Union of National Solidarists

The Union of National Solidarists (UNS) is a break-away party of the IGP. The party is lead by Marc Thomassen who didn't agree with the IGP leadership and the way they reacted on the trial against them. The UNS also holds extreme-right and nationalist ideas but claims to be 'solidarist instead of fascist'. The official doctrine of the UNS is described as 'national solidarism' and is a mixture of conservative values and the endorsement of the nation as community. The national solidarists have a radical image but denounced the use of violence. 'We wish to unite the people for our cause in a democratic way', so Thomassen.

History
The Union of National Solidarists was founded in December 2010, just a few weeks before the federal elections started. The break-away party found its origins as a pressure group within the Iron Guard Party. IGP politician Marc Thomassen advocated for a more democratic and popular strategy but bumped onto the party leadership. He gained support after the scandal following the trial against the IGP. Thomassen and other people dissatisfied with the course of things created a faction inside the party, called the Union for New Solidarity (UNS). Believing that this would be sufficient to make the top see its mistakes, Thomassen declared the following:


 * They behave as if they are the center of all creation, always glorifying themselves. With their heads that far up each other's asses, how could they be capable of defending the true needs of the people? You may label them 'fascist' or 'nationalist' but they just look as a bunch of underaged college anarchists to me: unorganized and in no way aware of reality.

Hoping that the program of 'new solidarity' could turn the IGP away from its fascist affiliations and gain support from more moderate voters, the UNS wanted to endorse Thomassen as chairman in the next elections. It never came that far because the IGP was shut down by court order. With the old party out ruled and its elite behind bars, all noses turned into Thomassen's direction. He started organizing friendly forces around his person and officially announced plans for a new party in September 2010. The abbreviation 'UNS' now stood for 'Union of National Solidarists' as the new party program was presented in December 2010.

Party program
The official ideology of the UNS, national solidarism, is a societal doctrine that opposes both socialist and liberal views. The UNS seeks to reform Lovian society in an organic sense and heavily contests the leftist tendency. The Union wants to conquer power by 'being the voice of the people' and putting forward strong and charismatic figures. The views of the UNS are closely related to the idea of a 'conservative revolution'. Several core ideas can be linked to nationalism, populism and personalism.

Federal Elections 2011
No radical party has ever managed to obtain any official position in Lovia. Nonetheless, the more moderate approach of the UNS could change this for the better. Thomassen has a small support base but it is a very determined one. Though most analysts don't mind about a possible election participation at all, some say the UNS might profit from the current political situation: 'for me a leftist vote is out of the question and I find the CCPL not believable enough', a party militant says. At present it is not yet know whether the UNS will participate in the 2011 federal elections or just ask its support base to boycott the elections by voting invalid.