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The Jeanne Committees (french: Comités Jeanne) is a

far-right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...

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founded by

Jean-Marie Le Pen Jean Louis Marie Le Pen (, born 20 June 1928) is a French far-right politician who served as President of the National Front from 1972 to 2011. He also served as Honorary President of the National Front from 2011 to 2015. Le Pen graduated fro ...

after his exclusion from the National Front in France in 2015.

Creation

, the founder and leader of the National Front (FN) party in France, was initially suspended from the party in May 2015 after claiming that the

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was "a detail of history". After Le Pen successfully challenged the suspension in court, an extraordinary party congress was held in August 2015, and he was expelled from the party. After considering the creation of a "blue-white-red gathering" in order to "act in the same direction as the national Front" without necessarily belonging to it, he announced, in March 2016, the creation of the Comités Jeanne, named after

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronati ...

, whose slogan is "Jeanne, au secours!" ("Joan, help!" in English), to weigh on the political line of the FN, and planned to present candidates under this label in the legislative elections of 2017, including against FN candidates. He called on supporters to vote for the FN in the regional elections of 2015 and indicated that the fund-raising organization "Cotelec" had lent six million euros to the FN for the presidential campaign of 2017. On 17 November 2016, a court of justice in France validated the exclusion of Jean-Marie Le Pen from the National Front without questioning his status as honorary president, thus retaining his right to be summoned to all the party's meetings.

Ideology

French political commentators have placed Comités Jeanne on the far-right of the

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. The party espouses nationalist rhetoric that is staunchly

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and

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. The party is also

Eurosceptic Euroscepticism, also spelled as Euroskepticism or EU-scepticism, is a political position involving criticism of the European Union (EU) and European integration. It ranges from those who oppose some EU institutions and policies, and seek reform ...

, opposing further European integration it seeks to maintain and preserve France's

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. The charter of the party further outlining its ideology and objectives can be read on Jean Marie Le Pen's website.

Campaigns and organization

The party's president is

. Lorrain de Saint Affrique was general secretary since 2016. The cartel involving the Jeanne committees is unable to access public funding, having raised more than 1% of the votes cast in 41 constituencies, or less than the 50 constituencies required. For the French presidential election of 2017,

officially said that he supported his daughter

Marine Le Pen Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen (; born 5 August 1968) is a French lawyer and politician who ran for the French presidency in 2012, 2017, and 2022. A member of the National Rally (RN; previously the National Front, FN), she served as its pre ...

's presidential bid. For the French legislative election of 2017, the Comités Jeanne made an alliance with the

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, , and . Jean-Marie Le Pen also traveled to recruit legislative candidates under the banner "Jeanne, au secours!"

Organization

The founder and current president of the party is Jean-Marie Le Pen. Laurent Ozon was general secretary of the party from 2016-2017. Former Departmental secretary of the National Front, Lorraine of Saint Affrique, has served as the current general secretary since 2017.

International connections

In 2018 party founder and leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, joined the

Alliance for Peace and Freedom The Alliance for Peace and Freedom (APF) is a Far-right politics, far-right European political party founded on 4 February 2015. The main member parties had been involved in the now defunct European National Front. The party wishes to establ ...

European political party as "honorary chairman". Subsequently, the Comités Jeanne joined the party as an associate member.

Elected officials

References

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