[4] Dominique Venner introduced the agenda of the movement behind a crowd of 300 delegates:[5] the "defence of the Occidental civilization", which was facing three perceived dangers: "the work of falsification", set up by the elites to make the people forget its own identity and history; the "power of technology", accused of uniforming the planet; and the "demographic tide of the coloured world", which would lead to a "universal brewing" and the "disappearance of [Europeans] genetic specificity, the end of the white world and its civilization".
[7] The electoral debacles of the European Rally for Liberty, along with the previous failure of Tixier-Vignancourt, are cited as conducive to the foundation of the ethno-nationalist think tank GRECE and the development of its meta-political strategy.
[7] Another group, led by Pierre Bousquet and Jean Castrillo, created the nationalist magazine Militant in December 1967, then entered the Front National (FN) in 1973 where they represented the more radical fringe of the party.
Following the successive routs of the Vichy state, poujadism, and the OAS in bringing down the republic, Dominique Venner indeed recognized in January 1967 that the far right "[had to] take part in the only great political battles of the moment: elections.
The REL's program included "state control over the banks", a "national convention formed outside established parties to define fundamental laws", the "removal of all aids for developing countries", an "end to North African immigration and ‘the expulsion of elements that pose a danger to public safety and health", "resist American or Soviet hegemony and stem the demographic tide from the Third World, and a "politically unified Europe, with respect for national traditions.
[2] The REL's unique candidate in the 1968 legislative election, Édith Gérard, advocated for instance the "friendship among peoples of the world, in the recognition of the biological fact and the right to stay faithful to one's ethnic group and traditions.