Sovereign Right (french: Droite souverainiste, DSV) is a political created by the French Ministry of the Interior on the occasion of the regional and departmental elections of 2021. This nuance is attributed to any candidate, pair or list related to right-wing

sovereigntism Sovereigntism, sovereignism or souverainism (from french: souverainisme, , meaning the ideology of sovereignty) is the notion of having control over one's conditions of existence, whether at the level of the self, social group, region, nation o ...

or supported by a right-wing sovereigntist party. Similarly, this nuance can be attributed to candidates claiming no label but whose background and positions allow them to be classified as such. Finally, an individual candidate can also claim this nuance themselves.

Establishment

The nuance, part of the was created by a

circulaire In France, Italy, Belgium, and some other civil law countries, a circulaire ( French), circolare (Italian) or omzendbrief (Dutch) consists of a text intended for the members of a service, of an enterprise, or of an administration. Within the Frenc ...

from the

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

, Gérald Darmanin, on 23 April, 2021.

Use

During the regional and departmental elections of 2021, the nuance was in particular attributed to the candidates, pairs and lists presented by Debout la France. On the occasion of the legislative elections of 2022, the nuance was also applied to the parties Les Patriotes and Génération Frexit, the two parties having established an electoral alliance with Debout la France.

References

{{Reflist Politics of France Debout la France Euroscepticism in France Right-wing parties in France