Nouvelle Action Royaliste Explained

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New Royalist Action
Native Name:French: Nouvelle Action royaliste
Leader1 Title:General Director
Leader1 Name:Yvan Aumont
Leader2 Title:Political Director
Leader2 Name:Bertrand Renouvin
Split:French Action
Headquarters:38, rue Sibuets 75012 Paris
Newspaper:Lys rouge
Position:Left-wing[1]
International:International Monarchist Conference
Seats1 Title:National Assembly
Seats2 Title:Senate
Seats3 Title:European Parliament
Colours: Black, white
Country:France

The New Royalist Action (French: Nouvelle Action royaliste, NAR) is a monarchist (Orléanist) political movement desiring to create a constitutional monarchy in France.

History

The movement has its roots in Action Française, the major French monarchist movement before World War II, which was re-formed by Maurice Pujo in 1947 around the movement Restoration Nationale. In 1971 a breakaway movement, the Nouvelle Action Française was established by Bertrand Renouvin. Soon, the name of this movement was changed to Nouvelle Action Royaliste; Renouvin, arguably "France's most prominent [...] and reasonable monarchist″[2] is the group's president. The NAR publish in particular a historical review entitled Le Lys rouge and a political semi-monthly Royaliste.

Ideology

The members of the NAR are sometimes described as "royalists of the left", due to close relations to certain ideas defended by the parties of the left.[3] Its leader, Bertrand Renouvin, appealed to his supporters to vote for Socialist François Mitterrand in both the 1981 and 1988 presidential elections. In November 1989, the NAR joined the 89 pour l'égalité movement, which campaigned to get voting rights for immigrants[4] alongside SOS Racisme.[5] At the time of the 2002 presidential elections, Renouvin chose to support the candidature of Jean-Pierre Chevènement,[6] the only souverainist able in Renouvin's view to gather the good will of both left and right for the purpose of regaining France her position in the world.

The ideas of NAR are characterized by souverainism, anti-liberalism and anti-Americanism. They are economically Keynesian. The NAR appealed to vote against the European Constitution in the referendum of 29 May 2005.

The organization is member of the International Monarchist Conference.

Electoral results

Presidential

Election yearCandidate1st round2nd round
Votes%RankVotes%Rank
1974Bertrand Renouvin43,7220.17%10th
19817,505,96025.85%2nd15,708,26251.76%1st
20021,518,5285.33%6th
2007
2012643,9071.79%7th
20171,695,0004.70%6th
2022718,2422.07%9th

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: . Nouvelle Action Royaliste (NAR) . france-politique.fr . 2 June 2022.
  2. Book: Mother Jones Magazine . Mother Jones . en.
  3. Book: Farewell, Revolution: Disputed Legacies : France, 1789/1989. Kaplan, S.L.. 1995. Cornell University Press. 9780801427183. registration. 31 January 2015.
  4. Web site: QUID - INSTITUTIONS FRANÇAISES - PARTIS, CLUBS ET MOUVEMENTS - PARTIS, CLUBS ET MOUVEMENTS - 9 - Quid.fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20061228084245/http://www.quid.fr/2007/Institutions_Francaises/Partis_Clubs_Et_Mouvements/9 . 28 December 2006 . dead . 31 January 2015 .
  5. Web site: SOS-Racisme - Touche pas à mon pote ! . 13 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081117081042/http://www.sos-racisme.org/1989.html . 17 November 2008 . dead .
  6. Book: The French Presidential and Legislative Elections of 2002. Gaffney, J.. 2004. Ashgate. 9780754634362. 314. 31 January 2015.