Henry de Lesquen is a French

France

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 politician

Politician

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. He is the president of the Club de l'Horloge

Club de l'Horloge

The Club de l'Horloge is a French far-right association founded in 1974. Close to the Nouvelle Droite movement, the club centers itself around the values of "liberalism, nationalism and democracy." Its president is Henry de Lesquen.-History:The Club de l'Horloge was founded by far-right members...

, a conservative

Conservatism

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 think tank

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Lesquen was also a member of the Rally for the Republic

Rally for the Republic

The Rally for the Republic , was a French right-wing political party. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic , it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullism...

, but left the party in 1984. Unlike others like Bruno Mégret

Bruno Mégret

Bruno Mégret is a French Far-right politician. He is the leader of the Mouvement National Républicain political party, but retired in 2008 from political action.-Youth and studies:...

 and Jean-Yves Le Gallou

Jean-Yves Le Gallou

Jean-Yves Le Gallou is a leading French far right politician, member of the European Parliament since the 1994 election.- Career :...

, he did not join the Front National

Front National (France)

The National Front is a political party in France. The party was founded in 1972, seeking to unify a variety of French far-right currents of the time. Jean-Marie Le Pen was the party's first leader and the undisputed centre of the party from its start until his resignation in 2011...

, however. He is supportive of uniting the conservative forces of France in one unitary movement. In 2001, he became a municipal councillor in Versailles

Versailles

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, where he spoke out against the city's public housing

Public housing

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 projects.

A 2006 article in the newspaper Libération

Libération

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 said that Lesquen stands close (ideologically) to Philippe de Villiers

Philippe de Villiers

Viscount Philippe Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon, known as Philippe de Villiers, born on 25 March 1949, is a French politician. He was the Mouvement pour la France nominee for the French presidential election of 2007. He received 2.23% of the vote, putting him in sixth place. As only the top...

, and that he moved away from Bruno Mégret

Bruno Mégret

Bruno Mégret is a French Far-right politician. He is the leader of the Mouvement National Républicain political party, but retired in 2008 from political action.-Youth and studies:...

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