FRENCH political gastronomes ve had Georges Marchais* return from soliday in lase July a furious dialogue of the deal was launched in the Paris dailies Le Monde and Le Matin The subject was the renewal of the Common Programme. protagonists were the major ESTICE the Socialist and Conmunist Parties But the break-up of last week's faceless Robert Fabre, leader of the Left Radicals, and distinctly junior partner in the clectoral bloc. This has launched a new debate between the Left Radicals DECOMMUNECHY ELER Socialist Party leader Franpois sell above these petty disputes and elusine to genie caner We asked Alain Krivine what bes behind this public nut. 1E 1S a regard it us a rupture. But we should кашса coup nas occo pro waked for reason. From the inception of the Union the Left Radicals has been zero. Last week's talks on the renewal of the Common Programme of the French Union of the Left broke down in confusion. We spoke to ALAIN KRIVINE, a central leader of the LCR (French section of the Fourth International) and editor of its daily paper, Rouge.
They did not sign the Common Perished They added Ther are when Blures act wan a smal ap endix stating they still believe they have played no role in the Union, dominated as it is by the Socialist Party (PS) and the PCF. did they choose this PRecause elections are near int moment to strike? they want to tell the ruling class: "Don't ignore us BEST THE HE BACH.
See dly they went ten sure Under French aw yo need 30 MPs to be recognised as a parliamentary group. The Lef recognition, so they are making a big public fuss Fabre is in a minority on the national leadership of his organtaunts him for his failure to gain be colitcally obblerated ever, that would happen if they walked our of the Union as wel since the Gaullist currents woald smash them. So they'll reach a compromise. they have moved to the left. They have added many things to the Comon Programme. They have and petrol. They have raised the FaRC francs to 2,400; they have called for a reduction in salaries. In this BESIDING TOPICS HE PUIKCE that they, and they alone, are the authentic CHILLE Their two slogans of the day are Werefuse austerity today and we We're fighting the PS"
Peugor-Citroen Ouvriêre's Democrats, workers party in mean in practice?
M/TTERRAND: posing as a Bonaparte lett-masterity - this incidencally was Let So there a very dea demand Communist Party (PCD, which both calls for austerity and gives but what will this "It means that the PCF realised that itsrelationship with the working class was weakening and that The the position has outflank the COSE
ALAIN KAIVINE
This coup is a bid to swatch alterbon trom the maior debare between the two large parties.
most bizarre develogment PCP's new nuclear line. •The party has come out in favour o the French nuclear deloren — s novel way of settling differences with Moscow!
The PS maintains its call for a Telerenuum on toe sue ano ba backing of a clasce of While ap secody out of line with the re af its policies, the PCF's defence Line virtue this, Krivine explains, is what is Well, the PCF bas been losing electorally to the PS. Its working class support was beginning to be CENTEU SHE IS GETS TEASE that it was tactically better bo PS from the lef the THERE PCP's central project is to win over the PS's working class On the level of propagandu they had to distinguish them siver programmaticany arom to PS. Their propaganda, unlike rhe PCIs, is directed towards the WOTAN LINS. LET MCLIC DELIR the middle layers and middle class have disappeared from their "What they really want is guarar tees in advance from ibe PS in istries and implantation within the state apparatus. Once they sions during the negotiations.
But have the pubtic divergences sibility of a Union of the let victory in next year's elections н a comp gacation, Enchan it seems simple. The Left Radieals coup is good for all chree marbies individually but bad fo tne Union of the Left.
It's good for the Left Radicals because ther can say they're fighting the reds.
"It's good for the PCF because it is used by them to strengthen When it does capitulate it wil be in the interests of a broader defend be working class within thar unicy.
BONAPARTE 'Its good for the PS because it enables Mitterrand to pose as a Die tight and the left holder of responsible govern meT's had for the Usion because weakens it politically.
LE has SHELL I 33L5 elections that it would not vote for the Left Radicals in the Union of the Left sale. We were right, even if the centrists said we indulging in nit-picking *We now demand as before that the Left Radicalsare hooted out of the Union and the PS and PCP LAST TON OLICUSES.