"cité libre" was revived in july 1991 to help promote canadian national unity in quebec and combat the perceived (pro-quebec nationalist) "political unanimism" in the province. in this era, the editorship of the magazine was taken over by academics max nemni and monique nemni. in 1998, an english-language version (also under the name "cité libre") was launched; unlike most other bilingual publications, both the french and english versions were identical in their respective content.