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The Front National (National Front in English) is a right-wing political party in France, often classed as racist on account of its campaigning against immigration. The party was founded by Jean-Marie Le Pen in 1972 and is generally considered to be of the far-right, although Le Pen denies this qualification.

The political platform of the Front National is mainly focused on the control of immigration, the repatriation of illegal immigrants and the priority of French citizens over foreigners for access to jobs and social services: in a pamphlet delivered to all French electors in the 1995 presidential election (standardized pamphlets for all candidates were delivered in a single package to every elector), Jean-Marie Le Pen proposed the "sending back" of "3 million non-Europeans" out of France, by "humane and dignified means". [1]

Other main proposals include:

• greater independence from the European Union and other international organizations;
• the establishment of tariffs or other protectionistic measures against cheap imports threatening the local agriculture or industryFor other uses of this term, see Industry (disambiguation An industry is an area of economic production which involves large amounts of upfront capital investment before any profit can be realized. The most successful industries in a given sector tend, to;
• a return to more traditional values
  • in the family area: making abortion more difficult or even illegal; paying parents (mainly mothers) who raise children; refusing gay culture;
  • in the cultural area: refusing "aberrant" modern artModern Art is a general term, used for most of the artistic production from the late 19th century until approximately the 1970s. Recent art production is more often called contemporary art). Modern art refers to a new approach to art where it was no longe and promoting local traditional culture.

The Front National has been elected into office in a few towns, which have typically been plagued by unemployment and tension between local people and immigrants. The party has tended to cut back on social services for immigrants as well as cultural activities deemed anti-family or multi-cultural. Spending has been redirected to the police and the utilitites to promote order and efficiency.

In OrangeThis article is about the city in France. See Orange (disambiguation) for other meanings of the word. Orange Arenjo in Provencal) is a city in the departement of Vaucluse, in the south of France. It has a population of about 26,000 people, with a primaril the Front National cut down on school material by 50%. In VitrollesVitrolles is a small town in southern France ( departement of Bouches-du-Rhone) where the Front National once held the majority. Cities, towns and villages of France. 150 employees were fired, but at the same time the police force was extended from 34 to 70 agents. During the election campaign members of the Department of Protection-SecurityDepartment of Protection-Security (DPS) or Departement Protection et Securit is the security branch of the Front National political party of France. A former member of the DPS has given a long interview to a major daily newspaper, Liberation. Using the ps shot and killed 17-year old Ibrahim AliIbrahim Ali was a 17 year old youth killed in Marseilles, France in 1995. He was walking with a group of no more than ten other teens in his largely Comoro immigrant neighborhood when they encountered three supporters of Jean-Marie Le Pen's Front National. In Vitrolles the party wanted to give 500 euro to each French baby born, but was unable to for constitutional reasons. In Vitrolles the director of the cinema was fired because he had shown a movie about homosexuality and AIDS.

In the 2002 presidential election many commentators were shocked when Jean-Marie Le Pen acquired second-most votes and entered the second voting round. Almost all had expected the second ballot to be between Jacques Chirac and Lionel Jospin. The election brought the two round voting system into question as well as raising many concerns about apathy and the way in which the left had become so divided.

The Front National has a security branch called Department of Protection-Security, which some argue is an illegal armed formation.