League of the South (France)
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League of the South Ligue du Sud | |
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| President | Jacques Bompard |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Split from | National Front |
| Headquarters | 574 Clos Cavalier, 84100 Orange, Vaucluse |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| National Assembly | 1 / 577 |
| Senate | 0 / 348 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 74 |
| Presidencies of Regional Councils | 0 / 17 |
| Regional Councils | 0 / 1,758 |
| Presidencies of Departmental Councils | 0 / 101 |
| Departmental Councils | 4 / 4,108 |
| Website | |
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The Ligue du Sud (transl. League of the South) is a far-right[1][2][3] political party in France, created by Jacques Bompard with former members of the National Front. The party is established in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in particular in the department of Vaucluse. The city of Orange, the second most populated of the department, as well as Bollène, Camaret-sur-Aigues and Piolenc, all have mayors from the party.
History
After internal tensions with the leadership of the Front National (FN), a group of politicians from Provence–Marie-France Stirbois, Jacques Bompard, and Patrick Louis–broke away from the FN in 2005 to join the Movement for France. Stirbois died in April 2006 from cancer. Bompard's association L'Esprit Public, which had been organizing conferences since 2003, hosted in August 2008 a party conference featuring speakers from various far-right groups the likes of Bernard Antony (AGRIF), Nicolas Bay (MNR), Jacques Cordonnier (Alsace d'Abord), Philippe Vardon (Nissa Rebela), Laurent Gouteron (Bloc Identitaire), or Jeanne Smits (Présent).[1]
On 29 January 2010, the Ligue du Sud (LDS) was officially declared to the Journal Officiel, and the LDS list (Front Régional-Nissa Rebela-PDF-MNR) gained 2.69% of the votes in the 2010 regional elections.[1]
During the 2012 legislative elections, LDS president Jacques Bompard was elected member of parliament. In the 2014 municipal elections, Bompard was re-elected mayor of Orange, his wife Marie-Claude Bompard was re-elected in Bollène, and Louis Driey was re-elected in Piolenc. Camaret-sur-Aigues elected LDS candidate Philippe de Beauregard.[1]
Ideology
The leader of the party and member of the National Assembly Jacques Bompard supports the theory of the great replacement and has called fighting against it a priority.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b c d De Boissieu, Laurent (12 September 2019). "Ligue du Sud (LDS)". France Politique.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Equy, Laure (5 December 2014). "Pourquoi Bompard est-il rattaché au parti de Dupont-Aignan à l'Assemblée?". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Siraud, Mathilde (23 March 2015). "Duel acharné entre la Ligue du Sud et le FN dans le Vaucluse". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2020-03-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ BFMTV. "Jacques Bompard propose une loi sur le « grand remplacement »". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ "Bompard menacé de sanctions pour avoir évoqué le «grand remplacement» à l'Assemblée". FIGARO. 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2019-07-20.