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Political party in France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sovereignty, Identity and Freedoms (French: Souveraineté, identité et libertés, SIEL) is a French political party led by Karim Ouchikh.[1] Originally described as right-wing sovereigntist,[2] it later moved towards Identitarianism.[1] The party had 2,000 members in 2016.[1]
Sovereignty, Identity and Freedoms Souveraineté, identité et libertés | |
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Abbreviation | SIEL |
President | Karim Ouchikh |
Founder | Paul-Marie Coûteaux |
Founded | 2011 |
Membership (2016) | 2,000 |
Ideology | Sovereigntism Identitarianism |
National Assembly | 0 / 577
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Senate | 0 / 348
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European Parliament | 0 / 74
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The party was founded in 2011 by eurosceptic Paul-Marie Coûteaux in the run-up to the 2012 elections.[3] The party was formerly the only other party that was part of the Rassemblement bleu Marine coalition of Marine Le Pen, which it left in 2016.[1] The party counts among its members Renaud Camus, creator of the Great Replacement conspiracy theory,[1] as well as anti-Islam activists Pierre Cassen and Christine Tasin.[4] The party advocates Remigration of immigrants.[1]