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Rassemblement pour la France | |
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| Founders | Charles Pasqua Philippe de Villiers |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Dissolved | 2011 |
| Split from | Rally for the Republic |
| Headquarters | RPF 129, avenue Charles de Gaulle 92521 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex |
| Ideology | National conservatism[1] Gaullism[2] Souverainism[3] French nationalism[3] Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Right-wing[2] |
| National affiliation | Union for a Popular Movement |
| European affiliation | Alliance for Europe of the Nations (2002–2009) |
| Colours | Blue |
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TheRally for France (French:Rassemblement pour la France (RPF); also briefly known in 2003 asRally for France and European Independence orRassemblement pour la France et l'Indépendance de l'Europe) was aright-wingpolitical party in France. It was founded in 1999 byGaullist formerInterior MinisterCharles Pasqua, then allied withPhilippe de Villiers (ex-UDF). The RPF aimed to fight againstglobalisation andEuropean federalism. The party was opposed to further European integration.
The new party enjoyed early electoral success when it placed second in the1999 European Parliament election in France, scoring 13 percent of the vote and winning 13 seats. This placed it behind theSocialist Party but ahead of the established centre-right parties, theRally for the Republic-DL list and theUDF. However, Philippe de Villiers' departure in late 2000, in order to refound hisMovement for France, severely damaged the party and Pasqua failed to run in the2002 Presidential elections. Furthermore, the RPF suffered several setbacks in various elections and failed to regain much of its 1999-2000 momentum. The party won two seats in the2002 National Assembly election through an alliance with theUMP but lost all of its MEPs in the2004 European election. Pasqua was electedSenator for theHauts-de-Seine in the2004 French Senate election. He sat in theUMP group.
The RPF remained an associate party of theUMP until its dissolution in 2011.
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