Mouvement normand (Norman Movement) is a political organisation in France that campaigns for autonomy of Normandy. Nordic Cross Flag Nordic Cross Scandinavian Cross is a pattern of flags usually associated with the Flags of the Scandinavian countries of which it originated This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. An autonomous area is an area of a Country that has a degree of Autonomy, or freedom from an external authority Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. Unlike many regionalist groupings in France, it rejects "separatism" and underlines the view that people of Normandy are one of the constituent nationalities that made up the French nation. They also see the people of Normandy as direct inheritors of authentic Normans and also the results of their overseas exploits. The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France.
History
The Mouvement normand has its origins in the far-right French movement of 1960s. Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group In 1969, Rouen branch of the right-wing students' union Fédération nationale des étudiants de France merged with l'Union pour la Région Normande in Lisieux to form Mouvement de la Jeunesse de Normandie, renamed Mouvement normand in 1971. Rouen (ʁwɑ̃ in French) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and currently the capital Lisieux is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie region of France. It is led by prominent right-wing activist Didier Patte, who is also a member of Groupement de recherche et d'études sur la culture européenne (GRECE, the Research and Study Group on European Culture). The Groupement de recherche et d'études pour la civilisation européenne ("Research and Study Group for European Civilization" also known by its French acronym
The Mouvement normand had always recruited its supporters from the French far-right, especially Front National. The National Front ( FN, Front national is a French Far right, Nationalist Political party, founded in 1972 by Jean-Marie However, in recent years, there is a significant attraction for the members of centre-right parties such as Union for French Democracy (UDF). The centre-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote individuals political parties or organizations (such as Think tanks whose views The Union for French Democracy ( Union pour la Démocratie Française, UDF was a French centrist Political party. The Mouvement normand's regionalist agenda draws more attention everyday in the political life of Normandy.
Major goals
- Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie should be unified to found a single région of "Normandie". Haute-Normandie ( Upper Normandy) is one of the 26 regions of France. Basse-Normandie ('Lower Normandy' is an administrative region of France. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica,
- The regional government of Normandy should be provided with more authority.
- The "unique" cultural character of Normandy, formed with elements from the Anglo-Norman culture as well as Gallic culture should be recognised and preserved. The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the conquest by William of Normandy in 1066, although
External links
- Official site of Mouvement normand (in French)
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