Present (daily)

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Présent is a French daily newspaper of the evening, declaring national and catholic inspiration. Founded in January 1982 on the initiative of the Center Henri and André Charlier and of Christendom-Solidarity, establishment and association catholic traditionalists, it intends to be in opposition to the political system, cultural and social current. Its principal currency is God, Family, Fatherland , borrowed from the chief rabbi Jacob Kaplan.

Ideological positioning

A “national-Catholicism”

Présent has always challenged, for twenty years, the classification of “Extrême right-hand side”. Jean Madiran, cofounder of the newspaper, particularly attempted to deny this membership. Mr. Madiran was however defined as being “on the right extreme line”. The current national-catholic of the newspaper Présent is clearly classified with the extreme right-hand side by Laurent de Boissieu, journalist political with the Cross , on its political France personal site, and by historians like Michel Winock.

He asserts a catholic inspiration, of a Catholicism “of tradition” but without following the sacerdotal Fraternité Saint-Magpie X in all his logic, the inefficient newspaper being in particular stated to approve or disapprove the sacring of four bishops by M {{gr.}} Lefebvre the June 30th 1988.

In the edition of the June 23rd 1983, in connection with Robert Badinter, then Minister for Justice, Present , appealing the “wandering furrier”, written:

“By heritage, it is for the migrant one against the sedentary. For the cosmopolitan against the native. For the marginal one against the company which rejected Badinter a long time. For the assassin against assassinated. ”

Présent has as usual references the theorists of the French Contre-révolution and the Nationalisme counter-revolutionary, Charles Maurras and the French Action, the “high figure of the marshal Pétain”, Mgr Freppel (bishop violently opposed to the French revolution, and which fades the centenary of it, in 1889). He qualified “formidable literary political review” the French Books , newspaper collaborationnist during the second world war. After the death of the pro-Franco general Antonio Aleman, Présent calls some with “a new spirit of crusade”. The February 6th 1995, the daily newspaper organized a public meeting in the honor of Robert Brasillach, chaired by Maurice Bardèche, which is defined itself as “fascist”. The national revolution of Philippe Pétain is explicitly glorifiée there.

Présent is in addition opposed to the Voluntary interruption of pregnancy and the Contraception.

Present and the FN

In addition, Présent is recognized “near” to the National front and Jean-Marie Le Pen, without however in being the emanation. In the shape of a monthly magazine éponyme having preceded it several years, it is besides former to the emergence of this party on the French political scene in first half of the Années 1980.

The bonds are however much stronger than that: Pierre Durand, founder and director of the newspaper, were also one of the founder of the FN, of which it was, since 1972, the first national treasurer. In the same way, Georges-Paul Wagner, regular contributor of the newspaper, were appointed National front of 1986 to 1988.

The differences in appreciation between the newspaper and this political training however appeared during the two last decades, most obvious having related to their positions on the war in Iraq in 2003. They can however seem the reflection of the coexistence, within the FN of various currents of the French extreme-right-hand side. At the time of the scission of Bruno Mégret in 1998, the newspaper refused to take party, which involved a call to the boycott on behalf of Le Pen.

The drafting of the newspaper is regarded as a component among others of what it calls the “national movement”, each one with its specificity. The expression of dissensions on certain points not preventing an opposition common to the political system, social and cultural current. This position is close to that of Radio Courtesy concerning the concept “plural line”. But Present , unlike this radio, follows a resolutely catholic line.

Judgments

January 31st, 1990, Pierre Durand, director of Present , and its collaborator Alain Sanders, are condemned by the first room of the civil court of Paris to fifty thousand francs of damages, at the expense and with the publication of the judgment, for “slandering” towards Olivier Biffaud, journalist with the Monde . Under the title “Olivier Biffaud because he lies twice”, Alain Sanders had qualified Mr. Biffaud “of kind of under Rollat of poor, turned sour militant, ex-trotskard (or assimilated), reconverted into the report/ratio flicard way Plenel”. The court estimated that they were there “charges serious” ranges against Mr. Biffaud, “whose probity and impartiality are, in the attacked article, under a title of a bad particularly hateful taste, meanly blamed in terms whose character of prudence and measurement not only is exclusive in good faith, but still increases the undergone damage”.

May 2nd, 1990, Pierre Durand, director of Present , is condemned to eight thousand francs of fine for “racial slandering”, following an article of Jean-Yves Gallou. Mr. Gallou had affirmed that “the young beurs” profit from “impunity” when they “travel free in public transport, when they make arms of honor to the police officers, when they attack the town halls, police stations, impunity because the laws antiracists and the application which is made by it give them privileges. ” Mr. Durand was also condemned to pay five thousand francs of damages to MRAP, and to pay the publication of the judgment in two newspapers. Mr. Gallou was condemned to the same sorrows.

May 13rd, 1993, XIe room of the Court of Appeal of Paris cancels a preceding stop of release (XVIIe room of the magistrates' court of Paris, October 30th, 1992) and condemns the daily newspaper, in the person of its publication director, Pierre Durand, with: 20000 francs of fine, and with the payment, each civil part (LICRA and MRAP), of: 10000 francs of damages and: 5000 francs in accordance with article 475-1 of the Penal code. The newspaper is recognized guilty of “provocation to the racial hate” following the publication of a discussion with Jean-Marie Le Pen, on August 18th, 1989, in which he spoke in particular about “predatory Arabic”. In the same business, the European Parliament had opposed a lifting of the parliamentary privilege of Jean-Marie Le Pen, while asserting imperfect and vague character request which was presented to him.

Features

Présent is diffused by postal subscription, but also in kiosk (since 1988) and, since March 2004, by “subscription Internet”.

Présent appears five times the week, of the Monday to Friday (Paris) or the Tuesday to Saturday (in Province), the numbers printed at the beginning of afternoon being always dated from the following day, according to the use of the evening daily newspapers.

The format of the daily newspaper is roughly A3 (297 X 420 mm) or tabloïd and its pagination of four pages for the first four numbers of the week, and of eight pages for the number Saturday, the whole printed in characters smaller than those employed by the traditional press.

The daily newspaper saw only financial contributions of its readers (mainly subscriptions): no the advertizing resources nor of government aid to the press of opinion, helps to which he affirms to have theoretically right, but which has been regularly refused to him by the government for several years.

In January 2002, a chance made coincide at a few days close number 5000 and the 20th birthday of publication.

Since its foundation, the a is each day illustrated, according to the topicality, by the dessinatrice Chard, of its true name Francoise Pichard, also dessinatrice appointed of the weekly magazine Rivarol since the end of the Années 1960.

Journalists and chroniclers of Present

Some chronicles

  • the page On the cinema displays (number Thursday)
  • décervelée Generation , of Jeanne Smits (number Friday)
  • With the foot of your letters , chronicle of the mail ensured by Caroline Parmentier (number Friday)
  • the letter of America de Christian Daisug (number Saturday)
  • Present arts person (number Saturday):
    • various literary criticisms
    • you Release chains (critical of television)
    • Of the Ideas and men , Yves Chiron
  • the page “God first served” (number Saturday)
  • and, according to the topicality and of space available, the a and other interior pages devoted to the events political, social, cultural and moral.

Founders

  • Romain Marie (Bernard Antony, member of the National front: managing director and manager)
  • Jean Madiran, director of the drafting (founder and director of the monthly magazine Routes )
  • François Brigneau, director of the drafting
  • Hugues Kéraly, editor association
  • Pierre Durand, administrative director

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