The magazine was founded by Marcel Fournier, a professor of law and moderate liberal, with the help of partners such as Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau.

The stated objective was to become "a safe and prudent guide for the elected representatives of universal suffrage and the cadres of democracy".

Fournier wanted to discuss questions debated in parliament in more depth, and disseminate the views of specialists to the politicians.

[2] Although the main focus was on parliamentary, legislative, and political matters, it also discussed economic and social questions.

[2] In the early 1900s the magazine published the competing views of Ferdinand Buisson, Charles Dupuy, and René Goblet on the role of the church in education.