League of the South (France)

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.

League of the South

Ligue du Sud
PresidentJacques Bompard
Founded2010
Split fromNational Front
Headquarters574 Clos Cavalier, 84100 Orange, Vaucluse
Ideology
Political positionFar-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
liguedusud.fr

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
  1. De Boissieu, Laurent (12 September 2019). "Ligue du Sud (LDS)". France Politique.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. BFMTV. "Jacques Bompard propose une loi sur le « grand remplacement »". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  5. "Bompard menacé de sanctions pour avoir évoqué le «grand remplacement» à l'Assemblée". FIGARO. 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
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