Jean-Yves Le Gallou (born 4 October 1948) is a French politician. He served as a member of the European Parliament from 1994 until 1999, representing the National Front. Since 2022, he has been a member of Reconquête.

Career

Le Gallou began his political career as a member of the

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. In 1974 he joined Yvan Blot in setting up the

Club de l'Horloge The Carrefour de l'Horloge (literally ''The Clock Crossroad''), formerly Club de l'Horloge (1974–2015), is a French far-right national liberal think tank founded in 1974 and presided by Henry de Lesquen. The organization promotes an "integral n ...

. As the club developed links with GRECE Le Gallou grew in importance, serving as a bridge between the Nouvelle Droite and mainstream right-wing politics. Le Gallou grew close to the National Front and helped to develop their ''préférence nationale'' policy of the 1980s, which called for welfare, health, education and job provisions to be given to French citizens of autochthonous origins first. He soon joined the party and rose in influence, joining Blot and Bruno Mégret, in developing the party's neo-liberal economic policy. He was one of the 11 FN members elected to the European Parliament in the 1994 election. Meanwhile, Le Gallou became the lover and a close associate of Bruno Mégret and followed him into the National Republican Movement. In June 2014, Le Gallou,

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and

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co-founded the racialist think tank , which describes itself "in the continuity of Dominique Venner's thought and action". The organization held a colloquium with Renaud Camus,

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and Jean Raspail in April 2016. In 2022 he joined Reconquête.

Private life

In his spare time Le Gallou is a keen mountaineer and has completed a number of traditional races in the Alps. He participates in

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ceremonies, notably at the

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.Philippe Lamy. 2016
Le Club de l'horloge (1974-2002) : évolution et mutation d'un laboratoire idéologique
p. 337.

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* 1948 births Living people Carrefour de l'horloge people French people of Breton descent Politicians from Paris Sportspeople from Paris French mountain climbers Sciences Po alumni École nationale d'administration alumni MEPs for France 1994–1999 National Rally (France) MEPs National Republican Movement politicians French modern pagans New Right (Europe) National Rally (France) politicians French male non-fiction writers Reconquête politicians {{France-politician-FN-stub