The party did choose Europe over dogma in 1983, when Mitterrand decided to remain in the European Monetary System. But the party never debated or theorized this choice, simply accepting former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin’s claim that the fiscal stability and financial modernization resulting from the decision was but a “parenthesis.”
1983当密特朗总统决定保留欧洲货币体系时，法国社会党越过教条选择了欧洲。但是社会党从未为这一决定进行辩论，或使之理论化，仅仅是接受了前社会主义党总理莱昂内尔·若斯潘的主张，他声称这一决定所产生的财政稳定和金融现代化仅是一个插曲。