Sovereignty, Identity and Freedoms | |
Native Name: | Souveraineté, identité et libertés |
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Abbreviation: | SIEL |
President: | Karim Ouchikh |
Founder: | Paul-Marie Coûteaux |
Foundation: | 2011 |
Ideology: | Sovereigntism Identitarianism |
Membership: | 2,000 |
Membership Year: | 2016 |
Seats1 Title: | National Assembly |
Seats2 Title: | Senate |
Seats3 Title: | European Parliament |
Country: | France |
Sovereignty, Identity and Freedoms (fr|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] as well as anti-Islam activists Pierre Cassen and Christine Tasin.[4] The party advocates Remigration of immigrants.[1]