New Royalist Action
Nouvelle Action royaliste
General DirectorYvan Aumont
Political DirectorBertrand Renouvin
Founded
  • 1971 (1971) (as Nouvelle Action française)
  • 1978 (1978) (as NAR)
Split fromFrench Action
Headquarters38, rue Sibuets 75012 Paris
NewspaperLys rouge
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing[1]
International affiliationInternational Monarchist Conference
Colours   Black, white
National Assembly
0 / 577
Senate
0 / 348
European Parliament
0 / 74
Website
nouvelle-action-royaliste.fr

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 year Candidate 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Rank Votes % Rank
1974 Bertrand Renouvin 43,722 0.17% 10th
1981 François Mitterrand (supported as PS candidate) 7,505,960 25.85% 2nd 15,708,262 51.76% 1st
2002 Jean-Pierre Chevènement (supported as MDC candidate) 1,518,528 5.33% 6th
2007 Called for Blank Votes
2012 Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (supported as DLF candidate) 643,907 1.79% 7th
2017 Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (supported as DLF candidate) 1,695,000 4.70% 6th
2022 Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (supported as DLF candidate) 718,242 2.07% 9th

References

  1. ↑ Laurent de Boissieu. "Nouvelle Action Royaliste (NAR)". france-politique.fr. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Mother Jones Magazine. Mother Jones.
  3. ↑ Kaplan, S.L. (1995). Farewell, Revolution: Disputed Legacies : France, 1789/1989. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801427183. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "QUID - INSTITUTIONS FRANÇAISES - PARTIS, CLUBS ET MOUVEMENTS - PARTIS, CLUBS ET MOUVEMENTS - 9 - Quid.fr". Archived from the original on 28 December 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "SOS-Racisme - Touche pas à mon pote !". Archived from the original on 17 November 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  6. ↑ Gaffney, J. (2004). The French Presidential and Legislative Elections of 2002. Ashgate. p. 314. ISBN 9780754634362. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
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