The National Rally (French: Rassemblement national, pronounced [ʁasɑ̃bləmɑ̃ nɑsjɔnal], RN), known as the National Front from 1972 to 2018 (French: Front national, [fʁɔ̃ nɑsjɔnal], FN), is a French far-right political party, described as right-wing populist and nationalist. [13]

The National Front for an Independent France, better known simply as National Front (French: Front national or Front national de l'indépendance de la France) was a World War II French Resistance movement created to unite all of the resistance organizations together to fight the Nazi occupation forces and Vichy France under Marshall Pétain.

Jan 16, 2025 · National Rally (formerly National Front), far right French political party founded in 1972. It is most commonly associated with Jean-Marie Le Pen and his daughter Marine Le Pen. The party strongly supports French nationalism and opposes immigration but often has been accused of fostering xenophobia and anti-Semitism.

Jan 7, 2025 · Paris (AFP) – Here is a short history of the French far-right National Front, whose historic leader and co-founder Jean-Marie Le Pen died on Tuesday aged 96.

Feb 24, 2020 · National Rally, previously known as National Front, is a far-right political party in France with a decades-long history of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, and misogyny. National Rally has enjoyed electoral success locally, nationally, and in the European Parliament.

Jul 1, 2024 · The far-right National Rally (RN) party of Marine Le Pen won a resounding victory in the first round of the polls Sunday, with 33.15 percent of the votes cast for members of the National...

Oct 9, 2022 · Its leader, Alain Robert, wanted to create a more "presentable" political structure and achieve the French far right's old dream: unity. And so was born the "national front" strategy.

11The “Front national pour l’unité française” (National Front for French Unity), officially launched at the salle des Horticulteurs (Horticulturalist’s hall) in Paris on October 5, 1972, was already precariously poised. This is not least given that Le Pen had promised backup from the many activists he had encountered during the ...

Sep 5, 2024 · For many years since its creation in 1972 by Jean-Marie Le Pen, the French far-right party National Front – now the National Rally (Rassemblement National or RN) – had been considered as an aberration in the country’s political landscape.

PARIS — Besting all expectations, France’s leftist coalition pulled off an upset victory over the populist National Rally that quelled, for now, fears of a far-right takeover in a nation with a...