The New Royalist Action (french: Nouvelle Action royaliste, NAR) is a

monarchist Monarchism is the advocacy of the system of monarchy or monarchical rule. A monarchist is an individual who supports this form of government independently of any specific monarch, whereas one who supports a particular monarch is a royalist. ...

(

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) political movement desiring to create a

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History

The movement has its roots in

Action Française Action may refer to: * Action (narrative), a literary mode * Action fiction, a type of genre fiction * Action game, a genre of video game Film * Action film, a genre of film * ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford * ''Action'' (1980 f ...

, the major French monarchist movement before

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, 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 Bertrand Renouvin (born 15 June 1943 in Paris) is a French political figure, who is the founder and president of French political movement Nouvelle Action Royaliste. Family Renouvin's father, Jacques Renouvin, was a hero of the French Resis ...

. 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,

, appealed to his supporters to vote for

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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

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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

Jean-Pierre Chevènement Jean-Pierre Chevènement (; born 9 March 1939L ...

, the only souverainist 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 Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality and equality before the law."political rationalism, hostility to autocracy, cultural distaste for c ...

and

anti-Americanism Anti-Americanism (also called anti-American sentiment) is prejudice, fear, or hatred of the United States, its government, its foreign policy, or Americans in general. Political scientist Brendon O'Connor at the United States Studies Centr ...

. They are economically

Keynesian Keynesian economics ( ; sometimes Keynesianism, named after British economist John Maynard Keynes) are the various macroeconomic theories and models of how aggregate demand (total spending in the economy) strongly influences economic output and ...

. The NAR appealed to vote against the

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in the

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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 {{France-party-stub