The New Royalist Action (french: Nouvelle Action royaliste, NAR) is a
monarchist (
Orléanist) political movement desiring to create a
constitutional monarchy in
France.
History
The movement has its roots in
Action Française, the major French monarchist movement before
World War II, which was re-formed by
Maurice Pujo
Maurice Pujo (; 26 January 1872 – 6 September 1955) was a French journalist and co-founder of the nationalist and monarchist Action Française movement. He became the leader of the Camelots du Roi, the youth organization of the Action Française ...
in 1947 around the movement ''Restoration Nationale''. In 1971 a breakaway movement, the ''Nouvelle Action Française'' was established by
Bertrand Renouvin. Soon, the name of this movement was changed to ''Nouvelle Action Royaliste''; Renouvin, arguably "France's most prominent
..and reasonable monarchist″ is the group's president. The NAR publish in particular a historical review entitled ''Le Lys rouge'' and a political semi-monthly ''Royaliste''.
Ideology
The members of the NAR are sometimes described as "royalists of the left", due to close relations to certain ideas defended by the parties of the
left
Left may refer to:
Music
* ''Left'' (Hope of the States album), 2006
* ''Left'' (Monkey House album), 2016
* "Left", a song by Nickelback from the album ''Curb'', 1996
Direction
* Left (direction), the relative direction opposite of right
* L ...
.
Its leader,
Bertrand Renouvin, appealed to his supporters to vote for
Socialist François Mitterrand
François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was President of France, serving under that position from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he ...
in both the
1981
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* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
and
1988 presidential elections. In November 1989, the NAR joined the ''89 pour l'égalité'' movement, which campaigned to get
voting rights for immigrants alongside
SOS Racisme
SOS Rascime () is a movement of NGOs which describe themselves as anti-racist. The oldest chapter of SOS Racisme was founded in 1984 in France, and it has counterparts in several other European countries or regions. Its Norwegian branch, which ...
.
At the time of the 2002 presidential elections, Renouvin chose to support the candidature of
,
the only
souverainist
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 ...
able in Renouvin's view to gather the good will of both left and right for the purpose of regaining France her position in the world.
The ideas of NAR are characterized by souverainism, anti-
liberalism and
anti-Americanism. They are economically
Keynesian. The NAR appealed to vote against the
European Constitution
The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE; commonly referred to as the European Constitution or as the Constitutional Treaty) was an unratified international treaty intended to create a consolidated constitution for the European U ...
in the
referendum of 29 May 2005.
The organization is member of the
International Monarchist Conference
International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations".
International may also refer to:
Music Albums
* ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011
* ''International'' (New Order album), 2002
* ''International'' (The T ...
.
Electoral results
Presidential
References
External links
Official site
Monarchist parties in France
French Integralism
Action Française
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