Revolutionary Nationalist Groups
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The Revolutionary Nationalist Groups were a French far-right organization which gathered the nationalist revolutionary
tendency between 1976 and 1978.
Founded by François Duprat
and his friend, Alain Renault, they structured the radical tendency of the National Front (FN) after the rallying to the FN of the Fédération d'Action Nationale et Européenne
(FANE) in 1974 .
, a neo-fascist Europe-wide alliance. Mark Fredriksen
, leader of the Fédération d'action nationale et européenne
(FANE), who was breaking with the New European Order, became co-director of the Cahiers européens-Notre Europe until May 1975.
called for GNR members to take membership in the National Front in June 1974. The GNR disappeared following the assassination of Duprat on March 18, 1978. GNR activists broke the same year with the FN, joined with parts of the FN (in particular Michel Faci "Leloup", former member of the Front national de la jeunesse, FNJ, the youth organization of the FN , and current member of the French and European Nationalist Party
).
Neo-nazi members relaunched the FANE
and its newspaper, Notre Europe, while activists closer to the Third Position
(Jacques Bastide and Patrick Gorre ) joined Jean-Gilles Malliarakis
to found, on February 11, 1979, the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (Mouvement nationaliste révolutionnaire), which became in 1985 Third Way
(Troisième Voie).
Third Position
Third Position is a revolutionary nationalist political ideology that emphasizes its opposition to both communism and capitalism. Advocates of Third Position politics typically present themselves as "beyond left and right", instead claiming to syncretize radical ideas from both ends of the...
tendency between 1976 and 1978.
Founded by François Duprat
François Duprat
François Duprat was a writer and Holocaust denier. He was known also for being a founding member of the Front National party and part of the leadership until his assassination in 1978.-Biography:...
and his friend, Alain Renault, they structured the radical tendency of the National Front (FN) after the rallying to the FN of the Fédération d'Action Nationale et Européenne
Fédération d'action nationale et européenne
The Fédération d'action nationale et européenne was a small French far-right organisation founded in April 1966. Openly Neo-Nazi, it was led by Mark Fredriksen, a bank employee who became involved in activism for French Algeria after serving in the paras there...
(FANE) in 1974 .
The GNR's newspaper
The GNR's existence was at first restricted to the Cahiers européens, a magazine launched in the frame of the New European OrderNew European Order
The New European Order was a neo-fascist Europe-wide alliance set up in 1951 to promote Pan-European nationalism. It was a more radical splinter-group of the European Social Movement....
, a neo-fascist Europe-wide alliance. Mark Fredriksen
Mark Fredriksen
Mark Fredriksen as a French extreme right figure and the founder, in 1966, of the neo-Nazi Fédération d'action nationaliste et européenne....
, leader of the Fédération d'action nationale et européenne
Fédération d'action nationale et européenne
The Fédération d'action nationale et européenne was a small French far-right organisation founded in April 1966. Openly Neo-Nazi, it was led by Mark Fredriksen, a bank employee who became involved in activism for French Algeria after serving in the paras there...
(FANE), who was breaking with the New European Order, became co-director of the Cahiers européens-Notre Europe until May 1975.
The radical tendency of the National Front
Jean-Marie Le PenJean-Marie Le Pen
Jean-Marie Le Pen is a French far right-wing and nationalist politician who is founder and former president of the Front National party. Le Pen has run for the French presidency five times, most notably in 2002, when in a surprise upset he came second, polling more votes in the first round than...
called for GNR members to take membership in the National Front in June 1974. The GNR disappeared following the assassination of Duprat on March 18, 1978. GNR activists broke the same year with the FN, joined with parts of the FN (in particular Michel Faci "Leloup", former member of the Front national de la jeunesse, FNJ, the youth organization of the FN , and current member of the French and European Nationalist Party
French and European Nationalist Party
The French and European Nationalist Party was a minor French far right political group founded in 1987. It was led by Claude Cornilleau and despite its name was not a political party in the conventional sense...
).
Neo-nazi members relaunched the FANE
Fane
Fane may refer to:* Fane, Papua New Guinea, village associated with Simona Noorenbergh* Fane * Fane River in Ireland...
and its newspaper, Notre Europe, while activists closer to the Third Position
Third Position
Third Position is a revolutionary nationalist political ideology that emphasizes its opposition to both communism and capitalism. Advocates of Third Position politics typically present themselves as "beyond left and right", instead claiming to syncretize radical ideas from both ends of the...
(Jacques Bastide and Patrick Gorre ) joined Jean-Gilles Malliarakis
Jean-Gilles Malliarakis
Jean-Gilles Malliarakis is a French far-right politician and writer. He is the son of noted painter 'Mayo' and was educated at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris.-Early career:...
to found, on February 11, 1979, the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (Mouvement nationaliste révolutionnaire), which became in 1985 Third Way
Third Way (France)
Third Way a French Third Position organisation founded in 1985 by a merger of the small neo-fascist Mouvement nationaliste révolutionnaire, which gathered former members of François Duprat's Revolutionary Nationalist Groups , with dissidents from the Parti des forces nouvelles.Led by Jean-Gilles...
(Troisième Voie).