Radical Network ( was a French

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study group from 2002 to 2006. Formed in June 2002, a number of its early members came from those who split from Unité Radicale that April, notably

Christian Bouchet Christian Bouchet (; born 17 January 1955) is a French far-right journalist and politician. Biography Coming from a far-right family with monarchist and Organisation armée secrète links, in 1970 Bouchet joined the monarchist group ''Restau ...

, Luc Bignot and Giorgio Damiani. Adhering to

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, the group avowedly rejected

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and claimed to be inspired not only by

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François Duprat François Duprat (; 26 October 1940 – 18 March 1978) was a French essayist and politician, a founding member of the Front National party and part of the leadership until his assassination in 1978. Duprat was one of the main architects in the ...

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and

Jean-François Thiriart Jean-François Thiriart (; 22 March 1922, Brussels – 23 November 1992), often known as Jean Thiriart, was a Belgian far-right political theorist. Coming from a left-wing background, during the Second World War he was a collaborator with the N ...

but also by

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such as

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. It used the

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as its emblem and also organised a youth movement, ''Jeune dissidence''. In keeping with their status as a study group it numbered around 40 hardcore activists.'France'
from the

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With their activities co-ordinated by a ''Conseil solidariste radical'', it adopted a position of

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and

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, whilst leaning towards the ideas of Neo-Eurasianism. In keeping with such ideas, it supported

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and

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, amongst others. It was close to the magazine ''Résistance'', a

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publication produced by sometime member Bouchet. The group was dissolved by its creators in early 2006, with some regrouping as ''Les nôtres''.

References

External links

* http://www.voxnr.com/ a news site ran by Réseau Radical {{DEFAULTSORT:Reseau Radical Far-right politics in France Political organizations based in France Pan-European nationalism