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'''Unité Radicale''' was a [[History of far-right movements in France|French far-right]] political group close to the [[Third Position]] and [[National Bolshevism]] thesis. It was founded in June 1998 from the merger of [[Groupe Union Défense]] and [[Nouvelle Résistance]]/[[Jeune Résistance]]/[[Union des Cercles Résistance]], issued from [[Nouvelle Résistance]], and dissolved on August 6, 2002. The group was led by [[Christian Bouchet]].

''Unité Radicale'' promoted a racist, [[antisemitism|antisemitic]] and [[anti-american]] political agenda adopting [[Nazi symbolism|
Nazi imagery]] during activities.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Henley |first1=Jon |title=France's neo-Nazi breeding ground |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jul/20/thefarright.france |work=The Guardian |access-date=2 April 2019 |date=20 July 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Police hunt 'friend' of French neo-Nazi gunman |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/police-hunt-friend-of-french-neo-nazi-gunman-1.1088665 |publisher=The Irish Times |access-date=2 April 2019 |date=16 July 2002}}</ref>

The group worked with the [[Mouvement national républicain]] of [[Bruno Mégret]] and some members of Unité Radicale were members of the Conseil national of this party.

Contributors to their website included former [[Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy|Collaborationist]] [[Roland Gaucher]], who participated to the 1972 foundation of the [[National Front (France)|National Front]], along with [[Jean-Marie Le Pen|Le Pen]].

At the beginning of 2002, Unité Radicale split. Christian Bouchet departed the movement with his friends, and the group was then led by [[Fabrice Robert]] and Guillaume Luyt who gave it a more racist and anti-Muslim outlook.

An ''Unité Radicale'' member, [[Maxime Brunerie]], tried to assassinate president [[Jacques Chirac]] on [[Bastille Day]] in 2002.<ref>Jon Henley ''[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jul/16/thefarright.france Would-be assassin rooted in hard right]'', The Guardian, Tuesday July 16, 2002</ref> Although ''Unité Radicale'' contended that Maxime Brunerie was not even a bona fide member, the French government administratively disbanded the group.<ref>Jon Henley ''[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jul/30/thefarright.france France plans to outlaw far-right group of would-be assassin]'',  The Guardian, Tuesday July 30, 2002</ref>

Subsequently, some former members of ''Unité Radicale'' formed another group, ''[[Bloc Identitaire]]'', while some other "nationalist revolutionaries" of ''Unité Radicale'' formed the study group ''[[Réseau Radical]]'' (2002–2006), close to Bouchet's newspaper ''Résistances''.

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