Editing Alain Juppé (section)

=== Prime Minister of France (1995–1997) ===
[[File:Juppé 1995.jpg|thumb|180px|Juppé in 1995]]
Because he supported Jacques Chirac against Edouard Balladur during the [[1995 French presidential election|1995 presidential campaign]], he succeeded him as Prime Minister, also becoming president of the RPR. Jacques Chirac claimed Alain Juppé was "the best among us".

However, in November/December 1995, his plan for Welfare State reform caused the [[1995 strikes in France|biggest social conflict]] since [[May 68]] and, under duress, abandoned it. He became the most unpopular Prime Minister of the [[French Fifth Republic|Fifth Republic]] (challenged only by [[Édith Cresson]]). 

In January 1996, Alain Juppé, together with interior minister [[Jean-Louis Debré]], opened negotiations with the [[FLNC-Canal Historique]], then the largest guerrilla group in the [[Corsican conflict]]. The ensuing [[Tralonca peace campaign]] became Juppé’s priority in government, holding numerous meetings and conferences and even traveling to Corsica.<ref>{{Cite web |last=BENHAMOU |first=Guy |title=La Corse attend beaucoup de Juppé. Violence et désertification économique: le Premier ministre visite une île déprimée. |url=https://www.liberation.fr/france-archive/1996/07/17/la-corse-attend-beaucoup-de-juppe-violence-et-desertification-economique-le-premier-ministre-visite-_176860/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref> the peace would fail in 1996 after the French government refused to release political prisoners arrested during the peace process.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-06 |title=#corse StoriaCorsa 1996 « Tralonca 600 militants du FLNC canal Historique » - |url=https://www.corsicainfurmazione.org/80595/corse-storiacorsa-1996-tralonca-le-camouflet-de-letat/2019/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

In spring 1997, President Chirac dissolved the National Assembly but lost the legislative election. Alain Juppé was succeeded by the Socialist [[Lionel Jospin]]. Furthermore, Juppé left the leadership of the RPR.

He campaigned for the unification of all the parties of the centre right behind Jacques Chirac. In this, he was considered the architect of the Union for the Presidential Majority which became the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (''Union pour un mouvement populaire'' or UMP), and was its first president from 2002 to 2004.

As a member of the National Assembly (as representative of Paris from 1986 to 1997, then representative of Gironde), he was elected [[Mayor (France)|Mayor]] of [[Bordeaux]] in 1995, succeeding former Prime Minister [[Jacques Chaban-Delmas]].