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Also Known As National Front • Rassemblement National • FN • RN • Front National
Date 1972 - present
Areas Of Involvement nationalism • Euroskepticism • neofascism • right
Related People Jean-Marie Le Pen • Marine Le Pen

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Marine Le Pen, center, and Jean-Marie Le Pen, left, stand at the front of a crowd holding a large banner at a National Front rally in Paris, with French flags in the background.
Jean-Marie Le Pen sits in a gray suit and light blue tie, surrounded by people, with French flags in the background at a public event in Paris.
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