Gaëtan Dussausaye

Gaëtan Dussausaye (; born 5 April 1994) is a French politician who has represented the 2nd constituency of Vosges in the National Assembly since 2024. He is a member of the National Rally (RN, formerly National Front).

From 2014 to 2018, he presided over the National Front's youth wing, the National Youth Front (FNJ). In 2021 he was elected to the Regional Council of Île-de-France.

In the 2024 European Parliament election in France, he was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), but quickly resigned his seat following his election to the National Assembly.

Biography Dussausaye was born in the Parisian suburb of Brétigny-sur-Orge. He grew up in neighbouring Le Plessis-Pâté, with a mother who worked as a nurse, a father who was marketing director for a large French company, two brothers and one sister. His parents were not political and had never voted for the National Front.

He studied at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy and modern literature. After starting a master's degree in philosophy, he abandoned his studies following his accession to the presidency of the FNJ. Dussausaye joined the National Front in 2011. His mother encouraged him to campaign in Paris, which was far away from his family's hometown.

Early electoral campaigns In 2014, Dussausaye was a candidate in the municipal election in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, where he earned 5.5% of the vote. In 2015, he was a candidate in the Essonne departmental election in the canton of Brétigny-sur-Orge, earning 25.3% of the first-round vote. In a 2020 by-election he contested Val-de-Marne's 9th constituency, earning 9% of the first-round vote.

In 2021 he was elected to the Regional Council of Île-de-France.

In the National Assembly In the 2022 legislative election, Dussausaye was narrowly defeated in Vosges's 2nd constituency by David Valence of the Radical Party with 49.5% of the second-round vote.

In the 2024 European Parliament election, he was 29th on the National Rally list led by Jordan Bardella and thus elected a Member of the European Parliament. After President Emmanuel Macron called a snap legislative election, Dussausaye contested Vosges's 2nd constituency again; and this time won with 52.7% of the second-round vote against Valence. He quickly resigned his seat in the European Parliament following his election to the National Assembly.

Political beliefs Dussausaye is seen as an important figure in the de-demonisation of the National Rally. Le Figaro places him within the party alongside "the non-aligned, because of their long-term commitment to the Front, their personal closeness with [Le Pen], and the cautious neutrality they have observed in the recent conflicts."

In an interview soon after he became FNJ President, he was asked about the Great Replacement theory. In response he stated that he "does not see a replacement of people", but "above all a replacement of culture, at the base of Renaud Camus's theory there is a racialist foundation that we do not consider." This statement attracted many hostile responses from within the party.

Between 2014 and 2015, Dussausaye said that he was inspired by Aristotle, Rousseau, Spinoza, Vian, Orwell and Marx – in regards to the latter he said: "not out of adhesion, but to have an argument against the left."

After the 2017 presidential election, he denied "without question" that the FN was in favour of leaving the eurozone.