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Aspects de la France

Aspects de la France (initially titled Aspects de la France et du Monde), subtitled "The Weekly of Action Française", served as the official publication of the Restauration nationale. It became the hub around which Action Française was reconstituted after World War II. This monarchist periodical was founded in 1947 by Georges Calzant to replace the banned daily L'Action française.

Aspects de la France was established in 1947 as a monarchist publication aligned with the Action Française movement. Its creation by Georges Calzant was a response to the prohibition of the daily L'Action française following allegations of collaboration with the Vichy regime in 1944. The publication absorbed Les Documents nationaux, a clandestine review run by Action Française members during the Liberation of France.

The newspaper's circulation reached around 20,000 copies by 1950. After Calzant's death, leadership passed to Xavier Vallat, followed by Pierre Pujo. The general managers included Pierre Ensch and Lionel Moreux.

Les Documents nationaux was an irregularly published royalist review founded in 1929. During the Liberation of France in 1944, the review operated clandestinely to avoid censorship. Initially typewritten, it was later printed and circulated under various names to bypass legal restrictions.

The publication ceased with the establishment of Aspects de la France in 1947, which continued the royalist mission.

The newspaper adhered strictly to Charles Maurras's Maurrassism and promoted the doctrine of integral nationalism. Its editorial team aimed to rejuvenate the monarchist project of Action Française. Many contributors had connections to the Vichy regime and the collaborationist movement.

In the 1950s, Aspects de la France became associated with the royalist Restauration nationale movement led by Pierre Juhel and Louis-Olivier de Roux. It prioritized opposition to European supranationalism, criticizing treaties perceived as compromising national sovereignty.

Prominent contributors included Maurice Pujo, Charles Maurras (writing as "Octave Martin"), Pierre Boutang, Xavier Vallat, Michel Déon, Jacques Perret, Roger Nimier, Antoine Blondin, and historian Philippe Ariès. Later contributors included Henri Massis, Bernard Faÿ, Pierre Pujo, and Jacques Ploncard d'Assac.

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