Editing National Rally (section)

==== 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>