Its two passages to power – ten years under Mitterand and five years with Prime Minister Lionel Jospin – forced the left to reconcile with reality. France’s international reputation was not damaged, and, at home, the left’s performance, especially concerning unemployment, compared well with that of other governments.
如今，已经不存在国际共产主义或者说不存在法国共产主义。我们记得左派曾经的统治。密特朗统治了十年，利昂内尔.若斯潘担任五年总理，这两条个阶段的统治迫使左派必需与现实相符合。法国的名声在国际上并没有受到破坏，在国内，左派的的做法，尤其是失业方面，比其他的政府都做的要好。