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

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

. 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 Nouvell ...

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 political philosopher and journalist, a founding member of the ''Nouvelle Droite'' (France's European Ne ...

, the magazine began its public circulation in September 1973 as the general public showcase of the organization. Michel Marmin became its first president, followed by

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

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TV Libertés started to broadcast ''Le Plus d'Élements'', a talk show hosted by Olivier François in collaboration with ''Éléments''. Following the murder of Darya Dugina in August 2022, ''Éléments'' posted a tribute to Dugina which compared her to

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and also referred to Ukrainian president

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, during his country's invasion by Russia, as a "clown in a khaki t-shirt" ().

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'' () is an annual political and philosophy magazine which was established in Paris, France, in 1968 by an ethno-nationalist think tank, GRECE. The magazine is one of the significant media outlets of the Nouvelle Droite (New R ...

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

Spin offs

There have been several editions of ''Éléments''. The Russian version, ''

Elementy ''Elementy'' (Russian: ''Elements'') was a political magazine which was started and published by Russian political philosopher Aleksandr Dugin. Its subtitle was ''Evraziiskoe Obozrenie'' (Russian: ''Euroasian Review''). It existed between 1992 an ...

'', was launched by Aleksandr Dugin and was published between 1992 and 2000. It also had an Italian version and a German version, ''Elementi'' and ''Elemente'', respectively.

References

External links

Official website
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