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at party headquarters to contribute to policy formation and platform development
(Marcus 1995, 43). Bruno MĂ©gret supervised the introduction of a new right intellectual
magazine, Identité as one vehicle for propagating the message of the National Front. In
1993, the party added a weekly newspaper to its publications entitled National Hebdo. A
magazine entitled Français d’abord! appears bimonthly with editorials by Le Pen,
political messages, articles about national and world events, as well as book and film
reviews. In all, the party had nearly 30 print media publications of various types coming
from its Paris headquarters by the end of the twentieth century (Davies 1999, 270). It
produced an additional twenty-seven publications at the regional level by that time.
In addition to print media, the National Front has impressive facilities for
broadcasting and electronic publication inside its St. Cloud party headquarters.
Inspection of the facility during fieldwork in spring 2002 revealed a television studio, a
recording studio for audio broadcast, a printing shop for campaign posters, pamphlets,
other campaign materials, and official party literature. Publications obtained on that tour
include a new biography of Le Pen with large pages that contain mainly glossy
photographs of his life and career. A full-time webmaster is on staff to design and
manage the party’s website, which is a colorful, sophisticated, and always current link to
the party, its message, and its people. In fact, the National Front was the first French
political party to host its own website (Davies 1999, 6). On the web, computer users can
view video clips of speeches or listen to Radio Le Pen, as well as find party documents
and platform information. The Internet has become an important tool for the party in
communicating its message and reaching a wider audience in recent years as more French
people have gained access to the Internet Currently approximately one-third of all
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