A francia politikai pártok állásfoglalásai az 1956-os magyar forradalom kapcsán
The Views of French Political Parties about the 1956 Hungarian Revolution: the Hungarian Issue in the National Assembly

Summary/Abstract: Issues of foreign affairs were relatively rare on the lists of agenda of the French National Assembly during the Fourth Republic. In 1956, however, the issue of the Hungarian Revolution (especially after it was crushed) caused heated debates among the parliamentary parties. Three interpellations and four draft proposals were discussed in the case, and even the Foreign Affairs Committee was convened. It was partly related to other important international events taking place in Suez and Algeria but it also highlighted conflicts in French internal politics. The French Communist Party supported the Soviet intervention in Hungary while the rest of the parties sharply condemned it. The far right even proposed the ban of the FCP who in turn labeled them as fascists. And the issue of the Hungarian revolution just added fuel to this long-standing conflict. The debate, however, was wider than that: it was another battle between the communist and the anti-communist forces. French socialists tried to discredit communists this way and entice FCP voters into their own camp.

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