The French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party, the renamed Front National, held its post-summer congress this weekend in the south-east town of Fréjus, when its leader Marine Le Pen set out the party’s policies ahead of municipal elections to be held across the country in six months’ time. The RN, which won the majority of votes cast in France in European Parliament elections in May, hopes to at last solidly establish itself at a local level, amid a fragmented political landscape in the country and notably the collapse of the conservatives. In this interview with Lucie Delaporte, French political scientist Sylvain Crépon, a specialist of far-right politics, analyses the party’s new strategy for the elections.
DelegatesDelegates and supporters of the French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party, the renamed Front National, gathered in the south-east town of Fréjus on Sunday to hear its leader Marine Le Pen set out its policies ahead of municipal elections to be held in France in exactly six months’ time.
