he was prime minister, a bombing was attempted against the Union Libérale Israélite de France , a synagogue in

176-894: The Val-de-Grâce military hospital in Paris, where he was being treated for heart problems since his transfer from a hospital in Monaco on 11 April 2007. Governmental functions Prime minister : 1976–1981. Minister of Economy and Finance : 1976–1978. Minister of Foreign Trade : January–August 1976. Electoral mandates National Assembly of France Member of the National Assembly of France for Rhône (department)  : 1981–2002. Elected in 1981, reelected in 1986, 1988, 1993, 1997. Municipal Council Mayor of Lyon  : 1995–2001. Municipal councillor of Lyon  : 1995–2001. Urban community Council President of

198-514: The 1980s, which called for welfare, health, education and job provisions to be given to French citizens of autochthonous origins first. He soon joined the party and rose in influence, joining Blot and Bruno Mégret , in developing the party's neo-liberal economic policy. He was one of the 11 FN members elected to the European Parliament in the 1994 election . Meanwhile, Le Gallou became a close associate of Bruno Mégret and followed him into

220-648: The European Commission for Economic & Financial Affairs . He stayed in Brussels until January 1973, serving in the Rey , Malfatti and Mansholt Commissions . Having come back to France, he joined the cabinet as minister of External Trade in January 1976. Seven months later, while mostly unknown at that time, President Giscard d'Estaing appointed him Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance. He presented him to

242-527: The French people as "the best economist in France" (French: meilleur économiste de France ). Under the Fifth Republic , he was the only person to hold these two offices at the same time. He left the ministry of Economy and Finance in 1978 but stayed as Prime minister until the defeat of Giscard d'Estaing at the 1981 presidential election . At the head of the cabinet, he was faced with the conflict which divided

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264-620: The cabinet after the 1986 legislative election . He ran as UDF candidate for president in the 1988 election , but some components of his party covertly supported the other right-wing candidate, the Neo-Gaullist Prime Minister Jacques Chirac . In this, in spite of positive polls at the beginning of the campaign, he came third behind the two protagonists of the "cohabitation": the Socialist President François Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac . For

286-407: The head of the cabinet, he was elected deputy of Rhône département under the label of the Union for French Democracy (UDF). However, he never formally joined the party. He held his parliamentary seat until 2002. In the 1980s, he competed for the leadership of the right against Chirac. Believing that the " cohabitation " was incompatible with the " Fifth Republic ", he let Chirac take the lead of

308-624: The lead. This group called la bande à Léo ("Léo(tard)'s band"), advocated an alliance with the RPR and covertly supported RPR leader Jacques Chirac 's candidacy in the 1988 presidential election , against the official UDF candidate Raymond Barre . During the 1995 presidential campaign , the PR divided again between the two main centre-right candidates: François Léotard and Gérard Longuet supported Edouard Balladur while Alain Madelin and Jean-Pierre Raffarin supported Jacques Chirac , who won. Until

330-434: The parliamentary majority between the "Giscardians" and the neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic (RPR) led by his predecessor Jacques Chirac . The right majority unexpectedly won the 1978 legislative election . Barre was primarily confronted with an economic crisis. He advocated numerous complex, strict policies ("Barre Plans"). The first Barre plan emerged on 22 September 1976, with a priority to stop inflation. It included

352-498: The rue Copernic, Paris; however the bomb detonated in the street when the Jews attending shabbat were inside the synagogue, and not when they were out; but as a result some non-Jewish bystanders were killed. Raymond Barre then famously denounced: In 2007, Barre argued on a radio show that "the Jewish lobby" had orchestrated criticism regarding his 1980 remarks. On this same show, Barre defended

374-513: The second round, he called his voters to transfer to the RPR candidate, who was finally defeated. After the failure of his presidential candidacy, he focused on his local tenures, in Lyon . In 1995, the RPR Mayor of Lyon Michel Noir could not compete for another term due to a judicial indictment, and consequently, Barre was the conservative candidate for the mayoralty. He was elected but he did not run for

396-559: The split of the UDF confederation in 1998, the Republican Party was its liberal component, advocating economic liberalism . In 1997, it was replaced by Liberal Democracy (DL) led by Alain Madelin . This article about a political party in France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Raymond Barre Raymond Octave Joseph Barre ( French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ baʁ] ; 12 April 1924 – 25 August 2007)

418-561: Was a liberal-conservative political party in France which existed from 1977 to 1997. Created by the then- President of France , Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , it replaced the National Federation of the Independent Republicans which was founded in 1966. It was known to be conservative in domestic, social and economic policies, pro- NATO , and pro-European . In 1978, the Republican Party allied with centrist groups to form

440-399: Was a French politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three presidents ( Rey , Malfatti and Mansholt ). He later served as Prime Minister under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1976 until 1981. As a candidate for the presidency in 1988 , he came in third and was eliminated in the first round. He

462-587: Was born in Saint-Denis , on the French island of Réunion , and then still a colony (it became an overseas department in 1946). After his education, Raymond Barre was a professor of economics at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) as well as École Centrale Paris . From 1959 to 1962, he was director of Jean-Marcel Jeanneney 's staff in the ministry of Industry and Trade. Then, in 1967, President Charles de Gaulle chose him as Vice-President of

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484-445: Was set up to aid industries. There was increased financial aid to farmers, who were suffering from a drought, and for social security. The package was not very popular but was pursued with vigor. He did not use diplomatic language in the face of trade union opposition, . Instead, he mocked "the bearers of banners" (French: les porteurs de pancartes ) and he exhorted "instead of grousing, you should work hard". After he departed from

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