, the founder and leader of the National Front party in France, was initially suspended from the party in May 2015after claiming that the Holocaust was "a detail of history". After Le Pen successfully challenged the suspension in court, an extraordinary party congress was held in August 2015, and he was expelled from the party. After considering the creation of a "blue-white-red gathering" in order to "act in the same direction as the national Front" without necessarily belonging to it, he announced, in March 2016, the creation of the Comités Jeanne, named after Joan of Arc, whose slogan is "Jeanne, au secours!", to weigh on the political line of the FN, and planned to present candidates under this label in the legislative elections of 2017, including against FN candidates. He called on supporters to vote for the FN in the regional elections of 2015 and indicated that the fund-raising organization "Cotelec" had lent six million euros to the FN for the presidential campaign of 2017. On November 17, 2016, a court of justice in France validated the exclusion of Jean-Marie Le Pen from the National Front without questioning his status as honorary president, thus retaining his right to be summoned to all the party's meetings.
The party's president is Jean-Marie Le Pen. Lorrain de Saint Affrique was general secretary since 2016. The cartel involving the Jeanne committees is unable to access public funding, having raised more than 1% of the votes cast in 41 constituencies, or less than the 50 constituencies required. For the French presidential election of 2017, Jean-Marie Le Pen officially said that he supported his daughter Marine Le Pen's presidential bid. For the French legislative election of 2017, the Comités Jeanne made an alliance with the Party of France, Civitas,, and. Jean-Marie Le Pen also traveled to recruit legislative candidates under the banner "Jeanne, au secours!"
Organization
The founder and current president of the party is Jean-Marie Le Pen. Laurent Ozon was general secretary of the party from 2016-2017. Former Departmental secretary of the National Front, Lorraine of Saint Affrique, has served as the current general secretary since 2017.
International connections
In 2018 party founder and leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, joined the far-right Alliance for Peace and FreedomEuropean political party as "honorary chairman". Subsequently, the Comités Jeanne joined the party as an associate member.
