Editing National Rally (section)

=== Marine Le Pen's leadership ===
==== Revival of the FN (2011–2012) ====
{{Main|2012 Marine Le Pen presidential campaign}}
[[File:Marine Le Pen 481910683 0aa38c1c25 o d.jpg|thumb|left|[[Marine Le Pen]], National Front president (2011–2022)]]
[[File:French regional elections 2015 1st Round.svg|thumb|Results by region at the first round of the [[2015 French regional elections]], with regions where the National Front gained the most votes in grey]]
Jean-Marie Le Pen announced in September 2008 that he would retire as FN president in 2010.<ref name="tel1">{{cite news |last=Samuel |first=Henry |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/2798961/French-far-right-leader-Jean-Marie-Le-Pen-sets-retirement-date.html |title=French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen sets retirement date |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=11 September 2008 |access-date=15 April 2011 |location=Paris |archive-date=3 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103033928/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/2798961/French-far-right-leader-Jean-Marie-Le-Pen-sets-retirement-date.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Le Pen's daughter Marine Le Pen and FN executive vice-president Bruno Gollnisch campaigned to succeed Le Pen,<ref name=tel1 /> with Marine's candidacy backed by her father.<ref name=tel1 /> On 15 January 2011, it was announced that Marine Le Pen had received the two-thirds vote needed to become the new leader of the FN.<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12198370|title=Marine Le Pen 'chosen to lead Frances National Front'|work=BBC News|date=15 January 2011|access-date=15 April 2011|archive-date=16 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316142838/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12198370|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bbc2">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12201475|title=France's National Front picks Marine Le Pen as new head|work=BBC News|date=16 January 2011|access-date=15 April 2011|archive-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424051144/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12201475|url-status=live}}</ref> She embarked on a project to transform the FN into a "mainstream party" by softening its xenophobic image.<ref name=tel1 /><ref name=bbc1 /><ref name=bbc2 /> Opinion polls showed the party's popularity increase under Marine Le Pen, and in the [[2011 French cantonal elections|2011 cantonal elections]] the party won 15% of the overall vote (up from 4.5% in 2008). However, due to the French electoral system, the party only won 2 of the 2,026 seats that were up for election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/CN2011/|work=[[Minister of the Interior (France)|French Interior Ministry]]|date=26 May 2011|access-date=5 July 2011|title=Résultats des élections Cantonales 2011|language=fr|archive-date=14 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714030846/http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/CN2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the end of 2011, the National Front withdrew from the far-right [[Alliance of European National Movements]] and joined the more moderate [[European Alliance for Freedom|European Alliance of Freedom]]. In October 2013, Bruno Gollnisch and Jean-Marie Le Pen resigned from their position in the AENM.

For the [[2012 French presidential election|2012 presidential election]], opinion polls showed Marine Le Pen as a serious challenger, with a few polls even suggesting that she could win the first round of the election.<ref>{{cite news |last=Frosch |first=Jon |title=Far-right's Marine Le Pen leads in shock new poll |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20110307-new-poll-far-right-marine-le-pen-presidential-frontrunner |publisher=France 24 |date=7 March 2011 |access-date=26 May 2011 |archive-date=10 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310165822/http://www.france24.com/en/20110307-new-poll-far-right-marine-le-pen-presidential-frontrunner |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bamat |first=Joseph |title=New poll shows far right could squeeze out Sarkozy |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20110421-marine-le-pen-france-opinion-poll-presidential-election-sarkozy-strauss-kahn |publisher=France 24 |date=23 April 2011 |access-date=26 May 2011 |archive-date=27 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427182625/http://www.france24.com/en/20110421-marine-le-pen-france-opinion-poll-presidential-election-sarkozy-strauss-kahn |url-status=live }}</ref> In the event, Le Pen came 3rd in the first round, scoring 17.9% – the best showing ever in a presidential election for the FN at that time.

In the [[2012 French legislative election|2012 legislative election]], the National Front won two seats: [[Gilbert Collard]] and [[Marion Maréchal]].<ref name="DT2MMLP">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9337631/Marion-Le-Pen-becomes-youngest-French-MP-in-modern-history.html|title=Marion Le Pen becomes youngest French MP in modern history|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|last=Samuel|first=Henry|date=17 June 2012|access-date=30 June 2012|location=London|archive-date=22 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622062721/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9337631/Marion-Le-Pen-becomes-youngest-French-MP-in-modern-history.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/LG2012/030/03002.html|title=2012 French legislative elections: Gard's 2nd constituency (first round and run-off)|publisher=Minister of the Interior (France)|access-date=30 June 2012|language=fr|archive-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712085320/http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/LG2012/030/03002.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-06-17/anti-euro-le-pen-party-wins-first-parliament-seats-in-15-years|title=Anti-Euro Le Pen Party Wins First Parliament Seats in 15 Years|newspaper=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|last=Fouquet|first=Helene|date=17 June 2012|access-date=30 June 2012|archive-date=21 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621031255/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-06-17/anti-euro-le-pen-party-wins-first-parliament-seats-in-15-years|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In two polls about presidential favourites, conducted in April and May 2013,<ref name="nouvelobs1">{{cite web |url=http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/politique/20130503.OBS8113/un-an-apres-la-presidentielle-marine-le-pen-devancerait-francois-hollande.html |title=Un an après la présidentielle, Marine Le Pen devancerait François Hollande- 3 mai 2013 – L'Obs |date=3 May 2013 |publisher=Tempsreel.nouvelobs.com |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114745/http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/politique/20130503.OBS8113/un-an-apres-la-presidentielle-marine-le-pen-devancerait-francois-hollande.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Marine le Pen polled ahead of president [[François Hollande]] but behind [[Nicolas Sarkozy]].<ref name="nouvelobs1" />

==== Electoral successes (2012–2017) ====
[[File:Jielbeaumadier manif anti-fn paris 2014.jpeg|thumb|Demonstration against the National Front in Paris after the results of the 2014 election]] In the [[2014 French municipal elections|municipal elections held on 23 and 30 March 2014]], lists officially supported by the National Front won mayoralties in 12 cities: [[Beaucaire, Gard|Beaucaire]], [[Cogolin]], [[Fréjus]], [[Hayange]], [[Hénin-Beaumont]], [[Le Luc]], [[Le Pontet, Vaucluse|Le Pontet]], [[Mantes-la-Ville]], [[Arrondissements of Marseille|the 7th arrondissement of Marseille]], [[Villers-Cotterêts]], [[Béziers]] and [[Camaret-sur-Aigues]]. While some of these cities were in southern France (like Fréjus) which traditionally votes more for right-wing parties than the rest of the country, others were located in northern France, where Socialist Party had been strong until the 2010s. Following these elections, the National Front had, in cities of over 1,000 inhabitants, 1,546 and 459 councilors at two different levels of local government.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.frontnational.com/2014/03/elections-municipales-2014-le-front-national-gagne-12-villes-fait-elire-1546-conseillers-municipaux-et-459-elus-dans-les-intercommunalites/|title=2014 municipal elections: the National Front won 12 cities, elected in 1546 and 459 councilors elected in intercommunal! 31 March 2014|access-date=4 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708102640/http://www.frontnational.com/2014/03/elections-municipales-2014-le-front-national-gagne-12-villes-fait-elire-1546-conseillers-municipaux-et-459-elus-dans-les-intercommunalites/|archive-date=8 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The international media described the results as "historic".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2014/03/the-french-right-scores-a-historic-victory.html |title=The French Right Scores a Historic Victory |magazine=The New Yorker |date=31 March 2014 |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407215605/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2014/03/the-french-right-scores-a-historic-victory.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Samuel |first=Henry |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/10717592/Far-Right-Front-National-makes-historic-gains-in-French-municipal-elections.html |title=Far-Right Front National makes historic gains in French municipal elections |work=The Telegraph |date=23 March 2014 |access-date=31 March 2015 |location=London |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134733/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/10717592/Far-Right-Front-National-makes-historic-gains-in-French-municipal-elections.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Meichtry |first=Stacy |url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304587704579584114139656096 |title=France's National Front Scores Historic Win in European Election |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=25 May 2014 |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-date=29 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529113353/http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304587704579584114139656096 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The National Front received 4,712,461 votes in the [[2014 European Parliament election in France|2014 European Parliament election]], finishing first with 24.86% of the vote and 24 of France's 74 seats.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/france-national-front-win-european-elections] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814145406/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/france-national-front-win-european-elections|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=14 August 2015}}</ref> This was said to be "the first time the anti-immigrant, anti-EU party had won a nationwide election in its four-decade history."<ref>{{cite news |last=John |first=Mark |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-election-france-idUSBREA4O0CP20140525 |title=Far-right National Front stuns French elite with EU 'earthquake' |work=Reuters |date=25 May 2014 |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-date=11 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611125914/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-election-france-idUSBREA4O0CP20140525 |url-status=live }}</ref> The party's success came as a "shock" in France and the EU.<ref>{{cite news |author=Charlemagne European politics |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/charlemagne/2014/05/national-fronts-victory |title=The National Front's victory: France in shock |newspaper=The Economist |date=26 May 2014 |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104850/http://www.economist.com/blogs/charlemagne/2014/05/national-fronts-victory |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Meichtry |first=Stacy |url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304587704579585501067038362 |title=France Shaken by National Front 'Earthquake' |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=26 May 2014 |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-date=23 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823180006/http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304587704579585501067038362 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Front National becomes Rassemblement National (2018)====
At the conclusion of the 11 March 2018 party congress in Lille, Marine Le Pen proposed renaming the party to ''Rassemblement national'' (National Rally) while keeping the flame as its logo.<ref name="Le Monde, March 2018">{{cite news|title=Marine Le Pen propose de renommer le FN " Rassemblement national "|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2018/03/11/congres-du-front-national-suivez-en-direct-le-discours-de-marine-le-pen_5269149_823448.html|newspaper=Le Monde|date=11 March 2018|access-date=11 March 2018|archive-date=11 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311152445/http://www.lemonde.fr//politique/live/2018/03/11/congres-du-front-national-suivez-en-direct-le-discours-de-marine-le-pen_5269149_823448.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The name was not unknown in French politics:  it recalled both the [[National Popular Rally]], a collaborationist party founded by [[Marcel Déat]] in 1941 with the help of [[Eugène Deloncle]], founder of [[La Cagoule]], and led by {{illm|Georges Albertini|fr}} during the Occupation<ref>{{cite news|last=Combis |first=Hélène |title=Le FN devient "Rassemblement national" : un nouveau nom au lourd passé |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/le-fn-devient-rassemblement-national-un-nouveau-nom-au-lourd-passe-4434420 |date=2018-03-12 |work=Radio France |lang=fr}}</ref>  and the [[Rassemblement National Français]], founded by the far-right lawyer and politician [[Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour]], whose [[1965 French presidential election|presidential campaign in 1965]] was managed by Jean-Marie Le Pen.<ref>{{cite news|title=Check News:Est-il vrai qu'il existait un "Rassemblement National Populaire" collaborationiste ? |url=https://www.liberation.fr/checknews/2018/03/13/est-il-vrai-qu-il-existait-un-rassemblement-national-populaire-collaborationiste_1653353/|newspaper=Libération |date=13 March 2018 |last=Tanguy |first=Marie-Perrine }}</ref> It had already been used by the FN for {{ill|Groupe Front national – Rassemblement national|fr|Groupe Front national – Rassemblement national|lt=its parliamentary group}} between 1986 and 1988. Nevertheless, the name change faced opposition from an already-existing party named "Rassemblement national", whose president, Igor Kurek, described the group as "Gaullist and republican right" and who had  registered the name with the [[National Institute of Industrial Property (France)|INPI]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2018/03/11/rassemblement-national-trop-proche-de-rassemblement-national-populaire-ancien-parti-collaborationniste_a_23382664/ |title="Rassemblement national", trop proche de "Rassemblement national populaire", ancien parti collaborationniste? |last=Herreros |first=Romain |date=11 March 2018 |website=[[HuffPost]] |language=fr |trans-title="National Rally", too close to "National People's Rally", former collaborationist party? |access-date=15 October 2018 |archive-date=15 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015192325/https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2018/03/11/rassemblement-national-trop-proche-de-rassemblement-national-populaire-ancien-parti-collaborationniste_a_23382664/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/12/marine-le-pen-row-new-name-front-national-rassemblement-national |title=Marine Le Pen sparks row over new name for Front National |last=Willsher |first=Kim |date=12 March 2018 |website=[[theguardian.com]] |access-date=15 October 2018 |archive-date=15 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015192330/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/12/marine-le-pen-row-new-name-front-national-rassemblement-national |url-status=live }}</ref> On 1 June, Le Pen announced that the name change was approved by party adherents with 80.81% in favour.<ref name="Le Monde, June 2018">{{cite news |title=Marine Le Pen annonce que le Front national devient Rassemblement national |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2018/06/01/marine-le-pen-annonce-que-le-front-national-devient-rassemblement-national_5308450_823448.html |newspaper=Le Monde |date=1 June 2018 |access-date=1 June 2018 |archive-date=1 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601234455/https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2018/06/01/marine-le-pen-annonce-que-le-front-national-devient-rassemblement-national_5308450_823448.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Presidential and parliamentary election, rebranding (2017–2022) ====
{{Main|2017 Marine Le Pen presidential campaign}}
On 24 April 2017, a day after the first round of the [[2017 French presidential election|presidential election]], Marine Le Pen announced that she would temporarily step down as the party's leader in an attempt to "unite voters."<ref name="auto">{{cite news |title=Marine Le Pen temporarily steps down as Front National leader to concentrate on presidential bid |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/marine-le-pen-front-national-stepping-down-leader-party-french-election-a7700286.html |url-status=live |access-date=5 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906035210/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/marine-le-pen-front-national-stepping-down-leader-party-french-election-a7700286.html |archive-date=6 September 2017}}</ref> In the second round of voting, Le Pen was defeated 66.1% to 33.9% by her rival [[Emmanuel Macron]] of [[En Marche!]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/07/world/europe/why-macron-won-france.html|title=Why Macron Won: Luck, Skill and France's Dark History|last=Nossiter|first=Adam|date=7 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|url-access=subscription|access-date=9 May 2017|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=9 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509002348/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/07/world/europe/why-macron-won-france.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[2017 French legislative election|following parliamentary elections]], the FN received 13.02%  of the vote, a little lower than the 13.07% of the 2012 elections. The party appeared to have suffered from a demobilisation of its voters from the previous vote. Nonetheless, eight deputies (six FN and two affiliated) were elected, the best number for the FN in a parliamentary election using a majoritarian electoral system since its creation.{{refn|group=nb|The proportional representation was used in the 1986 elections.}} Marine Le Pen was elected to the National Assembly for the first time, while [[Gilbert Collard]] was re-elected. FN's 23-year-old [[Ludovic Pajot]] became the youngest ever member of the French parliament.

In late 2017, [[Florian Philippot]] left the FN and formed [[The Patriots (France)|The Patriots]], on the grounds that the FN had "softened" its position on leaving the [[EU]] and abandoning the [[Euro]].<ref>Louise Nordstorm, [http://www.france24.com/en/20171218-france-philippot-les-patriotes-le-pen-ex-protege-win-over-french-far-right-party Les Patriotes: How Le Pen's ex-protégé hopes to win over French far right] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109164057/http://www.france24.com/en/20171218-france-philippot-les-patriotes-le-pen-ex-protege-win-over-french-far-right-party |date=9 January 2018 }}. France 24, 18 December 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.</ref>

In 2018, [[Steve Bannon]], former advisor to Donald Trump before and after his 2016 election, gave what has been described as a "populist [[pep talk]]".<ref name="Nossiter">{{cite news |last=Nossiter |first=Adam |title='Let Them Call You Racists': Bannon's Pep Talk to National Front |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/world/europe/steve-bannon-france-national-front.html |work=The New York Times|url-access=subscription |date=10 March 2018 |access-date=30 March 2018 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=15 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215020017/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/world/europe/steve-bannon-france-national-front.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Bannon advised the party members to "Let them call you racist, let them call you xenophobes, let them call you nativists. Wear it like a badge of honor. Because every day, we get stronger and they get weaker. ... History is on our side and will bring us victory." Bannon's remarks brought the members to their feet.<ref>{{citation |publisher=France 24 |date=11 March 2018 |access-date=11 August 2019 |title=Wear 'racist' like a badge of honour, Bannon tells French far-right summit |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180311-france-usa-bannon-le-pen-national-front-racist-badge-honour-populist-pep-talk-lille-trump?ref=tw |author=McNicholl, Tracy}}</ref><ref>Willsher, Kim (10 March 2018) [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/10/steve-bannon-tells-french-far-right-history-is-on-our-side "Steve Bannon tells French far-right 'history is on our side'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215020200/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/10/steve-bannon-tells-french-far-right-history-is-on-our-side |date=15 February 2021 }} ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref><ref>Ganley, Elaine (10 March 2018) [https://www.businessinsider.com/bannon-racist-label-is-badge-of-honor-france-far-right-party-speech-2018-3-2 "Steve Bannon told a French far-right party to wear the 'racist' label 'as a badge of honor'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804134443/https://www.businessinsider.com/bannon-racist-label-is-badge-of-honor-france-far-right-party-speech-2018-3-2 |date=4 August 2020 }} [[Associated Press]] via ''[[Business Insider]]''</ref>

In January 2019, ex-Sarkozy minister [[Thierry Mariani]] and former conservative lawmaker [[Jean-Paul Garraud]], left [[The Republicans (France)|Les Républicains]] (LR) and joined the National Rally.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/ex-sarkozy-minister-jumps-conservative-ship-to-join-french-far-right-11103410 |title=Ex-Sarkozy minister jumps conservative ship to join French far-right - Channel NewsAsia |access-date=10 January 2019 |archive-date=9 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109174418/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/ex-sarkozy-minister-jumps-conservative-ship-to-join-french-far-right-11103410 |url-status=live }}</ref>

During a 2021 debate, Marine Le Pen was called "soft" on Islam by the Minister of the Interior in Macron's government, [[Gérald Darmanin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/marine-le-pen-molle-les-propos-de-gerald-darmanin-sement-l-embarras-au-sein-de-la-rem_AN-202102150325.html|title=Marine le Pen "molle": Les propos de Gérald Darmanin sèment l'embarras au sein de LaREM|date=15 February 2021 |access-date=6 April 2021|archive-date=4 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404122316/https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/marine-le-pen-molle-les-propos-de-gerald-darmanin-sement-l-embarras-au-sein-de-la-rem_AN-202102150325.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Marine Le Pen called for a "national-unity government" that would include persons such as [[Nicolas Dupont-Aignan]], former LR officials, and [[Souverainism|souverainistes]] on the left, such as former economy minister [[Arnaud Montebourg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2996931-20210312-marine-pen-promet-gouvernement-union-nationale-si-elue-2022|title=Marine le Pen promet un " gouvernement d'union nationale " si elle est élue|date=12 March 2021 |access-date=6 April 2021|archive-date=16 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316122047/https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2996931-20210312-marine-pen-promet-gouvernement-union-nationale-si-elue-2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the months before the [[2021 French regional elections]], political commentators noted an increased moderation in the FN's platform that aimed to attract conservative voters,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.leparisien.fr/elections/regionales/regionales-en-paca-a-marseille-les-lr-historiques-voteront-thierry-mariani-le-candidat-du-rn-16-05-2021-ESIYLIBSDBAXPAA7HKJPJ2RRGE.php|title = Régionales en Paca : à Marseille, "les LR historiques voteront Thierry Mariani", le candidat du RN|date = 16 May 2021|access-date = 19 May 2021|archive-date = 19 May 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210519015054/https://www.leparisien.fr/elections/regionales/regionales-en-paca-a-marseille-les-lr-historiques-voteront-thierry-mariani-le-candidat-du-rn-16-05-2021-ESIYLIBSDBAXPAA7HKJPJ2RRGE.php|url-status = live}}</ref> as well as a new image being promoted by the party as a force of ''la droite populaire'', i.e. the popular right, the social right.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-parti-de-marine-le-pen-engrange-les-ralliements-a-droite-20210511|title=Le parti de Marine le Pen engrange les ralliements à droite|date=11 May 2021|access-date=19 May 2021|archive-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519015054/https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-parti-de-marine-le-pen-engrange-les-ralliements-a-droite-20210511|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2021/05/12/le-rn-veut-seduire-la-droite-9540606.php|title=Elections régionales : En Aveyron, le RN veut séduire la droite|access-date=19 May 2021|archive-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519015056/https://www.ladepeche.fr/2021/05/12/le-rn-veut-seduire-la-droite-9540606.php|url-status=live}}</ref> The party, nonetheless, fared badly in these elections.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Willsher |first1=Kim |title=Le Pen's far-right party suffers blow in French regional elections |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/27/le-pens-far-right-party-suffers-blow-in-french-regional-elections |work=The Guardian |date=27 June 2021 |access-date=28 June 2021 |archive-date=28 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628073435/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/27/le-pens-far-right-party-suffers-blow-in-french-regional-elections |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the [[2022 French presidential election]], Le Pen again reached the 2nd round with 23.15% of the votes, though she was defeated by incumbent Macron, after receiving 41.45% of the votes in the run-off.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-24 |title=French election result: Macron defeats Le Pen and vows to unite divided France |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61209058 |access-date=2023-06-14}}</ref>

In the [[2022 French legislative election]], for which polling had indicated that FN would win only between 15 and 45 seats in the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]], the party received 18.68% of the votes in the first round<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-12 |title=Résultats des législatives 2022 : le Rassemblement national arrive troisième avec 18,68% des voix au premier tour, selon les résultats définitifs |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/legislatives/resultats-des-legislatives-2022-le-rassemblement-national-arrive-troisieme-avec-18-9-des-voix-au-premier-tour-selon-notre-estimation-ipsos-sopra-steria_5184748.html |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}</ref> and won 89 seats in the second round,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-19 |title=France: Marine Le Pen's National Rally estimated to win 89 seats |url=https://www.france24.com/en/video/20220619-marine-le-pen-s-national-rally-estimated-to-win-89-seats |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=France 24}}</ref> a significant increase from the previous total of 8 seats. The 89 seats enabled the National Rally to form a parliamentary group, for which at least 15 deputies are required, for the first time since 1986, when the national assembly was elected by proportional voting. The result made the party the 3rd largest party in the assembly and the largest [[parliamentary opposition]] group.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-16 |title=The makeover of France's National Rally |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-for-frances-national-rally-the-past-still-looms/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=POLITICO}}</ref>