| Description | Right-of-center, French-nationalist party launched by 2022 presidential candidate Éric Zemmour [Link] Name corresponds with the 'reconquista' of the Iberian peninsula by the Christian kingdoms, culminating in the capture of the Emirate of Granada on January 2, 1492 (Guerra de Granada). Zemmour calls for an 'unrepentant France', maintaining its strength against 'impossible odds', using as its party theme "Impossible is not French," an expression from a letter that Napoleon wrote from Dresden on July 9, 1813, after losing a large chunk of the Grande Armée in the Russian campaign [Reconquête (R!); Party name and symbol may be subject to trademark disputes as it bears a close likeness to the "Resist!” movement founded by Jean Lassalle used for his 2017 presidential run]. After the 1st Round of the 2022 French presidential election which took place on April 10, 2022, Zemmour took 7.07% of the vote, placing fourth. |
