Caledonian People's Movement

Caledonian People's Movement

Mouvement Populaire Calédonien
Caledonian People's Movement Mouvement Populaire Calédonien
Leader	Gil Brial
Party Spokesperson	Isabelle Champmoreau
Founded	March 28, 2013
Split from	The Rally
Headquarters	Nouméa
Ideology	Anti-separatism; Conservatism; Liberal conservatism; Federalism
Political position	Right-wing
Regional affiliation	Les Loyalistes
Colours	Blue
Seats in the Congress	2 / 54
Seats in the South Province	4 / 40
Seats in the North Province	0 / 40
	Politics of New Caledonia; Political parties; Elections;

Caledonian People's Movement (French: Mouvement Populaire Calédonien; abbreviated MPC) is a conservative and anti-separatist political party in New Caledonia founded in 2013 by Gaël Yanno, a former President of the Congress of New Caledonia and MP in the National Assembly of France representing the New Caledonia constituency.

History

The party was founded in 2013 following an internal dispute within The Rally between leader Pierre Frogier and representatives Gaël Yanno and Sonia Backès. Yanno and Backès were both disappointed with Frogier's performance as leader, which they felt cost The Rally votes, and also disagreed on economic policy. Both subsequently left the party.^[1]^[2]

Yanno founded the MPC with similar ideas to the French Union for a Popular Movement. At its creation, the party issued a charter with two main points: opposing separatism and creating policies designed to improve the daily lives of all ethnic communities in New Caledonia. Yanno also said he was willing to work with all anti-separatist parties in New Caledonia.^[3]^[4] In 2018, Yanno stood down and was replaced by Gil Brial as leader.

In 2019, the party joined with the Caledonian Republicans and The Rally to form the Future with Confidence alliance.^[5]

References

^ "« Rump : Frogier suspend Yanno et Backes de leurs fonctions », Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes, 22/02/2011". Archived from the original on 2013-04-29. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
^ « Le Mouvement populaire calédonien est né », Les Nouvelles calédoniennes, 28/03/2013
^ "Présentation du MPC sur son site officiel". Archived from the original on 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
^ Charte des valeurs du MPC sur son site internet
^ "New Caledonia readies for election". RNZ. 8 May 2019.

[1] "« Rump : Frogier suspend Yanno et Backes de leurs fonctions », Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes, 22/02/2011". Archived from the original on 2013-04-29. Retrieved 2023-02-05.

[2] « Le Mouvement populaire calédonien est né », Les Nouvelles calédoniennes, 28/03/2013

[mpc-3] "Présentation du MPC sur son site officiel". Archived from the original on 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2023-02-05.

[4] Charte des valeurs du MPC sur son site internet

[5] "New Caledonia readies for election". RNZ. 8 May 2019.

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