Union for the Defense of Tradesmen and Artisans

Union for the Defense of Tradesmen & Artisans Union de défense des commerçants et artisans (French)
Abbreviation	UDCA
Leader	Pierre Poujade
Founded	29 November 1953
Dissolved	1962
Newspaper	Fraternité française
Membership	Up to 800,000
Ideology	Right-wing populism Poujadism French nationalism Euroscepticism
Political position	Right-wing to far-right
Colors	Brown
National Assembly (1956)	52 / 595

The Union for the Defense of Tradesmen and Artisans (French: Union de défense des commerçants et artisans), known as Union and French Fraternity (French: Union et fraternité française) after 1956, was a right-wing populist political party in France from 1953 to 1962, led by Pierre Poujade.