What is the National Rally?
Q: What is the National Rally?
A: The National Rally is a far right political party in France. It used to be called the National Front until 2018.
Q: When was it founded?
A: The party was founded on 5 October 1972 by Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Q: What was its most successful performance in legislative elections?
A: Their most successful performance in the legislative elections was in 1997, where they received 14.9% of the vote in the 1st round and 5.7% in the 2nd round.
Q: Who were their two candidates for president?
A: The National Front has only had two candidates advance to the second round, Jean-Marie Le Pen in 2002 and his daughter Marine Le Pen in 2017.
Q: Who is currently leading the party?
A: Steeve Briois is now the temporary leader of the party.
Q: What are some of their beliefs?
A: The party is patriotic and very Eurosceptic (meaning they are against the European Union) and wants to limit immigration. Marine Le Pen supports letting the government control health, education, transportation, banking and energy.
Q: Why did Marine Le Pen step down from her position as leader of this party ?
A: On 24 April 2017, a day after the first round of the 2017 French presidential election, Marine Le Pen stepped down from her position as leader of this party .
