[3] On 9 August 1999 Van Laethem, along with two other individuals, formed the non-profit association Mouvement pour la Nation.

[6] When it was announced that Michelle Martin, accomplice of her husband's crimes of child molestation and murder, would be released from prison before her sentence was completed NATION took part in the numerous protests.

[citation needed] It has been reported that Molenbeek-Saint-Jean is a safe haven for jihadists in relation to the support shown by some residents towards bombers who carried out the Paris and Brussels attacks.

[9] NATION was involved in controversy when on 23 July 2016 members of the party burned the flag of the Islamic State at a medieval festival being held in the Bouillon Castle.

[12] NATION claims to be fully committed to supporting the Yellow Vest movement and blames liberal capitalism and Marxist socialism for causing civil unrest and societal issues.