Europe-Jeunesse
{{short description|Neo-pagan Scouting and Guiding organization in France}}
Europe-Jeunesse is a French neo-pagan scouting organization established in 1973 and influenced by Nouvelle Droite values.{{sfn|Gautier|2017}}{{sfn|Camus|Lebourg|2017|p=142}}
History
After a meeting held in December 1972 between GRECE members Jean Mabire, Maurice Rollet and Jean-Claude Valla to discuss the creation of a pagan scouting organization, Europe-Jeunesse organized its first camp in Bussy-en-Othe in July 1973, under the supervision of Raymond Ferrand, a former member of Europe-Action.{{sfn|Camus|Lebourg|2017|p=142}}{{sfn|Lamy|2016|p=124}} Europe-Jeunesse is an attempt at a synthesis between the early French scouting movement of {{Ill|Nicolas Benoit|fr}} (1875–1914) and the pre-Nazi German Youth Movement.{{sfn|Camus|Lebourg|2017|p=142}} The group adopted the symbol of the defunct Europe-Action and the FEN, a hoplite helmet.{{sfn|Lamy|2016|p=124}}{{sfn|Camus|Lebourg|2017|p=142}}
Europe-Jeunesse is made up of ten ethno-cultural bans: "Gallia Belgica" for Wallonia, "Liguerie" for the Nice region, "Blood and Gold" around Nîmes, "Armed-Lions" in the Périgord, "Alpine" around Lyon and Grenoble, "An Avel Mor" in Brittany, "Comté Toulousain", "Île-de-France", "Alsace" and "Normandie". Each group is led by around sixty people who are part in maîtrises (supervisory staffs). Activities follow natural pagan rhythms: the equinox, the solstice, the gathering of mistletoe, a camp for the Celtic Festival of Samhain, etc.{{sfn|Camus|Lebourg|2017|p=142}}
Members
Yvan Benedetti was a member of Europe-Jeunesse in his youth,{{Cite book|title=Mon cousin le fasciste|last=Pujol|first=Philippe|date=2017|publisher=Le Seuil|isbn=9782021333213}} as were the children of Jean-Yves Le Gallou.{{sfn|Lamy|2016|p=124}}
References
{{Reflist}}
= Bibliography =
- {{Cite book|title=Far-Right Politics in Europe|last2=Lebourg|first2=Nicolas|date=2017|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=9780674971530|last1=Camus|first1=Jean-Yves|author-link=Jean-Yves Camus|author-link2=Nicolas Lebourg}}
- {{Cite thesis|last=Lamy|first=Philippe|title=Le Club de l'Horloge (1974-2002) : évolution et mutation d'un laboratoire idéologique|date=2016|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis|url=http://www.sudoc.abes.fr/cbs/DB=2.1//SRCH?IKT=12&TRM=197696295&COOKIE=U10178,Klecteurweb,D2.1,E29a64d82-75,I250,B341720009+,SY,QDEF,A%5C9008+1,,J,H2-26,,29,,34,,39,,44,,49-50,,53-78,,80-87,NLECTEUR+PSI,R92.184.104.218,FN}}
- {{cite book|last=Gautier|first=Jean-Paul|title=Les extrêmes droites en France: De 1945 à nos jours|date=2017|publisher=Syllepse|isbn=978-2849505700}}
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Category:Scouting and Guiding in France
Category:Youth organizations established in 1973
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Category:Modern pagan organizations based in France