RN chooses Le Pen’s successor
The French nationalist party Rassemblement National (‘National Rally’) – which used to be the Front National (‘National Front’) until it was renamed in 2018, elected a new leader this weekend. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Rassemblement National
Huge gains for Le Pen as Macron government loses majority
Voting has ended across France in today’s decisive second round of elections for the National Assembly. Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (previously the National Front) achieved perhaps the greatest election Continue Reading →
French nationalist divisions contrast with leftist unity as Le Pen’s party slips to third place
The first round of elections to the National Assembly yesterday delivered a sharp setback to the ‘centrist’ President Emmanuel Macron and modest advances for Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National. This Continue Reading →
Huge increase in Le Pen vote – but another defeat
Marine Le Pen – leader of the nationalist party Rassemblement National (formerly the National Front) –has lost the French presidential election to former banker and ‘centrist’ Emmanuel Macron by a Continue Reading →
Le Pen heads for second round run-off in French presidential battle
Marine Le Pen – leader of the French nationalist party Rassemblement National (‘National Rally’ formerly the Front National) is heading for a second-round showdown with the incumbent French President Emmanuel Continue Reading →
H&D analysis of the 2022 French presidential election
On April 10th French voters go to the polls for the first round of their presidential election, with not just one but two nationalist candidates among the principal rivals to Continue Reading →
French Revolutions – Tony Paulsen reports
The French presidential election campaign, fought under the shadow of the war in Ukraine, continues to spring surprises, even on long term watchers of the nationalist movement in France, such Continue Reading →
French nationalist politics in crisis: is this the end for Marine Le Pen?
Recent issues of Heritage and Destiny have commented on serious political problems for Marine Le Pen, who this year is fighting her third and perhaps last French presidential election. Ever Continue Reading →
Old gang parties unite to block Le Pen – but most French voters boycott election
The second round of the French regional elections yesterday ended in disappointment for Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (RN – successor to the French National Front founded by her father Continue Reading →
No breakthrough for Le Pen in low turnout French elections
Yesterday’s regional elections in France were preceded by customary liberal media scare stories about likely breakthrough for a ‘resurgent far right’. Yet the first round results – while undeniably bad Continue Reading →