Rally & Issues (french: Rassemblement & Enjeux) was a

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in the

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. The party was the main party in the coalition

Horizon Monaco Horizon Monaco was the ruling coalition of Monaco after the 2013 Monegasque general election, winning 20 of the 24 available seats in the National Council. The coalition, led by Laurent Nouvion, was composed mostly of the conservative Rally & I ...

after the

2013 Monegasque general election General elections were held in Monaco on 10 February 2013. The result was a victory for the Horizon Monaco alliance, which won 20 of the 24 seats in the National Council. Electoral system Voters can either choose a party list or choose candidat ...

History

The party was established as the National and Democratic Union () in 1962 by a merger of the National Union of Independents and the National Democratic Entente,Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p640 who between them held all 18 seats in the National Council.McHale, p641 The new party won 17 of the 18 seats in the 1963 elections, and all 18 in the 1968 elections. It was reduced to 16 seats in

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as two opposition parties won seats, but won every seat again in the

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and

1988 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1988. Africa * 1988 Cameroonian general election * 1988 Equatorial Guinean legislative election * 1988 Kenyan general election * 1988 Malian parliamentary election * 1988 Rwandan parliamentary elect ...

. In the 1993 elections it lost three seats, but retained a large majority. It won all 18 seats again in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

, but the 2003 elections saw it win just three seats as it was defeated by the

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alliance. It changed its name to Rally & Issues prior to the 2008 elections, and incorporated the Rally for Monaco as well as Values and Issues.

Electoral history

National Council elections

References

External links

* (Archived) Defunct political parties in Monaco Political parties established in 1962 Political parties disestablished in 2020 Monarchist parties in Monaco 1962 establishments in Monaco {{Monaco-party-stub