Party of New Forces

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Party of New Forces
Parti des forces nouvelles
Country France
IdeologyNeo-fascism
French nationalism
Anti-communism
Political positionFar-right

Parti des forces nouvelles (PFN) or Party of New Forces

National Front
(FN).

Development

The group included amongst its early members most of the membership of

Jean-Marie le Pen by taking two-thirds of the seats on the party's national executive[citation needed]. However, in a court case that followed le Pen succeeded in gaining the upper hand, forcing the group to split from his party and establish the PFN as an alternative group in 1975.[2]

Positioned on the far right, the PFN also sought links with the more mainstream right and joined former members of the

National Front (FN)[citation needed
].

The party also endured failure, notably in 1981 when they were unable to secure the 500 signatures necessary to get Pascal Gauchon as a candidate for the presidency[citation needed]. Following this set-back leadership fell into the hands of young members Roland Hélie, Didier Lecerf, Jack Marchal and Olivier Cazal, with former leaders such as Hervé Novelli and Alain Robert leaving to join the National Centre of Independents and Peasants[citation needed]. The party then became involved in anti-communism activities, occupying French Communist Party ministries and joining RPR supporters in breaking up a rally by communist ex-servicemen in a move that provoked scandal for the RPR[citation needed].

The party itself split in 1986 with a European group known as

GRECE[citation needed]. Although both groups continued for a spell it effectively marked the end of the PFN as any sort of political force[citation needed
].

Bibliography

  • Joseph Algazy, L'Extrême droite en France de 1965 à 1984, 1989

Notes

  1. ^ "European Political Science". Retrieved 2007-04-27.
  2. ^ Piero Ignazi, Extreme Right Parties in Western Europe, Oxford University Press, 2006, p. 91
  3. ^ Paul Hainsworth, The Extreme Right in Europe and the USA, Pinter, 1992, p. 38
  4. ^ R. Chiarini, 'The Movimento Sociale Italiano: A Historical Profile', L. Cheles, R. Ferguson & M. Vaughan, Neo-Fascism in Europe, Harlow: Longman, 1992, p. 38
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