The ''Cercle de l'Oratoire'' (

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for "Circle of the Oratory") is a French

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created a short time after the

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. Since 2006, it edits a journal, ''Le Meilleur des mondes''. The Circle is led by the journalist Michel Taubmann, who is also in charge of the news at

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-Paris, and of his wife Florence, a

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at the Temple de l'oratoire du Louvre and vice-president of the ''Amitié judéo-chrétienne'' group (Judeo-Christian Friendship). Many of its members ( André Glucksmann,

Pascal Bruckner Pascal Bruckner (; born 15 December 1948, in Paris) is a French writer, one of the "New Philosophers" who came to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s. Much of his work has been devoted to critiques of French society and culture. Biography Bruckner ...

, Romain Goupil, etc.) and the ''Meilleur des mondes'' journal supported the US invasion of Iraq, a minority viewpoint in France.

''Le Meilleur des mondes''

The journal ''Le Meilleur des mondes'' is published by the

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and headed by Michel Taubmann. It launched a first

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in favor of

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's intervention in

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. Two years later, it published another petition in ''

Le Figaro ''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French Newspaper of recor ...

'' supporting the US invasion of Iraq. This journal has been described by some in the

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as the "Voice of America" or as a gathering point of French neoconservatives (''néo-conservateurs à la française''). The journal, however, rejects these labels, describing itself as "anti-

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". It considers radical Islam as a "real danger", and claims that "there has never been so much anti-Jewish propaganda."Interview of Michel Taubmann by Anne-Juliette Brugière for the websit
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15 October 2006

Composition

*Several

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s such as André Glucksmann and

*Film makers such as Romain Goupil,

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and

Raphaël Glucksmann Raphaël Glucksmann (, born 15 October 1979) is a French journalist, film director, and political figure. In May 2019, he was elected a member of the European Parliament, within the S&D alliance. Early life and career Glucksmann is the son of ...

*Historians such as

Stéphane Courtois Stéphane Courtois (born 25 November 1947) is a French historian and university professor, a director of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), professor at the Catholic Institute of Higher Studies (ICES) in La ...

, Max Lagarrigue and

Ilios Yannakakis Ilios Yannakakis (13 September 1931 in Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt – 16 January 2017 in Paris) was a French historian and political scientist of Greece, Greek descent, professor emeritus of the University of Lille III. He joined the Communist ...

. *

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, secretary general of the NGO ''

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'' *

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, former President of

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(Doctors of the World), *

Pierre-André Taguieff Pierre-André Taguieff (born 4 August 1946) is a French philosopher who has specialised in the study of racism and antisemitism. He is the director of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research in an Institut d'Etudes Politiqu ...

, research director at the

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* Thérèse Delpech, director of strategic affairs at the ''

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'' (CEA) and researcher at the

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Institute * Bruno Tertrais, former director of the civil affairs commission at the NATO Assembly and also a CERI researcher *

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, a geopolitist specialist of the

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, a political sciences professor at the University of Madrid *Writers Olivier Rolin and

Marc Weitzmann Marc Weitzmann (born 1959) is a French journalist and novelist. The former editor-in-chief of ''Les Inrockuptibles'', he hosts a weekly radio-show, Signe des Temps (Signs of the Times) on the public radio France Culture, the French NPR, and is a r ...

*Journalists Cécilia Gabizon, specialist of Islam issues at the ''

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'' newspaper, Elisabeth Schemla, founder of the website proche-orient.info, Antoine Vitkine, journalist at Arte TV, Jean-Luc Mouton, director of the

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weekly ''Réforme'',

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, a

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journalist and former responsible of logistics for the NGO ''

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'' in North Korea and Indonesia,

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*Lawyer

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References

External links

''Le Meilleur des Mondes''
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