What is National Rally?
[[File:Front National 2010-05-01 n04.jpg|thumb|right|190px|[[Marine Le Pen]], party leader from 2011 to 2017.]] [[File:JM Le Pen 22092007.jpg|thumb|right|190px|[[Jean-Marie Le Pen]], founder and leader from 1972 to 2011.]] [[Image:Logo Rassemblement National.svg|right|250px]] The '''National Rally''' ([[French language|French]]: ''Rassemblement national'' or '''RN''') is a [[Far-right politics|far right]] [[political party]] in [[France]]. It used to be called the '''National Front''' until 2018. The party was founded on 5 October 1972 by [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35003920 |title=Vive la difference – has France's National Front changed? |publisher=bbc.com}}</ref> The party was first called the '''National Front for French Unity''' (''Front national pour l'unité française''). Their most successful performance in the legislative elections was in [[French legislative election, 1997|1997]], where they received 14.9% of the vote in the 1st round and 5.7% in the 2nd round. Recently, they won the [[European Parliament election, 2014 (France)|2014 European Parliament election]] with 24.85% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/charlemagne/2014/05/national-fronts-victory |title=France in shock |publisher=Economist.com |access-date=7 May 2017 |date=26 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/10855797/Marine-Le-Pen-wins-record-victory-in-French-elections.html |title=Marine Le Pen wins record victory for Front National in French elections |publisher=The Telegraph |access-date=7 May 2017 |date=25 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/european-election-results-2014-far-right-parties-flourish-across-europe-in-snub-to-austerity-9434069.html |title=European election results 2014: Far-right parties flourish across Europe |publisher=Independent |access-date=7 May 2017 |date=25 May 2014 |archive-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/