Rassemblement national de la jeunesse (RNJ), formerly the Front National de la Jeunesse (FNJ; English: National Youth Front; 1973–2018) and the Génération Nation (GN; English: Nation Generation; 2018–2022), is the youth organization of the French National Rally, founded in 1973. Since 2011, anyone between the ages of 16 and 30 has been able to become a member. The FNJ had 25,000 members in December 2013.[13][14][15]
| National Youth Rally Rassemblement national de la jeunesse | |
|---|---|
 | |
| President | Pierre-Romain Thionnet |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Headquarters | Nanterre, France |
| Ideology | French nationalism[1][2] National conservatism[3] Souverainism[4][5] Protectionism[6][7] Right-wing populism[8][9] Anti-immigration[10][11] Euroscepticism[12] |
| Mother party | National Rally |
| European affiliation | Identity and Democracy Party |
| Website | generation-nation.fr |
Internal organization
editPresidents
edit- 1973–1983: Christian Baeckeroot
- 1983–1986: Carl Lang
- 1986–1992: Martial Bild
- 1992–1999: Samuel Maréchal
- 1999–2000: Guillaume Luyt
- 2000–2001: Erwan Le Gouëllec
- 2001–2004: Louis-Armand de Béjarry
- 2005: Arnaud Frery
- 2005–2008: Alexandre Ayroulet
- 2008–2009: Loïc Lemarinier
- 2009–2011: David Rachline
- 2011–2012: Nathalie Pigeot
- 2012–2014: Julien Rochedy
- 2014–2018: Gaëtan Dussausaye
- March 2018– July 2021: Jordan Bardella
- July 2021–November 2022: Aleksandar Nikolic
- November 2022– : Pierre-Romain Thionnet
Notes and references
edit- ^ Wolfram Nordsieck. "Parties and Elections in Europe". Parties-and-elections.eu. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
- ^ 'The nation state is back': Front National's Marine Le Pen rides on global mood. The Guardian. Author - Angelique Chrisafis. Published 18 September 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ Christophe de Voogd (26 March 2015). "Chômage : comment l'État décourage le travail". Le Figaro. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Economic Voting and the national Front : Towards a Subregional Understanding of the Extreme-Right" (PDF). Politics.as.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ^ "Marine Le Pen,entre souverainisme et identitarisme". Enquete&Debat. September 23, 2014. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
- ^ John Lichfield (26 May 2014). "European elections 2014: Marine Le Pen's Front National victory in France is based on anguish, rage and denial". The Independent. London. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ What does France’s National Front stand for? France 24. Published 28 May 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ "Depuis 2011, le FN est devenu "protectionniste au sens large"". Liberation. April 21, 2014.
- ^ Taylor, Adam (8 January 2015). "French far-right leader seeks to reintroduce death penalty after Charlie Hebdo attack". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ^ "Immigration | Stopper l'immigration, renforcer l'identité française | Front National". Front National. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ 'The nation state is back': Front National's Marine Le Pen rides on global mood. The Guardian. Author - Angelique Chrisafis. Published 18 September 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ European far right hails Brexit vote. The Guardian. Author - Angelique Chrisafis. Published 24 June 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ "Quand le Front national de la jeunesse s'inspire de François Mitterrand". leparisien.fr (in French). 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- ^ "Les jeunes frontistes vont se rebaptiser "Génération Nation"". RTL.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- ^ "Gaëtan Dussausaye (FNJ), le bon petit gars de la Marine". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-31.