A grim catalog of reaction - A major issue as its title: Extreme Danger: Understanding and Countering the Radical Far Right, published by Éditions du Commun, by five contributors, all activists, all specialists in this movement. A book co-published with the independent media outlet, Street Press. "While the radical network is in turmoil, this book documents the structure and strategies of this movement, which revolves around the National Rally. It is the culmination of several years of work in the field and using open sources." The authors work with these sources. "While we have identified 320 local chapters linked to 128 organizations, this count is necessarily incomplete. Faced with this growing reality, the response remains inadequate. Prosecutors are struggling to take up these cases. The Place Beauvau (headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior) has been unable to counter this groundswell with anything other than occasional dissolutions."
The starting point is all in the title of the first contribution: "The National Rally, Common Home of Far-Right Groups," with the introduction: "On the verge of power, the National Rally is preparing to throw open the floodgates to the radical activists we present in this book. Since 1972, the National Front has been putting into practice the 'nationalist compromise,' inspired by Maurras's doctrine."
The National Rally and its ally, the UDR, have drawn from all the factions of the extra-parliamentary far right. Even if the National Rally presents a more sanitized image, the fact remains that 250 "black sheep" have slipped onto its lists in the recent municipal elections.
How can we identify them?
The book contains a list of the groups: a profile with the logo, a concise overview, notable and sinister facts, well-known figures, and further information. They are grouped into identitarians, nationalist-revolutionaries, fundamentalist Catholics, monarchists, and conspiracy theorists. Be aware that some activists belong to several groups with rather baroque names: Argos, La Cocarde, l'Oriflamme, Division Martel, Academia Christina... Some hide behind local cultural groups like Palatinu or the Breton National Party... Others adopt populist demands, such as the Rural Coordination, which has 15,000 members. With roughly the same number of members, the Society of Saint Pius X takes refuge behind the motto: "God, Family, Fatherland." This religious sensibility is also found at the private school, Notre-Dame d'Orveau, near Angers. We must also be wary of the conspiracy theorists who employ a strategy of hybridizing left-wing and far-right markers, creating ambiguity and a rightward shift in public spaces within a sinister red/brown spectrum.
You will find the heirs of the GUD and Bastion Social, energized by the C9M, named after the organizers of the march in tribute to Sébastien Deyzieu, a nationalist activist who died on May 9, 1994, after a police chase. Let's not forget the Allobroges Bourgoin, of which Quentin Deranque was a member.
These groups create training and think tanks, following the model of GRECE and the journal Éléments. The Iliade Institute is a notable example.
Very useful for activists, the book includes several regional maps showing the areas of influence; no one can ignore their distribution.
* Collective
Extreme Danger: Understanding and Countering the Radical Far Right
Ed. du commun and Street press, 2026
BARDELLA HERE, BARDELLA THERE
The media bombards us with articles and reports about this sorry figure. You might be thinking: You're doing the same thing right now in these pages. I want to show how, inexorably, a generation has emerged and supplanted waves of protest. Marylou Magal and Nicolas Massol offer a lively and precise account of this in their book, *Enquête sur la génération Bardella* (Investigation into the Bardella Generation), published by Folio Actuel.
Let's be clear: these right-wing and far-right figures know each other, frequent the same nightclubs and bars, and meet in cross-cutting organizations. They practice what they preach. Beyond their differences, what unites them is the conquest of power for the benefit of their extremist ideals. The barrier between the National Rally (RN) and the mainstream right has shattered. Only the institutional left can still be surprised by this. We've known this for a long time, especially those of us who attended law school and endured the threats and violence of these extremist groups. The RN has now been revamped, rejuvenated, and despite the pronouncements of some of its candidates, it's working; it's attracting support. "No pasaran" is no longer enough.
They gather in groups, the X gang, the Y gang, for drinking binges. They stage stunts like the Poitiers mosque affair, and the media readily amplify them. The Generation Identity manifesto clearly reflects their rejection of society and its components. With violence. Networks are forming. The Manif pour tous (Demonstration for All) was a crucible for the convergence of all these tendencies.
In the book, we witness the rise to power of Jordan Bardella, alongside the development of a far-right press with Valeurs actuelles, L'Incorrect, Cnews, the Bolloré empire, and the takeover of Fayard. A symbol: in the heart of the Latin Quarter, opposite the Medici Fountain, the enduring presence of the new bookstore, a stronghold of the far right. And we experience the temporary setback of Marine Le Pen; they wait for their turn. It's a failure with Zemmour, but the ideas are becoming mainstream. They create a political training institute, the IFP. And they are winning over increasingly important cities. In 2022, they significantly increased their representation in the National Assembly.
Failing Marine Le Pen, they have a plan B: B for Bardella... of Bourbon-Two Sicilies?
* Marylou Magal and Nicolas Massol, *An Investigation into the Bardella Generation*, Gallimard, Folio Actuel series, 2026
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