Many leaders in the movement, notably René Lévesque, have preferred the terms sovereignty and sovereigntist over other common names such as separatist or independentist, although this terminology may be objected to by opponents.
Souverainism, a doctrine which supports acquiring or preserving political independence of a nation or a region
Very close to the Count of Paris, Renouvin is close to king Simeon II of Bulgaria and his souverainist Gaullism is the result of more than thirty years of public life, at the economic and social council and the leadership of his neo-royalist movement.
The ideas of NAR are characterized by souverainism, anti-liberalism and anti-Americanism, and also adherence to the original form of Gaullism.