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Sovereignty, Identity and Freedoms
Souveraineté, identité et libertés
AbbreviationSIEL
President Karim Ouchikh
Founder Paul-Marie Coûteaux
Founded2011
Membership (2016)2,000
Ideology Sovereigntism
Identitarianism
National Assembly
0 / 577
Senate
0 / 348
European Parliament
0 / 74

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]

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] The party advocates Remigration of immigrants. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Albertini, Dominique (1 November 2016). "Au FN, le Rassemblement bleu Marine prend l'eau". Libération (in French). Archived from the original on 2 November 2016.
  2. ^ Blanchard, Lucie (4 September 2014). "Débat à Oullins, quand laïcité rime avec islamophobie". Lyon Capitale (in French).
  3. ^ Mestre, Abel (15 December 2014). "Le SIEL, groupuscule à la droite du Front national". Le Monde (in French).