Third Way () is a French

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organization founded in 1985 by a merger of the small

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group (English: National Revolutionary Movement), which gathered former members of François Duprat's Revolutionary Nationalist Groups, with dissidents from the Party of New Forces. Led by

Jean-Gilles Malliarakis Jean-Gilles Malliarakis (born 22 June 1944 in Paris) is a French far-right politician and writer. Biography Early far-right activism Jean-Gilles Malliarakis is the son of Greek painter 'Mayo' (Antoine Malliarakis) and of a French mother. He gre ...

, the party adopted the slogan of "neither

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nor

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" ("") and stood against

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, and

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. It used a

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as its emblem. For a time the party was associated with the Groupe Union Défense but maintained a generally poor relationship with the Front National (FN). This was the case until 1991 when Malliarakis decided to approach the FN, leading to a schism within the party from those who felt the FN did not conform to their way of thinking. As a result, Christian Bouchet and his followers split off to form Nouvelle Résistance, a group that was to be more National Bolshevik in tone. The Third Way itself remained in the hands of Malliarakis but was dissolved soon after the split. ''Troisième voie'' also maintained links with the

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scene as Gaël Bodilis, who set up the Rebelles Européens

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in Brest, was for a time a member of the group.

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Neo-fascist parties in France French nationalist parties Political parties of the French Fifth Republic Third Position {{France-party-stub