Saint-Raphaël's right-wing mayor, no stranger to media stunts, has vowed to 'put an end to the lies about the reality of communist totalitarianism.' In response, the French Communist Party and other left-wing groups denounced the 'revisionism of history.'
There was elected communist representative in the parlement, and communiste lead workers unions. They weighed on the legislative and executive powers. There was communiste mayors having local influence. Overall they made a difference as a part of a fairly diverse and fairly democratic system back then. This system is in danger today, when the majority in parlement and popular protests and petitions are being completely ignored by the government in place, and there isn’t much criticism from the mainstream media.
There was no comunist government in France so it is absolutely irrelevant.
There was elected communist representative in the parlement, and communiste lead workers unions. They weighed on the legislative and executive powers. There was communiste mayors having local influence. Overall they made a difference as a part of a fairly diverse and fairly democratic system back then. This system is in danger today, when the majority in parlement and popular protests and petitions are being completely ignored by the government in place, and there isn’t much criticism from the mainstream media.