in france, revived by marco in marseilles, the italian fraction now worked closely with the new french fraction, which was formally founded in paris in december 1944. however, in may 1945 the italian fraction, many of whose members had already returned to italy, voted to dissolve itself so that its militants could integrate themselves as individuals into the internationalist communist party. the conference at which this decision was made also refused to recognise the french fraction and expelled marco from their group.