Rassemblement national de la jeunesse

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National Youth Rally
Rassemblement national de la jeunesse
PresidentPierre-Romain Thionnet
Founded1973 (1973)
HeadquartersNanterre, France
IdeologyFrench nationalism[1][2]
National conservatism[3]
Souverainism[4][5]
Protectionism[6][7]
Right-wing populism[8][9]
Anti-immigration[10][11]
Euroscepticism[12]
Mother partyNational Rally
European affiliationIdentity and Democracy Party
Websitegeneration-nation.fr

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]

Internal organization[edit]

Presidents[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]

  1. ^ Wolfram Nordsieck. "Parties and Elections in Europe". Parties-and-elections.eu. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  2. ^ '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.
  3. ^ Christophe de Voogd (26 March 2015). "Chômage : comment l'État décourage le travail". Le Figaro. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Economic Voting and the national Front : Towards a Subregional Understanding of the Extreme-Right" (PDF). Politics.as.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
  5. ^ "Marine Le Pen,entre souverainisme et identitarisme". Enquete&Debat. September 23, 2014. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ What does France’s National Front stand for? France 24. Published 28 May 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Depuis 2011, le FN est devenu "protectionniste au sens large"". Liberation. April 21, 2014.
  9. ^ Taylor, Adam (8 January 2015). "French far-right leader seeks to reintroduce death penalty after Charlie Hebdo attack". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
  10. ^ "Immigration | Stopper l'immigration, renforcer l'identité française | Front National". Front National. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  11. ^ '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.
  12. ^ European far right hails Brexit vote. The Guardian. Author - Angelique Chrisafis. Published 24 June 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Quand le Front national de la jeunesse s'inspire de François Mitterrand". leparisien.fr (in French). 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  14. ^ "Les jeunes frontistes vont se rebaptiser "Génération Nation"". RTL.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  15. ^ "Gaëtan Dussausaye (FNJ), le bon petit gars de la Marine". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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