Valeurs actuelles
| Editor | Geoffroy Lejeune |
|---|---|
| Categories | Newsmagazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 108,239 (2020) [1] |
| Founder | Raymond Bourgine |
| Year founded | 1966 |
| Company | Valmonde |
| Country | France |
| Based in | Paris |
| Language | French |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0049-5794 |
Valeurs actuelles is a French far-right[2] weekly news magazine published in Paris.[3][4] It was founded by Raymond Bourgine in 1966.
History
Valeurs actuelles was founded in 1966[5] by Raymond Bourgine as an offspring of the weekly Finances, a stock market information review. The magazine gradually became an opinion and generalist publication with a liberal-conservative tendency. In 1971 Valeurs actuelles was relaunched.[6] The magazine is published on a weekly basis.[5][7]
Formerly owned by Socpresse the magazine has been owned by Valmonde,[8] a subsidiary of Sud Communication.[7] The company is owned by Pierre Fabre,[7] who founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre.[9]
The main articles of the magazine are the editorial, written by François d'Orcival; the lettre de M. de Rastignac ("Rastignac's letter"), a humour piece about French politics that comments on present politicians by calling them by names of supporting characters from Balzac's works. The magazine has a far-right-wing stance.[10]
From 1966 to his death in 1972, the movie section was written by the antisemitic and collaborationist writer Lucien Rebatet, under the pseudonym of François Vinneuil.[11]
In 2019, President Emmanuel Macron talked about Islam, the veil and immigration with the publication.[12] In August 2020, Valeurs actuelles published an illustration of the black Member of Parliament Danièle Obono as a slave in chains as part of a political fiction series on public figures transposed in different historical eras, prompting an outcry from politicians of numerous parties. Deputy editor Tagdual Denis apologised for the image but denied accusations of racism.[13]
In 2021, the magazine published an open letter by 20 retired generals and 1,000 military personnel, who warned the country was heading for "civil war" due to Islamist religious extremism, and hinted at the possibility of a military coup.[14][15][16][17]
Circulation
Valeurs actuelles is mostly distributed to subscribers. Its circulation in 1981 was 113,000 copies.[18] The estimated circulation of the magazine was 90,000 copies in 1988.[19] The magazine sold 116,126 copies in France in 2015,[20] and 108,239 in 2020.[1]
Contributors
Major contributors to the magazine include the following:[21]
- Michel Gurfinkiel, editor-in-chief from 1985 to 2006, now editor-at-large.[22]
- Paul-Marie Coûteaux, former MPF-affiliated MEP (1999-2009)
- Olivier Dassault, UMP MP at Assemblée Nationale
- Chantal Delsol
- Laurent Dandrieu
- Gilles-William Goldnadel
- Catherine Nay
- John Rees[23]
- Philippe de Saint Robert
- Philippe Tesson
- Denis Tillinac
- Jean Tulard
References
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- ↑ Xavier Ternisien, Une filière "Valeurs actuelles" à la tête du "Figaro", Le Monde, 19 July 2012
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- ↑ Pascal Ifri, Les Deux Étendards de Lucien Rebatet: dossier d'un chef-d'œuvre maudit, p. 27, Éditions l'Âge d'Homme, 2001
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- ↑ "Retired generals' warning of impending "civil war" in France sparks political storm", The Telegraph, 26 April 2021.
- ↑ "Ex-generals face sanctions after they warn of 'civil war' in France", France 24, 28 April 2021.
- ↑ "French soldiers who warned of 'civil war' to face sanctions", DW, 29 April 2021.
- ↑ "French soldiers to face military court over letter warning of ‘civil war’", The Guardian, 29 April 2021.
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- ↑ Présentation de la rédaction Archived 29 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Michel Gurfinkiel biography
- ↑ "International Affairs". Interview with John Rees. Hosted by Brian Lamb on C-SPAN (Washington, D.C.). June 29, 1984 at 9:00am EDT.
