''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.

History

Initially serving as the internal bulletin of GRECE, 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 Pierre Vial in 1983, then by . In 1991, , then aged 24, became the magazine's president. In 2017 the web television 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

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

and also referred to Ukrainian president

Volodymyr Zelenskyy Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after the start of the Russo-Ukraini ...

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

Spin offs

There have been several editions of ''Éléments''. The Russian version, '' Elementy'', 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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elements Bi-monthly magazines published in France Cultural magazines French-language magazines Holocaust denial in France Magazines established in 1973 Magazines published in Paris Modern pagan magazines Modern paganism in France New Right (Europe) Political magazines published in France Neo-fascism in France