Editing National Rally (section)

====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>