The ''Mouvement normand'' (Norman Movement) is a
regionalist political organisation from
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
, in Northern France.
Unlike many regionalist groupings, they are open to the view that people of Normandy are one of the constituent nationalities that made up the French nation. They also see the people of Normandy as direct inheritors of authentic
Normans
The Normans ( Norman: ''Normaunds''; french: Normands; la, Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and indigenous West Franks and Gallo-Romans. ...
and also the results of their overseas exploits, including the
Norman conquest of England.
History
The ''Mouvement normand'' has its origins in the
far-right French movement of the 1960s. In 1969,
Rouen branch of the right-wing students' union ''Fédération nationale des étudiants de France'' merged with ''l'Union pour la Région Normande'' in
Lisieux
Lisieux () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland.
Name
The name of the town derives from the ...
to form ''Mouvement de la Jeunesse de Normandie'', renamed Mouvement normand in 1971. It is led by prominent right-wing activist Didier Patte, who is also a member of ''
Groupement de recherche et d'études sur la culture européenne (GRECE, the Research and Study Group on European Culture).
The ''Mouvement normand'' had always recruited its supporters from the French far-right, especially
Front National
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. However, in recent years, there is a significant attraction for the members of
centre-right
Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and ...
parties such as
Union for French Democracy
The Union for French Democracy (french: Union pour la démocratie française, UDF) was a centre to centre-right political party in France. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to ...
(UDF).
Major goals
* The unification of
Haute-Normandie
Upper Normandy (french: Haute-Normandie, ; nrf, Ĥâote-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, Upper and Lower Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy.
History
It was created in 1956 from two ...
and
Basse-Normandie into a single ''
région
France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (french: régions, singular ), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collect ...
'' of "Normandie". The merging of the two regions was decided by the French Parliament in 2014 and became effective on January 1, 2016
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* More authority for the regional government of Normandy
* The recognition and preservation of the "unique" cultural character of Normandy, formed with elements from the Scandinavian culture as well as Gallic culture
See also
*French nationalism
French nationalism () usually manifests as cultural nationalism, promoting the cultural unity of France.
History
French nationalism emerged from its numerous wars with England, which involved the reconquest of the territories that made up Fr ...
*Regionalism (politics)
Regionalism is a political ideology that seeks to increase the political power, influence, and/or self-determination of the people of one or more subnational regions. It focuses on the "development of a political or social system based on one o ...
References
External links
Official website
TVNormanChannel
Mouvement Normand's WebTelevision of current events and history on Normandy
Organizations based in Normandy
Far-right politics in France
Regionalism (politics)
Regionalist parties in France
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