 The PFN was formed mainly by former members of New Order ("Ordre nouveau", 1969–1973), who had refused to merge into the FN at its 1972 creation.New Order, dissolved by Interior Minister Raymond Marcellin in 1973, was itself a successor to Occident (1964–1968) and of the Union Defense Group (GUD, "Groupe union défense").Close to the Third Position and supporting a "national-revolutionary" thesis, this tendency maintained links with the FN, despite some tensions.