Debout la France

Popular support and electoral record

DLF's electoral support is concentrated in Dupont-Aignan's department of Essonne, where the DLF list polled 5.02% in the 2009 European Parliament election in France, and it polled up to 36.14% in his hometown of Yerres. The party also polled well in the Île-de-France region (2.44%), the North-West (2.4%), and the East constituency (2.33%), owing the regions' conservative and Gaullist departments.

In the 2012 presidential election, Dupont-Aignan obtained 1.79% of votes at the first round and did not endorse any candidate in the second. In the following legislative elections, Dupont-Aignan was elected to the National Assembly in Essonne's 8th constituency. The 2014 European Parliament election in France saw the party increase its share of the popular vote to 3.82%, although it failed to elect any MEPs.

Dupont-Aignan was again the party's candidate in the 2017 French presidential election, obtaining 4.73% of the vote in the first round. He then endorsed the National Rally (then the National Front)'s candidate Marine Le Pen in the second round. In the 2017 French legislative election, Dupont-Aignan was re-elected to the National Assembly.

Ideology and positions

During the 2012 French presidential election, the party defined itself as representing social Gaullism and an alternative to the left–right divide. When founding the party, Dupont-Aignan positioned it to the right of what he calls the "UMPS" (a neologism of the former centre-right Rally for the Republic and the centre-left Socialist Party) but not as hardline as the French National Front, which he summed up with the slogan "Neither System Nor Extreme".

The party has been defined by the media and political analysts as conservative, nationalist, and Gaullist. It is generally positioned on the right-wing or the far-right of the political spectrum, although the party and members of the French Council of State have disputed the latter label. On February 14, 2023, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) released a report in which it classified Debout La France as a "conspiracy" and "anti-immigrant" group.

On economic matters, the party takes a largely protectionist attitude (including offering tax incentives for businesses to remain in France) and supports nationalizing the French highway system. The party has advocated that France should leave the Eurozone and takes a highly critical stance of the European Union, denouncing what it regards as globalism against French identity and argues that France should reclaim sovereignty it regards as lost to the EU. It also calls for strict border controls, regulation of immigration, and the reopening of penal colonies for violent criminals and convicted terrorists.

Elections

Presidency

European Parliament

Regional Councils

Elected officials

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan from Essonne was the only DLF member of the National Assembly before losing reelection in 2024. The party also claims three general councillors and mayors in four communes: Yerres, Cambrai, Saint-Prix, and Ancinnes.

References

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