Rassemblement national de la jeunesse
Young wing of the French National Rally
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Rassemblement national de la jeunesse (RNJ), formerly the Front National de la Jeunesse (FNJ; English: National Youth Front; 1973–2018) and the Génération Nation (GN; English: Nation Generation; 2018–2022), is the youth wing of the French National Rally, founded in 1973. Since 2011, anyone between the ages of 16 and 30 has been able to become a member. The FNJ had 25,000 members in December 2013.[13][14][15]
| National Youth Rally Rassemblement national de la jeunesse | |
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| President | Pierre-Romain Thionnet |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Headquarters | Nanterre, France |
| Ideology | French nationalism[1][2] National conservatism[3] Souverainism[4][5] Protectionism[6][7] Right-wing populism[8][9] Anti-immigration[10][11] Euroscepticism[12] |
| Mother party | National Rally |
| European affiliation | Patriots.eu |
| Website | generation-nation.fr |
Internal organization
Presidents
- 1973–1983: Christian Baeckeroot
- 1983–1986: Carl Lang
- 1986–1992: Martial Bild
- 1992–1999: Samuel Maréchal
- 1999–2000: Guillaume Luyt
- 2000–2001: Erwan Le Gouëllec
- 2001–2004: Louis-Armand de Béjarry
- 2005: Arnaud Frery
- 2005–2008: Alexandre Ayroulet
- 2008–2009: Loïc Lemarinier
- 2009–2011: David Rachline
- 2011–2012: Nathalie Pigeot
- 2012–2014: Julien Rochedy
- 2014–2018: Gaëtan Dussausaye
- March 2018– July 2021: Jordan Bardella
- July 2021–November 2022: Aleksandar Nikolic
- November 2022– : Pierre-Romain Thionnet