National Front
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Leadership | Tony Martin |
|---|---|
| Founders | A. K. Chesterton |
| Founded | February 7 |
| 1967 | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 861954 |
About National Front
The National Front is a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom. It is currently led by Tony Martin.
French march against antisemitism shakes up far right and far left
... Among the first to announce their presence were Marine Le Pen, three-times presidential candidate for the National Rally (formerly the National Front), and the party s young president, Jordan Bardella...
Myanmar: Air strikes have become a deadly new tactic in the civil war
... And only last month, the air force bombed the main base of the insurgent Chin National Front, next to the border with India...
Jordan Bardella: French National Rally has new leader to replace Le Pen
... Like Ms Le Pen he likes to portray himself as a new type of nationalist who has little in common with the racism and anti-Semitism of the party s predecessor, the National Front...
The surprising violence in multicultural Leicester
... In response to the surge in numbers arriving from former colonies, the far-right National Front grew in popularity locally...
National Action: How Swansea neo-Nazi ran two terror groups
... He attended National Front meetings in Bridgend in 2017, and wanted to stand as a county councillor...
French election: Far-right Le Pen's long quest for power in France
... Even after she took over the leadership of her father s National Front in 2011, she spent years trying to reach the point of (de-demonisation) considered necessary to turn an extremist force into a party that believes it is on the verge of power...
French election: Macron v Le Pen - two visions for presidency
... Her family has been synonymous with the far right in France for decades, but when in 2011 she took over the mantle of leader of the far right from her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, she set about reforming his old National Front and made it her own...
French election: Macron faces stiffest test as France votes
... After she was trounced by Mr Macron in 2017, Ms Le Pen rebranded her National Front as National Rally, even if many of her policies have hardly changed...
Jordan Bardella: French National Rally has new leader to replace Le Pen
By Hugh Schofield In Paris and Ben Tobias in LondonBBC News
France's far-right National Rally (RN) has confirmed 27-year-old Jordan Bardella as The Replacement As Party leader for Marine Le Pen.
Ms Le Pen will focus instead on leading The Party 's group in parliament, after it took 89 seats in the National Assembly earlier this year.
It marks the First Time in its 50-year history that the RN has not been led by a member of the Le Pen family.
But The Move does not mark a major change in direction for The Party .
Marine Le Pen remains The Source of real power and she is still the likely candidate in The Next presidential election in 2027.
She told The Party on Saturday that she was not disappearing from politics.
" I Am not leaving RN to take a holiday. I will be there where the country needs me, " She Said at The Party convention.
Brought up in a poor family of Italian origin in the Paris suburbs, Mr Bardella joined the far-right as a teenager and rose quickly to The Top of The Party , becoming its acting president Last Year .
He ran the RN's successful 2019 European election campaign, and has since impressed even his enemies with his assertiveness in debates.
He is seen as loyal to Ms Le Pen, telling AFP news agency recently that he is a " continuity candidate with the aim of building on the incredible legacy that Marine is handing over".
His elevation to The Party 's senior leadership is part of the RN's efforts to soften its image and attract younger voters.
Like Ms Le Pen he likes to portray himself as a new type of nationalist who has little in common with the racism and anti-Semitism of The Party 's predecessor, the National Front .
However, critics say that these sentiments still exist within The Party .
In The Most recent controversy, a RN lawmaker was suspended for Two Weeks from the National Assembly while a black member of parliament was speaking.
Ms Le Pen stepped down as leader of The Party Last Year so she could Focus On her presidential bid, which she eventually lost in April in a run-off to President Emmanuel Macron .
Despite the defeat, she fronted The Party 's parliamentary election campaign two months later in which the RN won 89 seats - a 10-fold rise and The Party 's best-ever showing.
The success of the far-right and The Left in those elections led to President Macron's party losing its majority.
Source of news: bbc.com
