The Patriots (; LP) is a
nationalist
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and
hard Eurosceptic political party
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in
France
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. Founded by former vice president of the
Front National (FN)
Florian Philippot, it was registered on 29 September 2017. The party strongly supports a French withdrawal from both the
European Union
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(EU) and
Eurozone
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.
Gallery
Saint-Laurent-Blangy - Congrès fondateur des Patriotes le 18 février 2018 (103).JPG, Philippot at the party's founding congress in Saint-Laurent-Blangy in 2018
Election results
European Parliament
See also
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List of political parties in France
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France has a Multi-party system, multi-party political system: one in which the number of competing political party, political parties is sufficiently large as to make it almost inevita ...
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Politics of France
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References
External links
Official Les Patriotes website
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2017 establishments in France
Eurosceptic parties in France
Far-right political parties in France
French nationalist parties
Political parties established in 2017
Right-wing parties in France
Right-wing populism in France
Right-wing populist parties
National Rally (France) breakaway groups