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This tidbit in from AFP: Under pressure after a series of revelations about his past, French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin admitted for the first time Tuesday that he had started his political career as a Trotskyist.
Tuesday June 5, 10:01 PM
Under Pressure from Press, French PM admits Trotskyist past
PARIS, June 5 (AFP) -
Under pressure after a series of revelations about his past, French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin admitted for the first time Tuesday that he had started his political career as a Trotskyist.
His statement before the National Assembly followed the publication of reports and interviews in the French press disclosing his membership of the far-left Internationalist Communist Organisation (OCI) in the 1960s and 70s.
"It is true that in the 1960s I took an interest in Trotskyist ideas, and I established relations with one of the groups of this political movement," he said. "It was a personal, intellectual and political journey of which I am not in the least ashamed."
The confession was intended to take the heat out of growing calls on the prime minister to come clean about his past, and accusations that he has told lies about his membership of the OCI.
Under Pressure from Press, French PM admits Trotskyist past
PARIS, June 5 (AFP) -
Under pressure after a series of revelations about his past, French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin admitted for the first time Tuesday that he had started his political career as a Trotskyist.
His statement before the National Assembly followed the publication of reports and interviews in the French press disclosing his membership of the far-left Internationalist Communist Organisation (OCI) in the 1960s and 70s.
"It is true that in the 1960s I took an interest in Trotskyist ideas, and I established relations with one of the groups of this political movement," he said. "It was a personal, intellectual and political journey of which I am not in the least ashamed."
The confession was intended to take the heat out of growing calls on the prime minister to come clean about his past, and accusations that he has told lies about his membership of the OCI.
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