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National Rally Group
The National Rally group () is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly of France including representatives of the National Rally and League of the South The League of the South (LS) is an American White nationalism, white nationalist, Neo-Confederates, neo-Confederate, White supremacy, white supremacist organization that says its goal is "a free and independent Southern republic". Headquarte ... formed after the 2022 legislative election. The group has been chaired by Marine Le Pen since its creation on June 28, 2022. The RN parliamentary party was the largest single opposition party in the lower house from 2022 to 2024, but was much smaller than the NUPES alliance. List of presidents Historical membership References {{reflist National Assembly (France) Parliamentary groups in France National Rally (France) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (France)
The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (France), Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known as () or deputies. There are 577 , each elected by a single-member Constituencies of the National Assembly of France, constituency (at least one per Departments of France, department) through a two-round system; thus, 289 seats are required for a majority. The List of presidents of the National Assembly of France, president of the National Assembly, currently Yaël Braun-Pivet, presides over the body. The officeholder is usually a member of the largest party represented, assisted by vice presidents from across the represented political spectrum. The National Assembly's term is five years; however, the president of France may dissolve the assembly, thereby calling for early elections, unless it has been dissolved in the preceding twelve m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Jacobelli
Laurent Jacobelli (; born 13 October 1969) is a French politician. In 2022, he was elected member of the National Assembly as a member of the National Rally for Moselle's 8th constituency. Early life Jacobelli was born on 13 October 1969 in Thiais. He is of Italian descent. He graduated from the ESSEC Business School in 1992 and from the ESCP in 1993. Career Jacobelli worked as an audiovisual manager for TV5 and served as head of TV5's programs from 2005 to 2008. Between 2009 and 2013 he worked as an executive for the Zodiak Kids Studios channel. He then founded his own television production company, Sunny Prod. He has also served as a reservist in the French Navy. Politics He joined Nicolas Dupont-Aignan in 2014 before signing up for regional elections in December 2015 in the Grand Est. On 19 May 2017, Jacobelli left France Arise. In June 2017, he was the FN candidate in the 10th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône (21.88% in the 1st round, 41.73% in the second r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 French Legislative Election
Legislative elections in France, Legislative elections were held in France on 30 June and 7 July 2024 (and one day earlier for some voters outside of metropolitan France) to elect all 577 Deputy (France), members of the 17th legislature of the French Fifth Republic, 17th National Assembly (France), National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. The election followed the Dissolution of parliament#France, dissolution of the National Assembly by President Emmanuel Macron, triggering a snap election after the National Rally (RN) made substantial gains and Macron's ''Besoin d'Europe'' Party-list proportional representation, electoral list lost a significant number of seats in the 2024 European Parliament election in France, 2024 European Parliament election. In the first round of the election, the National Rally and candidates jointly backed by Éric Ciotti of The Republicans (France), The Republicans (LR) led with 33.21% of the vote, followed by the parties of the New Popular Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marne's 2nd Constituency
The 2nd constituency of Marne (department), Marne (French language, French: ''Deuxième circonscription de la Marne'') is one of five electoral districts in the Departments of France, department of the same name, each of which returns one Deputy (legislator), deputy to the National Assembly (France), French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round. Description The constituency is made up of six whole former Cantons of France, cantons – those of Fismes, Reims I, Reims III, Reims V, Reims VIII, and Ville-en-Tardenois – plus the major part of the former canton of Châtillon-sur-Marne (all communes except those of Courtagnon, Nanteuil-la-Forêt, and Pourcy). It includes the centre and south of Reims as well as rural areas to the south of the city. The seat as currently delineated is substantially different from that which existed prior to the 2012 French legislative election, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Sophie Frigout
Anne-Sophie Frigout (born 11 April 1991) is a French educator and politician affiliated to the National Rally. She was elected as a deputy for Marne's 2nd constituency during the 2022 French legislative election. She was previously vice-president of the Debout la France party. She was elected Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2024 European Parliament election. She is a candidate in Marne's 2nd constituency in the 2024 French legislative election. Biography Frigout trained as a teacher and taught at a secondary school before working as a professor of geography and history at a further education college in Fismes. Frigout started in politics as a member of Debout la France and served as vice-president of the party. She was head of the list for Marne in the regional elections of 2015, alongside Laurent Jacobelli but was not elected. In 2021, she stood on the same list for the National Rally and was successful. She stood for DLF in Marne's 1st constituency at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NUPES
The New Ecological and Social People's Union (, NUPES) was a left-wing electoral alliance of political parties in France. Formed on May Day 2022, the alliance included La France Insoumise (LFI), the Socialist Party (PS), the French Communist Party (PCF), The Ecologists (LE), Ensemble! (E!), and Génération.s (G.s), and their respective smaller partners. It was the first wide left-wing political alliance since the Plural Left in the 1997 French legislative election. Over 70 dissident candidates who refused the accord still ran. Per a press release, the union's founding goal for the 2022 legislative election was to deny Emmanuel Macron's Ensemble Citoyens on the centre-right a presidential majority in the National Assembly, and to also defeat the French far-right. EELV and LFI signed an agreement that had the alliance won a majority of seats, they would have put forward Mélenchon as prime minister of France for a cohabitation. NUPES won the most seats outside of Ensemble, de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 French Legislative Election
Legislative elections in France, Legislative elections were held in France on 12 and 19 June 2022 to elect the 577 Deputy (France), members of the 16th National Assembly (France), National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic. The elections took place following the 2022 French presidential election, which was held in April 2022. They have been described as the most indecisive legislative elections since the establishment of the five-year presidential term in 2000 French constitutional referendum, 2000 and subsequent change of the electoral calendar in 2002. The governing Ensemble Citoyens, Ensemble coalition remained the largest bloc in the National Assembly but substantially Presidential majority, lost its ruling majority, resulting in the formation of France's first minority government since 1993 French legislative election, 1993; for the first time since 1997 French legislative election, 1997, the incumbent president of France did not have an absolute majority i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of The South (France)
The League of the South ( French: ''Ligue du Sud''; LS) is a far-right political party in France founded by Jacques Bompard with former members of the National Front in 2010. The party is established in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, particularly in the department of Vaucluse. Orange, the department's second most populated commune, as well as Piolenc, both have League of the South mayors. The party currently has one representative in the National Assembly: Marie-France Lorho, who sits for the 4th constituency of Vaucluse. History After internal tensions with the leadership of the Front National (FN), a group of politicians from Provence, including Marie-France Stirbois, Jacques Bompard, and Patrick Louis, broke away from the FN in 2005 to join the Movement for France (MPF). Stirbois died in April 2006 from cancer. Bompard's association L'Esprit Public, which had been involved with the organisation of conferences since 2003, hosted in August 2008 a party conference featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Group
A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political party, political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller political parties, who are not numerous enough to form parliamentary groups in their own names, to join with other parties or independent politicians in order to benefit from rights or privileges that are only accorded to formally recognized groups. An electoral alliance, where political parties associate only for elections, is similar to a parliamentary group. A technical group is similar to a parliamentary group but with members of differing ideologies. In contrast, a political faction is a subgroup within a political party and a coalition forms only after elections. Parliamentary groups may elect a parliamentary leader; such leaders are often important political players. Parliamentary groups in some cases use party discipline to control the vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Right-wing Populism
Right-wing populism, also called national populism and right populism, is a political ideology that combines right-wing politics with populist rhetoric and themes. Its rhetoric employs anti- elitist sentiments, opposition to the Establishment, and speaking to or for the common people. Recurring themes of right-wing populists include neo-nationalism, social conservatism, economic nationalism, and fiscal conservatism. Frequently, they aim to defend a national culture, identity, and economy against attacks by outsiders. Right-wing populism has associations with authoritarianism, while some far-right populists draw comparisons to fascism. Right-wing populism in the Western world is sometimes associated with ideologies such as anti-environmentalism, anti-globalization, nativism, and protectionism. In Europe, the term is often used to describe groups, politicians, and political parties generally known for their opposition to immigration, especially from the Muslim world, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Nationalism
French nationalism () usually manifests as civic nationalism, civic or cultural nationalism, promoting the cultural unity of France. History French nationalism emerged during the Hundred Years' War, which consisted of a series of intermittent conflicts with the Kingdom of England. The wars produced a great icon of French nationalism, Joan of Arc. The Catholic Church also played a major role after the Protestant Reformation. French nationalism became a powerful movement after the French Revolution in 1789. Napoleon Bonaparte promoted French nationalism based upon the ideals of the French Revolution such as the idea of ''Liberté, égalité, fraternité, liberty, equality, fraternity'' and justified French expansionism and French military campaigns on the claim that France had the right to spread the Age of Enlightenment, enlightened ideals of the French Revolution across Europe, and also to expand France into its so-called "natural borders of France, natural borders." Napoleon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaud Labaye
Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (; born 11 May 1952 in Paris), known as Renaud, is a French singer-songwriter. With twenty-six albums to his credit, selling nearly twenty million copies, he is one of France's most popular singers. Several of his songs are popular classics in France, including the sea tale "Dès que le vent soufflera", the irreverent " Laisse béton", the ballad " Morgane de toi" and the nostalgic " Mistral gagnant". His songs, with their slang lyrics and idiosyncratic Parisian phrasing, deal with both light and serious themes, alternating humor, emotion, and social criticism. Although he enjoyed great success in France in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, his career took a roller-coaster ride thereafter, with the singer regularly falling victim to depression and alcoholism, ailments he recounts in various songs. His work remains little known outside the French-speaking world. He also appeared in several films, including Claude Berri's adaptation of Germinal in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
