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'''''Valeurs actuelles''''' ("{{IPA|fr|va.lœʁ.(z)ak.tɥɛl}}; {{literally|Current Values"}}) is a [[French language|Frenchweekly news magazine published in [[Paris]]. It was initially considered to be [[right-wing]] but nowis today associated with the [[Far-right politics|far- right]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Intrusion au siège de «"Valeurs actuelles»" après la représentation de Danièle Obono en esclave|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/affaire-obono-intrusion-au-siege-de-valeurs-actuelles-20200829|access-date=2021-08-25|website=LEFIGARO|date=29 August 2020|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Obono : Valeurs Actuelles fictionne son racisme sans l'assumer - Par Loris Guémart {{!}} Arrêt sur images|url=https://www.arretsurimages.net/articles/obono-valeurs-actuelles-fictionne-son-racisme-sans-lassumer|access-date=2021-08-25|website=www.arretsurimages.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-12-04|title=Valeurs Actuelles, l'attrape-droites|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/medias/valeurs-actuelles-l-attrape-droites_1305047.html|access-date=2021-08-25|website=LExpress.fr|language=fr}}</ref><ref name="Le Monde.fr 2020">{{cite news | title=Refuser la banalisation du racisme | website=Le Monde.fr | date=1 Sep 2020 | url=https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/09/01/refuser-la-banalisation-du-racisme_6050568_3232.html | language=fr}}</ref> weekly news magazine published in [[Paris]].<ref name="Cole2019">{{cite book|author=Alistair Cole|title=Emmanuel Macron and the two years that changed France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXS5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT39|date=26 March 2019|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-1-5261-4050-0|page=39}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Valeurs Actuelles (Groupe Valmonde)|url=http://www.118218.fr/paris-75/journal-presse-et-magazines/16549495-valeurs-actuelles-groupe-valmonde.html|work=118 128|access-date=15 November 2016|language=fr}}</ref> It was founded by [[Raymond Bourgine]] in 1966.
 
==History==
''Valeurs actuelles'' was founded in 1966<ref name="wes3">{{cite book|title=Western Europe 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M9QYndAPmuQC&pg=PA230|access-date=26 November 2015|date=30 November 2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-152-0|page=231}}</ref> 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 conservatism|liberal-conservative]] tendency. In 1971 ''Valeurs actuelles'' was relaunched.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Serge Berstein|author2=Jean-Pierre Rioux|title=The Pompidou Years, 1969-1974|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_GyhQAJeOZoC&pg=PA200|access-date=21 April 2015|date=13 March 2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-58061-8|page=199}}</ref>
 
Formerly owned by [[Socpresse]] the magazine has been owned by [[Valmonde]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Le groupe Valmonde relance le magazine Le Spectacle du Monde |url=https://www.offremedia.com/le-groupe-valmonde-relance-le-magazine-le-spectacle-du-monde|access-date=17 April 2020|work=Offre Media|date=30 January 2019|language=fr}}</ref> a subsidiary of Sud Communication.<ref name="oss">{{cite web |date=16 July 2008 |title=France -- Media Guide 2008 |url=http://fas.org/irp/dni/osc/france-media.pdf |access-date=2 March 2015 |work=Open Source Society}}</ref> The company is owned by [[Pierre Fabre (businessman)|Pierre Fabre]],<ref name=oss/> who founded [[Laboratoires Pierre Fabre]].<ref>Xavier Ternisien, [http://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medias/article/2012/07/19/une-filiere-valeurs-actuelles-a-la-tete-du-figaro_1736062_3236.html Une filière "Valeurs actuelles" à la tête du "Figaro"], ''Le Monde'', 19 July 2012</ref>
 
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.
 
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.<ref>Pascal Ifri, [https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=qGVj0Eca7okC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=lucien+rebatet+valeurs+actuelles&sourcepg=bl&ots=6wxy8_3iMw&sig=swTuaCV5H-9WIslbxkQdq0loKNk&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmhdDsl73VAhXMbVAKHXl7B2EQ6AEIYjAH#v=onepage&q=lucien%20rebatet%20valeurs%20actuelles&f=falsePA27 ''Les Deux Étendards de Lucien Rebatet: dossier d'un chef-d'œuvre maudit'', p. 27], Éditions l'Âge d'Homme, 2001</ref>
 
In 2014, ''Valeurs actuelles'' published a false survey favorable to [[Nicolas Sarkozy]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-09-08|title=Valeurs Actuelles / L'Opinion : le sondage Sarkozy était bidon - Par La rédaction {{!}} Arrêt sur images|url=https://www.arretsurimages.net/articles/valeurs-actuelles-lopinion-le-sondage-sarkozy-etait-bidon|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-24|website=www.arretsurimages.net}}</ref> ''Valeurs actuelles'' also leaked informations about journalists from the newspaper ''[[Le Monde]]'' who were investigating on Nicolas Sarkozy, which triggers the accusation of breach of the [[Source protection|secrecy of the sources]] of a dozen French newspapers.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-10-17|title=Les rédactions de 14 médias dénoncent les méthodes de "Valeurs actuelles"|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/medias/les-redactions-de-14-medias-denoncent-les-methodes-de-valeurs-actuelles-17-10-2014-1873489_260.php|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-24|website=Le Point|language=fr}}</ref>
 
On March 5, 2015, [[:fr:Yves_de_Kerdrel|Yves de Kerdrel]], publishing director of Valeurs Actuelles, was sentenced by the [[:fr:17e_chambre_du_tribunal_judiciaire_de_Paris|17th chamber]] of the [[:fr:Tribunal_judiciaire_de_Paris|Paris Criminal Court]] for [[Incitement to ethnic or racial hatred#France|incitement to discrimination]], hatred or violence against [[Romani people|Roma]] and [[defamation]] for a file devoted to Roma ; a decision confirmed on [[appeal]] on December 9, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=«Valeurs actuelles» condamné pour provocation à la haine envers les Roms |url=https://www.liberation.fr/ecrans/2015/03/05/valeurs-actuelles-condamne-pour-provocation-a-la-haine-envers-les-roms_1214802/ |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref>
In 2019, President [[Emmanuel Macron]] gave the magazine an interview and talked critically about Islam, the veil and immigration with the publication. This created much fury from left-wing politicians.<ref>{{cite news|title=Macron dans “Valeurs actuelles” : la gauche s’étouffe |url=https://www.valeursactuelles.com/politique/macron-dans-valeurs-actuelles-la-gauche-setouffe/||access-date=16 June 2022|work=Valeurs actuelles|date=30 October 2019}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|title=Fury over Macron's far-right magazine interview |url=https://www.france24.com/en/mediawatch/20191030-fury-over-macron-s-far-right-magazine-interview|access-date=17 April 2020|work=France 24|date=31 October 2019}}</ref>
 
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Macron defended his interview by saying he wanted to reach out to other audiences as well. He called ''Valeurs actuelles'' "a very good magazine, you have to read it to know what the right thinks".<ref>{{cite news|title=Ce qu'Emmanuel Macron dit dans "Valeurs Actuelles"|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/emmanuel-macron-dans-valeurs-actuelles_fr_5db9c973e4b066da552b0af2|access-date=16 June 2022|work=Huffington Post|date=30 October 2019}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Associated Press|date=2020-08-29|title=French magazine says sorry for portraying black MP as a slave|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/29/french-magazine-sorry-portraying-black-mp-slave-danele-obono-valeurs-actuelles|access-date=2020-08-29|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> ''Valeurs actuelles'' must be judged for a racist insult in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-06-24|title=Accusée de « racisme », la « politique-fiction » de « Valeurs actuelles » sur Danièle Obono en procès à Paris|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2021/06/24/accusee-de-racisme-la-politique-fiction-de-valeurs-actuelles-sur-daniele-obono-en-proces-a-paris_6085436_3224.html|access-date=2021-08-25}}</ref>
 
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 TagdualTugdual Denis apologised for the image but denied accusations of racism.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Associated Press|date=2020-08-29|title=French magazine says sorry for portraying black MP as a slave|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/29/french-magazine-sorry-portraying-black-mp-slave-danele-obono-valeurs-actuelles|access-date=2020-08-29|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> ''Valeurs actuelles'' must be judged for a racist insult in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-06-24|title=Accusée de «" racisme »", la «" politique-fiction »" de «" Valeurs actuelles »" sur Danièle Obono en procès à Paris|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2021/06/24/accusee-de-racisme-la-politique-fiction-de-valeurs-actuelles-sur-daniele-obono-en-proces-a-paris_6085436_3224.html|access-date=2021-08-25}}</ref> The magazine was found guilty of making racist comments under French hate speech rules against [[Danièle Obono]], 41, the [[Member of Parliament (France)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Paris's 17th constituency]] the far-left [[La France Insoumise|France Unbowed]] party.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-30|title=French Magazine Found Guilty of Hate Speech Against Black Lawmaker - September 30, 2021|url=https://dailynewsbrief.com/2021/09/30/french-magazine-found-guilty-of-hate-speech-against-black-lawmaker/|access-date=2021-09-30|website=The Daily News Brief {{!}} Real News without the Spin|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2021, a few months after the [[murder of Samuel Paty]], ''Valeurs actuelles'' publishes a [[fake news]] about a professor who would be threatened with death by his students because of the study of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-31|title=Un faux prof piège « Valeurs Actuelles » avec un témoignage sur le séparatisme pour dénoncer les fake news|url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/20210331.OBS42109/un-faux-prof-piege-valeurs-actuelles-avec-un-temoignage-sur-le-separatisme-pour-denoncer-les-fake-news.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-24|website=L'Obs|language=fr}}</ref>
 
In 2021, a few months after the [[murder of Samuel Paty]], ''Valeurs actuelles'' publishes a [[fake news]] about a professor who would be threatened with death by his students because of the study of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-31|title=Un faux prof piège «" Valeurs Actuelles »" avec un témoignage sur le séparatisme pour dénoncer les fake news|url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/20210331.OBS42109/un-faux-prof-piege-valeurs-actuelles-avec-un-temoignage-sur-le-separatisme-pour-denoncer-les-fake-news.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-24|website=L'Obs|language=fr}}</ref>
In 2021, on [[Algiers putsch of 1961|Algiers putsch]] birthday,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-04-27|title=Quels liens existe-t-il entre l'armée et l'extrême droite ?|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/politique/3030207-20210427-tribune-militaires-valeurs-actuelles-intervention-armee-vieux-fantasme-extreme-droite|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-24|website=www.20minutes.fr|language=fr}}</ref> the magazine published an open letter by retired 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.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/26/retired-generals-warning-impending-civil-war-france-sparks-political/ "Retired generals' warning of impending "civil war" in France sparks political storm"], ''The Telegraph'', 26 April 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/france/20210428-ex-generals-spark-backlash-as-they-warn-of-civil-war-in-france "Ex-generals face sanctions after they warn of 'civil war' in France"], France 24, 28 April 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/french-soldiers-who-warned-of-civil-war-to-face-sanctions/a-57368532 "French soldiers who warned of 'civil war' to face sanctions"], DW, 29 April 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/29/french-soldiers-to-face-military-court-over-letter-warning-of-civil-war "French soldiers to face military court over letter warning of ‘civil war’"], ''The Guardian'', 29 April 2021.</ref> They are close to the extreme right and [[conspiratorial]] circles of the [[Great Replacement|great replacement]] and the [[National Rally]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-26|title=Tribune de militaires dans "Valeurs Actuelles" : des généraux à la retraite proches de l'extrême-droite et de milieux conspirationnistes|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/front-national/tribune-de-militaires-dans-valeurs-actuelles-des-generaux-a-la-retraite-proches-de-l-extreme-droite-et-de-milieux-conspirationnistes_4387105.html|access-date=2021-08-24|website=Franceinfo|language=fr-FR}}</ref> For the political scientist specializing in the far right [[Jean-Yves Camus]], an intervention by the army in favor of the far right remains a fantasy fueled by a very small and retired army movement, and not a real threat.<ref name=":0" />
 
In 2021, on [[Algiers putsch of 1961|Algiers putsch]] birthday,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-04-27|title=Quels liens existe-t-il entre l'armée et l'extrême droite ?|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/politique/3030207-20210427-tribune-militaires-valeurs-actuelles-intervention-armee-vieux-fantasme-extreme-droite|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-24|website=www.20minutes.fr|language=fr}}</ref> the magazine published an open letter by retired 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.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/26/retired-generals-warning-impending-civil-war-france-sparks-political/ "Retired generals' warning of impending "civil war" in France sparks political storm"], ''The Telegraph'', 26 April 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/france/20210428-ex-generals-spark-backlash-as-they-warn-of-civil-war-in-france "Ex-generals face sanctions after they warn of 'civil war' in France"], France 24, 28 April 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/french-soldiers-who-warned-of-civil-war-to-face-sanctions/a-57368532 "French soldiers who warned of 'civil war' to face sanctions"], DW, 29 April 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/29/french-soldiers-to-face-military-court-over-letter-warning-of-civil-war "French soldiers to face military court over letter warning of ‘civil war’"], ''The Guardian'', 29 April 2021.</ref> They are close to the extreme right and [[conspiratorial]] circles of the [[Great Replacement|great replacement]] and the [[National Rally]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-26|title=Tribune de militaires dans "Valeurs Actuelles" : des généraux à la retraite proches de l'extrême-droite et de milieux conspirationnistes|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/front-national/tribune-de-militaires-dans-valeurs-actuelles-des-generaux-a-la-retraite-proches-de-l-extreme-droite-et-de-milieux-conspirationnistes_4387105.html|access-date=2021-08-24|website=Franceinfo|language=fr-FR}}</ref> For the political scientist specializing in the far right [[Jean-Yves Camus]], an intervention by the army in favor of the far right remains a fantasy fueled by a very small and retired army movement, and not a real threat.<ref name=":0" />
In 2021, the magazine was found guilty of making racist comments under French hate speech rules against [[Danièle Obono]], 41, the [[Member of Parliament (France)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Paris's 17th constituency]] the far-left [[La France Insoumise|France Unbowed]] party.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-30|title=French Magazine Found Guilty of Hate Speech Against Black Lawmaker - September 30, 2021|url=https://dailynewsbrief.com/2021/09/30/french-magazine-found-guilty-of-hate-speech-against-black-lawmaker/|access-date=2021-09-30|website=The Daily News Brief {{!}} Real News without the Spin|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
The magazine is published on a weekly basis.<ref name=wes3/><ref name=oss>{{cite web|title=France -- Media Guide 2008|url=http://fas.org/irp/dni/osc/france-media.pdf|work=Open Source Society|access-date=2 March 2015|date=16 July 2008}}</ref>
 
The magazine has a far-right-wing stance.<ref>{{cite news|author=Thomas Sheehan|title=Paris: Moses and Polytheism|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1980/jan/24/paris-moses-and-polytheism/|access-date=10 May 2015|work=The New York Review of Books|date=24 January 1980}}</ref>
 
==Circulation==
{{Conservatism in France|Media}}
''Valeurs actuelles'' is mostly distributed to subscribers. Its circulation in 1981 was 113,000 copies.<ref>{{cite book|author=Raymond Kuhn|title=The Media in France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3t-KAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA68|access-date=15 November 2014|date=7 April 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-98053-6|page=69}}</ref> The estimated circulation of the magazine was 90,000 copies in 1988.<ref name="Humphreys1996">{{cite book|author=Peter Humphreys|title=Mass Media and Media Policy in Western Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vlTzbOGhdIC&pg=PA88|access-date=15 November 2014|date=15 May 1996|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-3197-7|page=88}}</ref> The magazine sold 116,126 copies in France in 2015,<ref>{{cite web|title=Accueil > Chiffres > Valeurs actuelles|url=http://www.acpm.fr/Support/valeurs-actuelles|work=ACPM|access-date=25 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315103708/http://www.acpm.fr/Support/valeurs-actuelles|archive-date=15 March 2016}}</ref> and {{formatnum:108239}} in 2020.<ref name="ACPM" />
 
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* [[Michel Gurfinkiel]], editor-in-chief from 1985 to 2006, now editor-at-large.<ref name="gurfinkiel">[http://www.michelgurfinkiel.com/pages/profile-english.html Michel Gurfinkiel biography]</ref>
* [[Paul-Marie Coûteaux]], former [[Movement for France|MPF]]-affiliated MEP (1999-2009)
* [[Olivier Dassault]], [[Union pour un mouvement populaire|UMP]] deputy of the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]], [[Dassault Group]]
* [[Chantal Delsol]]
* [[Laurent Dandrieu]]
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==External links==
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* [http://www.valeursactuelles.com Official website]
* [http://blog-va.com Official blog]
 
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