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Der Autor wertet das offizielle Kommunique über das Treffen zwischen Gorbacev und Marchais im September 1985 aus. Er erörtert die Hinweise auf Divergenzen und unterschiedliche Positionen, die Einschätzung der internationalen Lage und die Atmosphäre bei den Gesprächen. (BIOst-Hat)

Anhand von konkreten Erscheinungsformen der Beziehungen zwischen KPF und KPdSU werden die Spannungen zwischen beiden Parteien erörtert. Diese Spannungen sind offensichtlich auf den Protest von G. Marchais gegen die Angaben über die demographische Zusammensetzung der französischen Bevölkerung in einer sowjetischen Publikation zurückzuführen und sind daher nicht von prinzipieller Bedeutung. BIOst/Pkf

A review essay on a book by Thoms Hofnung, & Georges Marchais, L'inconnu du Parti Communiste Francais ([The Unknown of the French Communist Party] Montreal: L'Archipel, 2001). Georges Marchais's long tenure as the leader of the French Communist Party (PCF) witnessed a sharp decline in the party's electoral performance. Shortly after Marchais took over, the PCF received more than 20% of the vote in parliamentary elections. By the time he left office, the party's share of the vote had dropped to less than 10%. A new biography of Marchais, by Thomas Hofnung, provides a nuanced assessment of the French Communist leader, showing why Marchais's political instincts, which once proved so remarkably effective, began to fail him the longer he was in power. Marchais's decision to endorse the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979-1980 symbolized the decline of the PCF, but even then Marchais's colleagues were unwilling to remove him. He remained in office for another decade, as the fortunes of the party continued to ebb. Hofnung's perceptive book takes due account of Marchais's strengths but is especially illuminating in its portrayal of the French Communists in decline -- a decline that paralleled the waning of the Cold War. Adapted from the source document.

Der Autor geht davon aus, daß die Kommunistische Partei Frankreichs (KPF) eine totalitäre, nicht reformierbare Organisation ist. Vor diesem Hintergrund skizziert er die Entwicklung George Marchais von einer Person mit dem Image eines Parteibürokraten in der zweiten Hälfte der sechziger Jahre über seine Liberale Öffnung in den siebziger Jahren bis zu seinem heutigen Erscheinungsbild. (BIOst-Pkf)

Georges Marchais's long tenure as the leader of the French Communist Party (PCF) witnessed a sharp decline in the party's electoral performance. Shortly after Marchais took over, the PCF received more than 20 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections. By the time he left office, the party's share of the vote had dropped to less than 10 percent. A new biography of Marchais, by Thomas Hofnung, provides a nuanced assessment of the French Communist leader, showing why Marchais's political instincts, which once proved so remarkably effective, began to fail him the longer he was in power. Marchais's decision to endorse the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979—1980 symbolized the decline of the PCF, but even then Marchais's colleagues were unwilling to remove him. He remained in office for another decade, as the fortunes of the party continued to ebb. Hofnung's perceptive book takes due account of Marchais's strengths but is especially illuminating in its portrayal of the French Communists in decline a decline that paralleled the waning of the Cold War.