Rally for France
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| Rassemblement pour la France | |
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| Leader | Charles Pasqua |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | RPF 129, avenue Charles de Gaulle
92521 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex |
| Political Ideology | Gaullism, Souverainism, Euro-scepticism, Conservatism |
| European Affiliation | Union for Europe of the Nations |
| International Affiliation | |
| Colours | Blue |
| Seats in the National Assembly |  |
| Seats in the Senate |  |
| Seats in the European Parliament |  |
| Website | http://perso.orange.fr/jf47/rpf47/index.htm |
| See also | Constitution of France France Politics |
The Rally for France (French: Rassemblement pour la France (RPF), also briefly known in 2003 as Rally for France and European Independence or Rassemblement pour la France et l'Indépendance de l'Europe) is a political party in France of the right. It was founded in 1999 by the current party president, former Gaullist Charles Pasqua, then allied with Philippe de Villiers (formerly of the Union for French Democracy (UDF)), and aims to fight against globalisation and European federalism. The party is opposed to further European integration. The acronym RPF was an explicit nod to Charles de Gaulle's Rassemblement du Peuple Français.[citation needed]
The new party enjoyed early electoral success when it placed second in the 1999 European Parliament election in France, scoring 13 percent of the vote and winning 13 seats. This placed it behind the Socialist Party and ahead of the established centre-right parties, the Gaullist Rally for the Republic and the UDF. However Philippe de Villiers' departure at the end of 2000 in order to refound his Movement for France (MPF) severely damaged the party and Pasqua failed to run at the 2002 Presidential elections. The RPF has since suffered several setbacks in various elections and has failed to regain its 1999-2000 momentum, and has been eclipsed by the MPF as a party of the Eurosceptic right in France.[citation needed] The party managed to win two seats in the 2002 National Assembly election), but lost all its MEPs in the 2004 European election.
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