Mitterand cannot carry through the Socialist Party's programme of limited change majority in the Assembly:
Mitterand dissolve the assembly and declare a general election to be held in the next few weeks. to Party-Socialist elect government.
During the leading up to the general Party will campaign for imum number of ministers in the government. Communists rightly been a significant force in the election of Mitterand.
An SP-CP government Communist Party to have ministers the responsibility for implementing vhich in all essentials is th same as their Socialists on mise Communist presence The enormity has happened should be underestimated Socialist Party Socialist ment comes to power, will signal upheaval in France hange in the politics of the whole of Europe.
Mitterand's victory
French presidential elections opens up a huge opportunity for the French workers.
the without will HOW The struggle is on Communist Party period the Communist continue the maxThe argue lated - that they have Wing and to share La programme •OWIl. the other of what Partyjust an but a will is Giscard - and Bokassa undoubtedly a response to deepening crisis French capitalism as in Britain, recession and unemployment is the order of the day. The workers are being forced to pay for the bosses' crisis.
The election of Mitterand - and even more the election of an SP-CP majority in the assembly will create the expectation amongst the whole French working class of decisive steps towards socialism. It is inevitable that such expectations will be trans into mobilisation to gain their demands.
But a left wing majority will create panic in rulclass circles. significant that customs officers Sunday night given special instructions to be vigilant in preventing the export of capita and other ables. But in the end, the flight of capital cannot be prevented by customs of ficers!
Faced with even a limited programme of nationalisations, the proposal to nationalise the wealth tax and higher taxes on dividends, a government can campaign sabotage from the bosses.
Mitterand's gramme, despite its radical micasules, HUL gramme which
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THE CLEAR-CUT victory for Francois Mit- terand in last Sunday's second round of the