''Éléments'' is a French bi-monthly magazine launched in September 1973 and associated with the

Nouvelle Droite The Nouvelle Droite (; en, "New Right"), sometimes shortened to the initialism ND, is a far-right political movement which emerged in France during the late 1960s. The Nouvelle Droite is at the origin of the wider European New Right (ENR). Vario ...

. It is published by the white nationalist thinktank

GRECE The Groupement de Recherche et d'Études pour la Civilisation Européenne ("Research and Study Group for European Civilization"), better known as GRECE, is a French ethnonationalist think tank founded in 1968 to promote the ideas of the Nouvelle ...

History

Initially serving as the internal bulletin of

, an ethno-nationalist think tank led by

Alain de Benoist Alain de Benoist (; ; born 11 December 1943) – also known as Fabrice Laroche, Robert de Herte, David Barney, and other pen names – is a French journalist and political philosopher, a founding member of the Nouvelle Droite ("New Right"), and ...

, the magazine began its public circulation in September 1973 as the general public showcase of the organization.

Michel Marmin Michel Marmin (born 18 November 1943) is a French journalist and film critic. Biography Born 18 November 1943, Michel Marmin was a member of the non-religious scouting association Éclaireurs de France in the 1950s. He attended the Institut d ...

became its first president, followed by

Pierre Vial Pierre Vial (born 25 December 1942) is an academic medievalist tied to the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3. A Nouvelle Droite leader, he is the founder of the Identitarian association Terre et Peuple. Biography Pierre Vial was born on 25 Decembe ...

in 1983, then by . In 1991, , then aged 24, became the magazine's president. Since 2017, the web television

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has been broadcasting ''Le Plus d'Élements'', a talk show hosted by Olivier François in collaboration with ''Éléments''. Following the

murder of Darya Dugina Darya Aleksandrovna Dugina (; 15 December 1992 – 20 August 2022), also known under the pen name Daria Platonova (russian: link=no, Дарья Платонова), was a Russian journalist, political scientist and activist. She was the ...

in August 2022, ''Éléments'' posted a tribute to Dugina which compared her to

Salman Rushdie Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (; born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Wes ...

and also referred to

Volodymyr Zelenskyy Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

as a "clown in a khaki t-shirt" (french: le clown au tee-shirt kaki).

Audience

In the early 1990s, ''Éléments'' had around 5,000 subscribers, mainly from the well-educated elites, along with an audience of university students. A 1993 poll revealed that 35 per cent of the magazine's subscribers were politically close to the

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. According to scholar Tamir Bar-On, "''Éléments'' generally appeals to GRECE's younger, more militant audience. ''Éléments'' might also be more populist and nationalist than the more aristocratic ''

Nouvelle École ''Nouvelle École'' ( French: ''New School'') is an annual political and philosophy magazine which was established by an ethno-nationalist think tank, GRECE. The publication is one of the significant media outlets of the New Right political appr ...

''", another magazine launched by GRECE in 1968.

References

External links

Official website
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