France elections: Brittany, once moderate, looks to the far right - BBC
It is a sign of quite how polarised French politics has become, not least in the weeks since President Emmanuel Macron shocked the nation by announcing fresh elections, that Brittany – long...
Brittany Was Once Barren Ground for France’s Far Right. No More.
Jun 28, 2024 · The region along the northwest coast has few immigrants and little crime or unemployment, but the far-right National Rally has made inroads saying that all three are coming.
French election: Millions vote as far-right National Rally hopes to ...
Jun 30, 2024 · France is voting in a parliamentary election that could make history, with the far right closer to power than it has ever been in modern times. The National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen and...
Far-right National Rally candidates, including one who wore Nazi …
Jul 3, 2024 · As it stands on the threshold of power in France, the far-right National Rally is facing scrutiny about some of the candidates it hopes will help it secure a ruling majority in legislative elections on Sunday.
Historic scores in Brittany: the National Rally in the ... - Entrevue
Jul 2, 2024 · Historically red land, Brittany has not been spared by the navy blue wave. This is a historic first for the National Rally which sees almost all of its candidates qualified in the second round of the legislative elections.
Rise of the French Far-Right: De Kersauson's Pursuit in Brittany
Jun 25, 2024 · Florent de Kersauson, a French far-right parliamentary candidate, was leafleting in Brittany when his deputy called to say reporters had found an old, antisemitic tweet by a fellow National Rally (RN) contender in a neighbouring constituency.
2024 - In Brittany, in Normandy, within the middle class... The ...
Jun 12, 2024 · This is for example the case on the entire Atlantic coast, in Brittany in particular, where the RN list came, for the first time, in the lead with more than 25% of the votes. Jordan Bardella is also first in Gironde, Loire-Atlantique, Vendée and Normandy, well ahead of …
Jean-Marie Le Pen - Wikipedia
Jean Le Pen was born in Brittany, like his ancestors, and had started work at the age of 13 on a transatlantic vessel. He was the president of the Association des Anciens Combattants, ... is leader of the National Rally. On 31 May 1991, Jean-Marie Le Pen married Jeanne-Marie Paschos ("Jany"), of Greek descent, in a civil ceremony.
National Rally - Wikipedia
The National Rally (French: Rassemblement national, pronounced [ʁasɑ̃bləmɑ̃ nɑsjɔnal], RN), known as the National Front from 1972 to 2018 (French: Front national, [fʁɔ̃ nɑsjɔnal], FN), is a French far-right political party, described as right-wing populist and nationalist. [13]
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to father
Jan 8, 2025 · That year, he was kicked out of the party, later renamed the National Rally, as part of the younger Le Pen’s efforts to transform it into one of France’s most powerful political forces. Jean-Marie’s funeral will take place on Saturday in his birth town of La Trinite-sur-Mer, in the western Brittany region.
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