Jean-Yves Camus – Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right

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The Dangers of France’s New Radical Right Conspiracist Guru: The case of Mia Montemaggi and the Conspiracy theorist Rémy Daillet-Wiedemann

On 13 April 2021, an 8 year-old girl, Mia Montemaggi, was kidnapped by a team of 5 men in what the Prosecutor of Nancy, in Eastern France, described as a…

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Génération Identitaire ban could rally supporters of the radical right in France

The Radical Right movement Génération Identitaire (GI) was banned by the French government on 3 March. Although the decision will be challenged in courts, it is very unlikely that it will be…

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Europe’s Far Right Fails to Capitalize on COVID-19

The European radical right seems to have failed to develop coherent responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Europe’s radical-right parties have quickly understood the benefit they can derive from criticizing their…

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Jean Raspail, right wing prophet of ‘identity politics’ has died

Raspail’s influence has expanded beyond the small world of the radical right. Jean Raspail is author of the 1973 ‘Le Camp des Saints’ (The Camp of the Saints), a dystopian…

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Action Française 2.0: CRAF and the Contemporary French Radical Right

In 2018, a little known controversy erupted in France over Charles Maurras (1868-1952), the lifelong leader of the Royalist movement, Action française (French action). The row was over the opportunity…

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The French New Right 52 years On: Alive and Kicking as Ever

Once deemed to have become a marginal movement, the French New Right has gained new momentum. Its flagship think-tank, GRECE (Groupement de recherches et d’études pour la civilisation européenne), plans…

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