- Unité Radicale
Unité Radicale was a
French far-right political group close to theThird Position andNational Bolshevism thesis. It was founded in June1998 from the merger ofGroupe Union Défense andNouvelle Résistance /Jeune Résistance /Union des Cercles Résistance , issued fromNouvelle Résistance , and dissolved onAugust 6 ,2002 . The group was led byChristian Bouchet ."Unité Radicale" was a national-revolutionnary group which was strongly anti-Zionist : one of their slogans was"In
Gaza or inParis ,Intifada " (against the perceived Jewish threat). Other political lines included opposingimperialism and the increasinglymerchandization of society. [ Jon Henley " [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jul/20/thefarright.france France's neo-Nazi breeding ground] " The Guardian, Saturday July 20 2002]They works with the Mouvement national républicain of
Bruno Mégret and some members of Unité Radicale where members of the Conseil national of this party.Collaborators to their
Web site included formerCollaborationist Roland Gaucher , who participated to the 1972 foundation of the National Front, along with Le Pen.At the beginning of 2002, Unité Radicale splits. Christian Bouchet goes aways with his friends, and the group was then led by Fabrice Robert and Guillaume Luyt who gave it a more racist and anti-muslim outlook.
An "Unité Radicale" member,
Maxime Brunerie , tried to assassinate presidentJacques Chirac onBastille Day in2002 . [Jon Henley " [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jul/16/thefarright.france Would-be assassin rooted in hard right] ", The Guardian, Tuesday July 16 2002] Although "Unité Radicale" contended that Maxime Brunerie was not even a bona fide member, the French government administratively disbanded the group. [Jon Henley " [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jul/30/thefarright.france France plans to outlaw far-right group of would-be assassin] ", The Guardian, Tuesday July 30 2002]Predictably, some former members of "Unité Radicale" formed another group, "
Bloc Identitaire ", while some other "nationalist revolutionaries" of "Unité Radicale" formed the study group "Réseau Radical " (2002-2006), close to Bouchet's newspaper "Résistances".References
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