National Front (France)
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National Front
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| President | Marine Le Pen |
| General Secretary | Nicolas Bay |
| Founder | Jean-Marie Le Pen |
| Founded | 5 October 1972 |
| Headquarters | 76-78 rue des Suisses, 92000 Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine |
| Youth wing | Front National Youth |
| Membership (2015) | 85,000 |
| Ideology | French nationalism National conservatism Souverainism Protectionism Right-wing populism Anti-immigration Hard euroscepticism |
| Political position |
Right-wing to Far-right |
| National affiliation | Rassemblement bleu Marine |
| European affiliation | Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | Europe of Nations and Freedom |
| Colours | Navy blue Red |
| National Assembly |
2 / 577
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| Senate |
2 / 348
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| European Parliament |
23 / 74
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| Regional Councils |
358 / 1,758
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| General Councils |
61 / 4,108
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*Formerly part of the European Right (1984–89), European Right (1989–94), Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001) and Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (2007). |
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The National Front (French: Front National, pronounced: [fʁɔ̃ na.sjɔ.nal]; FN) is a right-wing populist and nationalist political party in France. Its major policies include opposition to the French membership of the European Union and the Schengen Area, economic protectionism, a zero tolerance approach to law and order issues, and opposition to immigration. As an anti-European Union party, the FN has opposed the European Union since its creation. Most political commentators place the FN on the far-right but other sources suggest that the party's position on the political spectrum has become more difficult to clearly define. The party was founded in 1972 to unify a variety of French nationalist movements of the time. Jean-Marie Le Pen was the party's first leader and the undisputed centre of the party from its start until his resignation in 2011. Marine Le Pen, his daughter, was elected as the current leader. While the party struggled as a marginal force for its first ten years, since 1984 it has been the major force of French nationalism.
The 2002 presidential election was the first in France to include a National Front candidate in the run-off, after Jean-Marie Le Pen beat the Socialist candidate in the first round. In the run-off, he finished a distant second to Jacques Chirac. Due to the French electoral system, the party's representation in public office has been limited, despite its significant share of the vote.
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