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Raymond Bourgine
Raymond Bourgine (9 March 1925 – 29 November 1990) was a French journalist and politician. He served as editor-in-chief of '' Valeurs Actuelles'' from 1966 to 1990 and as French Senator from 1977 to 1990.Michel GurfinkielRaymond Bourgine dans le texte ''Valeurs actuelles'', 02/12/2010 Early life Raymond Bourgine was born on March 9, 1925, in Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar. He grew up in the Réunion and Madagascar, and joined the French Army in Africa during the Second World War. Journalism In 1945, Bourgine started writing for '' Paris-Matin'', followed by ''La Vie française'' in 1946 and ''Aux Écoutes de la Finance'' in 1947, before becoming its editor-in-chief in 1948. In 1957, he bought ''Aux Écoutes de la Finance'', then known as ''Finance'', from '. In 1962, he launched the luxury magazine ''Le Spectacle du Monde''. In 1966, he founded the publisher Valmonde. The same year, he renamed ''Finance'' ''Valeurs actuelles''. In 1967, he founded '' Le Nouveau Journal'', and led t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate (France)
The Senate (french: Sénat, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. The French Senate is made up of 348 senators (''sénateurs'' and ''sénatrices'') elected by part of the country's local councillors (in indirect elections), as well as by representatives of French citizens living abroad. Senators have six-year terms, with half of the seats up for election every three years. The Senate enjoys less prominence than the first, or lower house, the National Assembly, which is elected on direct universal ballot and upon the majority of which the Government has to rely: in case of disagreement, the Assembly can in many cases have the last word, although the Senate keeps a role in some key procedures, such as constitutional amendments and most importantly legislation about itself. Bicameralism was first introduced in France in 1795; as in many countries, it assigned the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Gurfinkiel
Michel Gurfinkiel (1 August 1948, Paris) is a French conservative journalist and public intellectual. He served as editor-in-chief of '' Valeurs Actuelles'' from 1985 to 2006. Biography He served as editor-in-chief of '' Perspectives'' from 1984 to 1985, and of ''Valeurs actuelles'' from 1985 to 2006. He serves on the editorial board of ''Valeurs acutelles'' and ''Commentaire''. His work has also been published in ''Commentary Magazine'', ''The Weekly Standard'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''PJ Media'', ''The New York Sun'', '' Politique Internationale'', ''Le Figaro'', ''L'Arche'', ''Limes'', '' Outre-Terre'', ''The Times'', '' The European'', '' The Middle East Quarterly'', ''The Jerusalem Post'', '' Azure'', '' Nativ: A Journal of Politics and the Arts'', '' The Jewish Review of Books, etc.Michel GurfinkielA Collision of Church and State ''The Wall Street Journal'', January 30, 2010 He has been a board member of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Algeria
French Algeria (french: Alger to 1839, then afterwards; unofficially , ar, الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of French colonisation of Algeria. French rule in the region began in 1830 with the invasion of Algiers and lasted until the end of the Algerian War of Independence in 1962. While the administration of Algeria changed significantly over the 132 years of French rule, the Mediterranean coastal region of Algeria, housing the vast majority of its population, was an integral part of France from 1848 until its independence. As one of France's longest-held overseas territories, Algeria became a destination for hundreds of thousands of European immigrants known as ''colons'', and later as . However, the indigenous Muslim population remained the majority of the territory's population throughout its history. Many estimates indicates that the native Algerian population fell by one-third in the years between the French invasion a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François D'Orcival
Amaury de Chaunac-Lanzac (born 11 February 1942), better known as François d'Orcival, is a French conservative journalist and essayist. He is the president of the editorial committee at '' Valeurs Actuelles'' and sits on the board of directors of the publisher Valmonde.Pascal DillaneUn ancien dirigeant de l’extrême droite représente la presse française ACRIMED, February 2005 Biography Amaury de Chaunac-Lanzac was born on 11 February 1942 in Aurignac, Haute-Garonne. Aged 18, he joined the neo-fascist movement Jeune Nation. Early in his political involvement, he took the pseudonym François d'Orcival. In 1960, he was one of the founding members of the Fédération des étudiants nationalistes (FEN). He supported the Organisation armée secrète and was arrested in 1962, then jailed for four weeks. D'Orcival was editor-in-chief of the FEN magazine, ''Les Cahiers universitaires'', from 1961 to 1967. Between 1963 and 1966, he also wrote for the far-right magazines '' Défense de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Monde
''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website since 19 December 1995, and is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It is considered one of the French newspapers of record, along with '' Libération'', and ''Le Figaro''. It should not be confused with the monthly publication '' Le Monde diplomatique'', of which ''Le Monde'' has 51% ownership, but which is editorially independent. A Reuters Institute poll in 2021 in France found that "''Le Monde'' is the most trusted national newspaper". ''Le Monde'' was founded by Hubert Beuve-Méry at the request of Charles de Gaulle (as Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic) on 19 December 1944, shortly after the Liberation of Paris, and published continuously since its first edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valmonde
Valmonde is a French publisher of magazines. Its main publications are '' Valeurs Actuelles and'' '' Jours de Chasse''. Overview It was founded in 1966 by Raymond Bourgine. In the 1960s, Bourgine funded the Federation of Nationalist Students (FEN) in exchange for their members to sell copies of ''Le Spectacle du Monde''.Pascal DillaneUn ancien dirigeant de l’extrême droite représente la presse française ACRIMED, February 2005 The editor of the FEN's publication, ''Les Cahiers universitaires'', was François d'Orcival, former editor in chef of the French weekly magazine''Valeurs Actuelles''. It was incorporated in 1997 and became a subsidiary of Sud Communication in 2006. It is headquartered in Paris. Valmonde was acquired in 2015 by Privinvest Medias. In 2019, Valmonde revived the monthly magazine ''Le Spectacle du Monde'' with essays by Joseph Nye, Robert Kagan and Michel Houellebecq Michel Houellebecq (; born Michel Thomas, 26 February 1956 or 1958) is a French auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Spectacle Du Monde
''Le Spectacle du Monde'' is a French language magazine published in France. Although it was closed in 2014, the magazine was restarted in 2019. Overview ''Le Spectacle du Monde'' was launched by Raymond Bourgine in 1962. The magazine was published on a monthly basis. It billed itself as political, geopolitical and cultural news publication. It was most recently owned by Valmonde Valmonde is a French publisher of magazines. Its main publications are '' Valeurs Actuelles and'' '' Jours de Chasse''. Overview It was founded in 1966 by Raymond Bourgine. In the 1960s, Bourgine funded the Federation of Nationalist Students (FE ... which closed it in 2014. The last issue was published in July-August 2014. Valmonde relaunched the publication on 31 January 2019. References 1962 establishments in France 2014 disestablishments in France Cultural magazines French-language magazines Monthly magazines published in France Political magazines published in France Magazines establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giles Scott-Smith
Giles Scott-Smith (born 1968, in High Wycombe, United Kingdom) is Dutch-British academic. He is a professor of transnational relations and new diplomatic history at Leiden University and serves as the dean of Leiden University College The Hague. Previously, he was a Senior Researcher at the Roosevelt Study Center in Middelburg and was appointed as the Ernst van der Beugel Chair in the Diplomatic History of Atlantic Cooperation since World War II at the Leiden University. Early life and education Professor Scott-Smith holds both Dutch and British passports. After pursuing higher education in Britain, he moved to the Netherlands where he resides since 1996. Giles Scott-Smith received his BA in European and Asian studies from the University of Ulster in 1991, with a dissertation on the economic and political relations between the European Community and Japan, and he received an MA in international relations at Sussex University in 1993, with a dissertation on the concept of glob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vie Française
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on Figure 8 (album), ''Figure 8'' (album) * L.A. (EP), ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * L.A. (Neil Young song), "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * L.A. (Amy Macdonald song), "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River (musician), Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
