171. Factsheet: National Rally (Rassemblement National, previously Front National or National Front)
- Author:
- Bridge Initiative Team
- Publication Date:
- 02-2020
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The Bridge Initiative, Georgetown University
- Abstract:
- 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. Throughout its history, the party has been dominated by the Le Pen family, especially Jean-Marie Le Pen, a Holocaust denier and apologist of French colonialism, and his daughter, Marine Le Pen, who advocates religious discrimination against Muslims, immigrants, and migrants.
- Topic:
- Islamophobia, Far Right, Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism, Political Parties, and National Rally (Rassemblement National)
- Political Geography:
- Europe and France