Pierre Bousquet

Pierre Bousquet
Pierre Bousquet
Born	November 1919; Tours,France
Died	27 August 1991(aged 71); Paris, France
Occupation	Journalist
Political party	National Front(1972–1980); French Nationalist Party(1983–1991)

Pierre Bousquet(French:[pjɛʁbuskɛ];November 1919 – 27 August 1991) was a French journalist andfar-rightpolitician. A former section leader (Rottenführer) in theWaffen-SS Charlemagne Division,Bousquet was the first treasurer and a founding member of theNational Frontin 1972.

Biography

Early life and WWII

Pierre Bousquet was born in November 1919 inTours.^[1]He became a member of the youth movement of theMouvement Francistein 1936.^[2]^[3]In 1941Marcel Bucardappointed him director of the commanding office of Jeunesse française.^[2]On 25 August 1943, Bousquet joined theWaffen-SSinAlsaceand ended up with the rank ofRottenführerin theCharlemagne Division.^[4]

1950–1960s

After theliberation of Francein August 1944, he managed to convince the American troops that he had been a forced member of theService du travail obligatoire,and was designated to be in charge of organizing the arrest and the return to France of formercollaborationists.Back in Paris in 1946, he tried to infiltrate anti-communist movements with a group of former Waffen-SS in order to maneuver them.^[5]Bousquet then became an activist in theneo-fascistmovementJeune Nationled byPierre Sidosin the late 1950s.^[6]

A member of theeuro-nationalistmagazineEurope-Action,he replacedDominique Venneras the president of theEuropean Rally for Libertyfollowing its failure in the1967 legislative election,along with another former Waffen-SS named Pierre Clémenti.^[7]This takeover, along with the relations maintained with the German neo-NaziNPDand seminars held onMein Kampf,triggered a wave of resignations.^[8]In March 1968, an extraordinary session of the REL's national council excluded Bousquet and Venner from the movement.^[9]

1970–1980s

Bousquet created the nationalist magazineMilitantwith Pierre Pauty in December 1967.^[10]^[11]He participated in the founding of theNational Front(FN) in 1972 and was its first treasurer. Bousquet left the party in 1980, dismissing the FN as pro-Zionistsince the assassination ofFrançois Dupratin 1978. He launched in 1983 theFrench Nationalist Partyalong with former Waffen-SS Jean Castrillo.^[5]^[12]

Later life and death

He declared in 1986 that he did not see his past in the Waffen-SS as a "youthful mistake", but condemned gas chambers and Nazi torture in an equivocal manner: "assuming–and I mean assuming–that there were gas chambers and torture, I condemn them." He added that he kept on advocating a "white Europe, fromBresttoVladivostok".^[1]

Bousquet died in 1991. FN founding membersRoger HoleindreandRoland Gaucherwere present at his funeral.^[13]He was aneo-pagan.^[1]

References

^^a ^b ^cB. T. (24 June 1986)."'Jean-Marie Le Pen est un réformiste qui se trompe car la démocratie n'est pas amendable...'".Le Monde(in French).
^^a ^bD'Appollonia 1998,p. 472.
^Taguieff, Pierre André (1994).Sur la Nouvelle Droite: jalons d'une analyse critique(in French). Descartes et Cie. p. 161.ISBN 9782910301026.
^Schneider, C. L. (2018). "Police Abuse and the Racialized Boundaries". In Bonner, Michelle D.; Seri, Guillermina; Kubal, Mary Rose; Kempa, Michael (eds.).Police Abuse in Contemporary Democracies.Springer. p. 40.ISBN 978-3-319-72883-4.
^^a ^bLebourg, Nicolas(8 May 2014)."Les anciens SS ont reconstruit l'extrême droite française après 1945".Slate(in French).
^Camus & Lebourg 2017,p. 30.
^Shields 2007,pp. 137–139.
^Camus & Lebourg 2017,pp. 132–133.
^Dard, Olivier (2000). "L'Anticommuniste des Héritiers de Jeune Nation".Communisme.Aspects de l'anticommunisme (in French). 62/63. L'Âge d'Homme: 139,142.ISBN 9782825114858.
^Leclercq, Jacques (2015).(Nos) Néo-nazis et ultras-droites(in French). Editions L'Harmattan.54.ISBN 9782336381848.
^Camus & Lebourg 2017,p. 133.
^Camus & Lebourg 2017,p. 106.
^Lebourg, Nicolas(12 April 2012)."Front national: François Brigneau, un mort encombrant".L'Obs.

Bibliography

Camus, Jean-Yves;Lebourg, Nicolas(2017).Far-Right Politics in Europe.Harvard University Press.ISBN 978-0-674-97153-0.
D'Appollonia, Ariane Chebel (1998).L'extrême-droite en France: De Maurras à Le Pen(in French). Éditions Complexe.ISBN 978-2-87027-764-5.
Shields, James (2007).The Extreme Right in France: From Pétain to Le Pen.Routledge.ISBN 978-1-134-86111-8.

[:5-1] B. T. (24 June 1986)."'Jean-Marie Le Pen est un réformiste qui se trompe car la démocratie n'est pas amendable...'".Le Monde(in French).

[FOOTNOTED'Appollonia1998472-2] D'Appollonia 1998,p. 472.

[3] Taguieff, Pierre André (1994).Sur la Nouvelle Droite: jalons d'une analyse critique(in French). Descartes et Cie. p. 161.ISBN 9782910301026.

[4] Schneider, C. L. (2018). "Police Abuse and the Racialized Boundaries". In Bonner, Michelle D.; Seri, Guillermina; Kubal, Mary Rose; Kempa, Michael (eds.).Police Abuse in Contemporary Democracies.Springer. p. 40.ISBN 978-3-319-72883-4.

[:2-5] Lebourg, Nicolas(8 May 2014)."Les anciens SS ont reconstruit l'extrême droite française après 1945".Slate(in French).

[FOOTNOTECamusLebourg201730-6] Camus & Lebourg 2017,p. 30.

[FOOTNOTEShields2007137–139-7] Shields 2007,pp. 137–139.

[FOOTNOTECamusLebourg2017132–133-8] Camus & Lebourg 2017,pp. 132–133.

[9] Dard, Olivier (2000). "L'Anticommuniste des Héritiers de Jeune Nation".Communisme.Aspects de l'anticommunisme (in French). 62/63. L'Âge d'Homme: 139,142.ISBN 9782825114858.

[10] Leclercq, Jacques (2015).(Nos) Néo-nazis et ultras-droites(in French). Editions L'Harmattan.54.ISBN 9782336381848.

[FOOTNOTECamusLebourg2017133-11] Camus & Lebourg 2017,p. 133.

[FOOTNOTECamusLebourg2017106-12] Camus & Lebourg 2017,p. 106.

[13] Lebourg, Nicolas(12 April 2012)."Front national: François Brigneau, un mort encombrant".L'Obs.

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v t e Far-right politics in France
Precursors	Bonald Boulanger de Gobineau de Maistre Drumont de Lapouge
Pre-1945 groups	Action Française Antisemitic League of France Breton National Party Camelots du Roi Croix-de-Feu Faisceau French National-Collectivist Party French Popular Party Jeunesses Patriotes La Cagoule Ligue des Patriotes Milice Mouvement Franciste National Popular Rally Revolutionary Social Movement Service d'ordre légionnaire Solidarité Française
Pre-1945 people	Barrès Bainville Benoist-Méchin Bonnard Brasillach Bucard Clémenti Coston Darnard Daudet Déat Deloncle Déroulède Dorgères Doriot Drieu La Rochelle Guénon Laval Maulnier Maurras Maxence Ousset Pétain Plateau Pujo Rebatet Vallat Vaugeois
Defunct post-1945 groups	Charles Martel Group Europe-Action European Rally for Liberty Fédération d'action nationale et européenne Federation of Nationalist Students French and European Nationalist Party Front Algérie Française Groupe Union Défense Jeune Nation L'Œuvre Française Nouvelle Résistance Occident Ordre Nouveau Organisation Armée Secrète Party of New Forces Phalange Française Radical Network Rassemblement National Français Revolutionary Nationalist Groups Troisième Voie Unité Radicale
Active groups	Action Française Adsav AGRIF Alsace First Association for the Defence of the Memory of Marshal Pétain Cité catholique Civitas Carrefour de l'Horloge Debout la France Equality and Reconciliation Europe-Jeunesse The Nationalists French Renewal Generation Identity GRECE League of the South National Council of European Resistance National Republican Movement Party of France Rassemblement National Reconquête Sovereignty, Identity and Freedoms Terre et Peuple The Patriots
Post-1945 people	Aliot Antony Ayoub Bardèche Bardella Bay Benedetti Binet Bompard Bouchet Bousquet Blot Brigneau Briois Camus Coston de Benoist de Lesquen Dior Duprat Faye Fredriksen Gollnisch Holeindre Jalkh Lang Le Gallou Le Pen (Jean-Marie) Le Pen (Marine) Luce Maribe Malliarakis Maréchal Mégret Ménard Messiha Philippot Pujo Rachline Ravier Reynouard Saint-Loup Sidos Soral Stirbois Susini Tixier-Vignancour Venner Vial Zemmour
Ideologies and movements	Boulangisme Maurrassisme Nouvelle Droite Pétainism Révolution nationale
Active publications and media	Boulevard Voltaire Éléments Minute National-Hebdo[fr] Nouvelle École Présent Radio Courtoisie Rivarol TV-Libertés
Notable events	Dreyfus affair Franco-Prussian War(Revanchism) 6 February 1934 crisis Vichy France Algerian War(Algiers putsch of 1961)