Defending the position of
Alain Soral, the founder of the organisation, whose position can be summarised in the title of a text which he wrote: "Left of Labour, Right of morals", for a national reconciliation, Equality and Reconciliation advocates the union of the "Labour left" (Marxist) and the "Moral Right" (Nationalism and Patriotism) in response to capitalist globalization and its consequences which are considered harmful, on the model of the
Proudhon Circle, which brought together trade unionists, anarchists, and
Maurrassians. Alain Soral's analysis criticised liberal financial capitalism and the involvement of traditional political parties in it. At the same time the Socialist Party and the UMP were the target of his attacks. Formerly from the French Communist Party, Alain Soral considers that this party collapsed after renouncing class struggle and because of the competition - in electoral terms - of the
Trotskyites, represented especially by parties such as Workers Struggle and the League of Revolutionary Communists. They, notably
Olivier Besancenot, according to him were complicit in the policies of Nicolas Sarkozy: sharing the same policy of "selective immigration" defended by
Nicolas Sarkozy and demands for regularization of undocumented migrants from the extreme left, he accused Olivier Besancenot of supplying to Nicolas Sarkozy a "humanist alibi" to its "neoliberal" policy, which would make him a "useful idiot" for the system. Also rejecting a
"Federal" Europe, considered to be a "Trojan horse" of liberalism, he advocates a return to national sovereignty in order to implement a policy of "national preference" which would apply to "ethnic" French people and those who have immigrated who have become "integrated" and those born in France of foreign descent. He wants to rally opposition to the
Treaty of Rome 2004 which established a Constitution for Europe, and is particularly opposed to the
European Fiscal Compact. Even if the FN, who are traditionally anti-communist, rejects the class struggle, E&R believes that the class struggle (of Marxism) and
Poujadism (historical ideology of the FN) might get confused in a more general project of "defense of workers", the employees, and the owners of small businesses (SMEs). Equality & Reconciliation therefore supports the FN and its president
Marine Le Pen, while constituting an independent structure that wishes for a "patriotic" union with the disillusioned left, the "
bobos" and victims of the "financial right". Some originators of the association, such as
Frédéric Chatillon and Philippe Péninque are also close to Marine Le Pen. The movement also expressed their approval of non-aligned countries, such as the Russia of
Vladimir Putin (for whom they organized a welcoming committee during his visit to France in late 2009, in partnership with the Embassy of Russia and the French Russian community), the
Venezuela of
Hugo Chávez,
Serbia,
Iran, and
Palestine. The movement opposes the French Zionists, who he accused of playing a game contrary to the interests of France and the French Jewish community. The movement also opposes feminists and is against
women working outside the home. == Activities ==