Party of France

Party of France Parti de la France
President	Carl Lang
Founded	February 23, 2009 (2009-02-23)
Split from	National Front
Headquarters	43 route de Saint-Germain 78860, Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
Ideology	French nationalism Traditionalism Conservatism Euroscepticism Alter-globalism
Political position	Far-right
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
European Parliament group	No MEPs
Colours	Blue, red
National Assembly	0 / 577
Senate	0 / 348
European Parliament	0 / 74
Website
www.parti-de-la-france.fr
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The Party of France (French: Parti de la France, PDF) is a nationalist political party in France. The PDF was founded on February 23, 2009 by National Front MEP Carl Lang. Carl Lang was known for his opposition to Marine Le Pen's possible candidacy to the leadership of the FN upon retirement of its long-time leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen.^[1] This came in the midst of the early campaign for the 2009 European elections: Carl Lang, elected for the FN in the North-West constituency ran for re-election under the PDF banner, against the FN list led by Marine Le Pen. The PDF supported Jean Verdon in the Massif Central-Centre and the incumbent MEP Jean-Claude Martinez in the South-West constituency. The party ran no lists against Jean-Marie Le Pen and Bruno Gollnisch.

The PDF was joined by a number of high-ranking FN elected officials and members, including Fernand Le Rachinel and Bernard Antony. After defections from the FN, it has regional councillors in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardy, Lower Normandy, Ile-de-France and Centre regions.

In the 2009 European elections, all list supported by the PDF were defeated, with 1.88% in the Massif Central, 1.52% in the North-West and 0.92% in the South-West. Carl Lang, Fernand Le Rachinel and Jean-Claude Martinez were defeated.

In November 2009, Carl Lang announced that he would be candidate in the 2010 regional elections in Upper Normandy. In addition, the party announced that it would run in at least eight regions.^[2]

References

↑ «Carl Lang lance son mouvement, le Parti de la France», AFP, February 23 2009.
↑ «Carl Lang se présente», AFP, November 30 2009.

Political parties in France

National Assembly (577 seats)	Socialist Party (280) The Republicans (194) Union of Democrats and Independents (29) New Centre 8 Radical Party 6 Democratic European Force 4 Tahoera'a Huiraatira 3 Caledonia Together 2 Centrist Alliance 2 National Centre of Independents and Peasants 1 Territories in Movement 1 Miscellaneous left² (22) Europe Écologie – The Greens² (17) Miscellaneous right (15) Left Front (10) French Communist Party 9 Left Party 3 Radical Party of the Left² (12) Citizen and Republican Movement (3) Others (3) National Front–RBM (2) The Centre for France (2)

Senate (343 seats)	The Republicans (126) Socialist Party (117) Union of Democrats and Independents (44) French Communist Party (17) Radical Party of the Left² (11) Europe Écologie – The Greens² (10) National Front (2)

European Parliament (74 seats)	National Front (ENF, 24) The Republicans (EPP, 20) Socialist Party (S&D, 12) Europe Écologie – The Greens² (G–EFA, 6) Democratic Movement (ALDE, 4) Union of Democrats and Independents (ALDE, 2) Radical Party 1 Centrist Alliance 1 Left Front (EUL–NGL, 4) French Communist Party 1 Left Party 1 Communist Party of Réunion 1 Nous Citoyens (ALDE, 1) Radical Party of the Left² (S&D, 1)

Extra-parliamentary/Local	United Republic Movement for France Arise the Republic National Centre of Independents and Peasants Abertzaleen Batasuna Alsace First Breton Democratic Union Breton Party Christian Democratic Party¹ Ecology Generation Independent Ecological Movement Independent Workers' Party Liberal Democratic Party New Anticapitalist Party Occitan Party Pè a Corsica Corsica Libera The Progressives¹ Republican Left of Catalonia Savoyan League Savoy Region Movement Unitarian Left Unser Land Lutte Ouvrière

Notes:¹,²,³ and⁴. Numbers denote party affiliations, 1 is for parties linked to The Republicans, formerly the Union for a Popular Movement, 2 is for parties linked to the Socialist Party's Presidential majority.

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