Rassemblement national de la jeunesse

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]

Rassemblement national de la jeunesse
National Youth Rally
PresidentJordan Bardella
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

Internal organization

Presidents
  • 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–present: Jordan Bardella

Notes and references
  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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