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CONTENTS � PAGE
- COUNTRY SECTION
~ INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
� Elleinstein A~nalyzes Diverg.ent Trends in Eure;ean Communism
(Jean Elleinetein; PARIS MATCH~ 20 Apr i9) 1
FRANCE
PSF Militants~ Voters' Choices for Leader Analyz~d
(L'EXPRESS, 31 Mar 79) ~
The Militanes' Choice, by Robert Schneider
French Qpinion, by Roland Cayrol
Creation o~ European Aviation Agency Seen Pof3sible
(J~an de Galard; AIR & COSMOS, 24 Mar 79) 9
Ground Forces Modernization Plans Reviewed
(Michel ,^.arlier; ARMEES D'AUJOURD'HUI, Apr 79) 11
Public Viewa on Weapons Sales, Disarmament Reviewed
(Jean Girodet; ARMEES D'AUJOURD'HUI, Apr 19) 17
DATEX 19 Air Defense Exercise Described
(Jean de Galard; AIR 6 COSMOS; 14 Apr 79) 2y
Drief s
New Politburo Secretary 26
UDF Election Preparations 26
' ITALY
PRI Leader Says Conditions Not Ripe for GovernmPnt With PCI
~ (Oddo Biasini Interview; CORRIERE DELLA SERA,
24 Apr 79) 27
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PSi DiYectorate Meeting on National Eleations
(Luigi t.a Spinn; CORRi~RE DELLA SERA~ 24 Apr 79) 30
Turin Paper Examines Sino-Soviet Ideological Mtagoniem
~Fran~ Barbieri; LA STAI~A~ 25 Apr 79) 32
CN~L President Endorsea National Energy Conference Proposal
(CORRIERE DELLA SERA~ 11 Apr 79) 35
SPAIN
S~cial DemocraCe Drnainate New Cabinet
(CAMSIO 16, 15 Apr 79) 37
Briefs
New Aircraft for Navy 43
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FOEt OF~ICTAL U5E UNLY
CUi1~'1'ltY aI~CT~UN INT ~ItNA'1'IUNAL A~'rAlltS
L I.LL~NS'i'I~:TN AN~IC~YG~S llIV1.itGL(~T TIt~NI)S IN ~1JItOPLAV CUrUtUNISM .
~'aris 1'AlZIS rlATClI in rrencli 20 Apr 7q pp 52-53
~rticte by Jenn L1l.einstein: "Dertinguer Gives rf~,rcf~ais a
Less~n!!~
- 1~,xcQr~~t7 The clif4erences between the French Communist Yarty
- nncl 1,hr. Italian Communist I't~rty ~,re considerabl.e. They are
I~nrtinlly explaine~l by diffQrent historic~l situ~tions. 13ut
we cannot be satisfied witli tl~is superficii?1 evnluntion. Tn
Pact, there are two rndice~lly difterent political nnd strategic
lines in the Communist parties o~ Westcrn Lurope, beyond the
diplomntic ~.nd sentimental relations which exist between them.
Lnrico i;erlin~uer~ t}~e PCI secretnry general, in his report
~.ncl I~is canclusions--like most of the participants--cleveloped
the ide~, df n"third w~.y to socinlism"--which is base~ on the
fnct ths4t we are in n new historic epoch ~tod~.y, ~+hich is no
lon~*er thnt ot the Periocl before 1914 wlien the SbC1b118t Pil2't.l@S
were est,tblisr.ed, nor th:~t after 1917, where the communist
pz?.rties were createcl followin~? the Uctober Revolution.
"'n'e f~re not speaki.n~ ~bout way intended to staUilize n st~tic
point e~uidist~nt between l~:ast ~.nd West, betW~en the countries
of tlie I;rist and the sociftl clemocracies, but about ~.n innovation"
1'. Ir.~rno oUserves. ~!t is rather u question of u new way to
soci~~ti:~m~ ~+ith ~11 ~~he i~i~plic~tions it assumes. It does not
. climinate ttie cl~zss stru~;gle--ancl ~nrico Berlinguer states it
clcc~rly in 1?is closin~r speech--hut obviously it modifies its
- forms rinci content profo~indly. The PCI's attitu~de vis-a-vis
I~:urope is, t'rom ti~i.s point of view, ~uite essenti~.l ~nd defi- _
ni te ly conflict~ with t}i:~t of i.he 1'C1~ . Tl~e idea of wantinr to
:~uhstitute the Itfiliun or Si~anish Model for the Soviet one is
P~r fr~m me~ Uut it is certainly necess~.ry to see ttie diff~r-
ences, iP you wnnt to understand the problems created 1~y Euro-
Cor?irnunism nn~l its mujor contr:iclictior~s.
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I t is nn i,hc~ 1)1L51q ot' the sQriousnes~ of ~tt~e economic crises
t}~s~.t i,}ie It~~tit?.n i~nc~ 5~~~.ni~}~ comm~inis~s adort ~ responsible
n,ttitude vis-a-vis Qcon~mic rroblems, by pointin~ out to the
worlcers the needs o1' tit~ mnment ~,ncl the rQ~.l oprortunities
~ohich s~.re of~er~cl t}iem, withc~ut dem~,qogy o~ any kind. Lnrico
13~rlin~*uer renffirmed t}~is a.ttitudQ very forcefutly, in the
snme w~ty as Lamu, the communist leacter of i;he It~lian CGT
~ener~~ 1. Confe~lorntion of Ln.bor7.
IIe E~lso s~ys regarclin~; Lurope: "The n~,tionnl Luropean states ~
t~Llcen separqtely, tire tno small to success~ully cope with new
probl.ems. Actin~; indiviciunlly, theso countries, p~rticularly
tl~r. wenlcest ones~ ftire inevitnbly destinecl to occupy an inferior
I~osition wi~tt~ res~~ect to tlie great powers and to tl~eir Q~onomic
sphere. It is t'or t1~is reason tht~t torlny the develcpment o~ a
1?rocr.ss of inte~rr~.tio� mu~t be Perceived ns ~ condition for
tf~c: rr.:~ 1 indePendertc~ of t~~~ meml>er countries in tl~e community
~~.iul for tl~eir clomestic economi~~ growth. A resumption of the
~~rocess of inte~ration...involves, in its t,urn., n real process
of democrr~tization nF ttie community, also nn increase of the
powers of t}ie l:uropenn Parli~.mettt nnci the creation oY a multi-
natinnfLl ~overnment.'~ These rem~.rlcs were taken from Enrico
13erlinguer's rePort to ~he laiPteenth Congress.
~ At t}ic sume time, I~erlin~;uer demands "a profound revision of
tlte Common ri~.rket] agricultural policy, a neW energy polic~~
n substnntial. coordin~.tion of economic nnd monetnry policy.
Ancl 1ie favors an exP~.nsion o~ the Common rlarket~ Nit}i the
entrlnce of Sp~,in, Portu~~.l ftnd Greece.
~~`e have there the oP~~osite of tfie I'CF's present policy. In
IIUAtANITl~; of Aprii, Ataxime Gremetz, member of the PCF Politburo
clecl:~res in fnct: "Nor the Giscs~ra ~overnment as well ~s for
the l r.n,ci~rs of the s~ci~.list p~.rty, the European election ~must
, be thc oppartunit,y- for intensiFyinE; i;he supranational nnd
Atl:~.ntic ~tren~l of its I~olicy." And a~ftiin: "T1ie objective is n
c~isunite~i, ioealcene~l Fr~.nce submerged in a conglomeration,
plticecl uncler West Germnn hegemony nnd t,he supreme proteetion of
tl~r Ui~itQd Stittes, ~+it1~ tl~e vitnl decisions for our people made
not i n!'n,ris, but in 13russets or in 13onn, the French Yarliament
derrive~l of its funds~mentnl ri~hts, dismanteled, ~oreign con-
trol , the French Army integrated izt I~:urope~.n ~nd Atlantic
force, cul~ur:tl coloni~.lYZation. The proposal for the expan-
~ion of tlie Cornmon Mnrket is the main idea behind this mistaken
;LCtion."
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I w~u.lc1 lilce to ~.polo~;i7e for thc~se long quotations~ but they
~tilone m+ti1cQ i~L possii~le to see in ttieir rea,~.ity, �this contr~,~t
in t}?e two s~rnte~*ic polici~s in ~thQ communist movement in
Wc?atnrn I~,~iro{~e. 'rhe 1'Ci~' trir.s tr conce~l. tl~is cdntr~.st. tiui;
it ig iipcosgary to sr.e i~t in its 1~is-t~ric scope: on one hn.nd~
Lura-communism hn.se~ Un historic ~nnlysis leadin~; to a th~rd
wn.y---ii nr.~v wn.,y to gnci~Llism--a mndern communism ndn.ptecl to the
sii,~~r~.~L.iott in th~ West; on tl~c~ ot}iQr hitincl ~ a tradition~,1 com- ~
muniam closer to tlie SoviE~t Union, rej~.^.tin~; Lurope, Soviet
- orientr.cl Gitll.n-commuii;.s?n. I clid not drec~m up this contradic-
. tion for the needs of my explanation. uut the subjects men-
tioned. pi�eviously indicnte i~C cl~nrly. We could increase them,
rtltl~ou~;h tha communist p~,rties involved try to minimize i�t:
It i.s iLlso necessnry to drnw the conclusions from them.
The t;ui~opsan Prospects of the Itnlinn nncl Spanish communists
f~rc raclically differr.nt from those oI' the FrPnch communists.
An~l i t is not ~ti cztse ~there of an incidental, minor difference
wliicl~ cEtin be overcome. Witli thc election ofl the European
1'nrliume~it by universul suffrage, the situ~.tion in Western
L:ttrnJ~e is 6oin~ to cl~itin;;e--even if tlle powers of the parli.a-
ment sl~oul