The National Rally,until 2018 known as the National Front,is a far-right political party in France. It is currently the largest parliamentary opposition group in the National Assembly;it has seen its candidate reach the second round in the 2002,2017 and 2022 presidential elections. It is an anti-immigration party,advocating significant cuts to legal immigration and protection of French identity,as well as stricter control of illegal immigration. It also advocates for a 'more balanced' and 'independent' French foreign policy by opposing French military intervention in Africa and by distancing France from the American sphere of influence by leaving NATO's integrated command. It supports reform of the European Union (EU) and its related organisations. It also supports economic interventionism and protectionism,and zero tolerance of breaches of law and order. The party has been accused of promoting xenophobia and antisemitism.
Bruno Mégret is a French former nationalist politician. He was the leader of the Mouvement National Républicain political party,but retired in 2008 from all political action.
Renaud Muselier is a French physician and politician who has served as President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur since 2017. A former member of The Republicans (LR),he previously was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2019.
Thierry Mariani is a French politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. He previously served as Minister in charge of Transport under the Minister of Ecology,Sustainable development,Transport and Housing from 2010 to 2012. A former member of The Republicans (LR),he has been an Independent since 2019.
Bruno Gilles is a French politician who represented the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Senate from 2008 to 2020. A former member of The Republicans,he joined Horizons in 2021. Gilles previously served as the member of the National Assembly for the 5th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône from 2002 to 2007.
Jérôme Rivière is a French politician,lawyer and entrepreneur who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. A member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) until 2007,he was a member of the National Rally (RN),previously known as the National Front (FN),from 2017 until 2022,when he announced his support for Éric Zemmour in the 2022 presidential election and was appointed vice chairman of Zemmour's newly-founded Reconquête party.
Marion Jeanne Caroline Maréchal,known as Marion Maréchal-Le Pen from 2010 to 2018,is a French far-right politician,part of the Le Pen family,granddaughter of National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen and niece of its current leader Marine Le Pen.
Gilbert Georges Jean Camille RenéCollard is a French writer,barrister and politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. A member of the National Rally (RN) until 2022,he was a member of the National Assembly for the 2nd constituency of Gard from 2012 until 2019. Collard also served as Secretary-General of the Rassemblement bleu Marine (RBM) since 2012,a right-wing political association and think-tank supporting Marine Le Pen. In January 2022,he left the RN for Éric Zemmour's Reconquête.
The Popular Right is a recognised movement within the National Rally (RN) since 2019,previously within the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and The Republicans (LR). It was founded in 2010 as the Collectif parlementaire de la Droite populaire,a caucus of UMP parliamentarians which included 26 members of the National Assembly. The Popular Right seeks to emphasise issues such as national identity,security and immigration. Its leader is Thierry Mariani,currently an MEP.
Steeve Briois is a French politician. In 2017,he was interim leader of the National Front. In 2014,he was elected mayor of Hénin-Beaumont and a member of the European Parliament. From 2011 to 2014,he was general-secretary of the Front National. He was a member of the regional council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais from 1998 to 2014.
The Republicans is a liberal-conservative political party in France,largely inspired by the tradition of Gaullism. The party was formed on 30 May 2015 as the re-incorporation of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP),which had been established in 2002 under the leadership of then President of France Jacques Chirac.
Presidential elections were held in France on 10 and 24 April 2022. As no candidate won a majority in the first round,a runoff was held,in which Emmanuel Macron defeated Marine Le Pen and was re-elected as President of France. Macron,from La République En Marche! (LREM),had defeated Le Pen,leader of the National Rally,once already in the 2017 French presidential election,for the term which expired on 13 May 2022. Macron became the first president of France to win a re-election bid since Jacques Chirac won in 2002.
Thierry Solère is a French politician who has served as the member of the National Assembly for the 9th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine from 2012 to 2022. He was a member of The Republicans (LR) until 2017,when he joined La République En Marche! (LREM).
Sébastien Chenu is a French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for the 19th constituency of Nord since 2017. A former member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP),he has also been a spokesman of the National Rally since 2017 under the leadership of Marine Le Pen. He is currently serving as vice-president of the French National Assembly.
European Parliament elections were held in France on 26 May 2019,electing members of the 9th French delegation to the European Parliament as part of the elections held across the European Union. The election featured two major changes since the 2014 election:the return to a single national constituency and the increase in the number of French seats from 74 to 79 upon the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Officially,79 MEPs were considered to have been elected,including five "virtual" MEPs who did not take their seats until the UK formally left the EU. The election featured 34 separate electoral lists,a record number at the national level.
Jordan Bardella is a French politician who has been the president of the National Rally (RN) since 2022,previously serving as acting president from September 2021 to November 2022 and as vice-president from 2019 to 2022. Bardella has also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019,when he was the lead candidate for the RN in the European Parliament election,and has been a regional councillor of Île-de-France since 2015.
Hélène Laporte is a French politician who was elected as a National Rally group Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European parliamentary election. She is currently serving as vice-president of the French National Assembly.
Annika Bruna is a French politician. She was elected as a National Rally Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European parliamentary election.
Pierre-Yves Bournazel is a French politician who represented the 18th constituency of Paris in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022. He has been a member of Horizons since 2021,which he joined after leaving The Republicans (LR) in 2017. Bournazel has also held a seat on the Council of Paris since 2008.
Sophie Blanc is a French lawyer and politician from National Rally (RN) who has represented the 1st constituency of Pyrénées-Orientales in the National Assembly since 2022.
