FOUR FRENCH BOOKS on French political parties to contest elections & hold power

USPA NEWS - FRANCE has a multi-party political system, that is to say one in which the number of competing political parties is sufficiently large as to make it almost inevitable that in order to participate in the exercise of power any single party must be prepared to negotiate with one or more others...

FRANCE has a multi-party political system, that is to say one in which the number of competing political parties is sufficiently large as to make it almost inevitable that in order to participate in the exercise of power any single party must be prepared to negotiate with one or more others with a view to forming electoral alliances and/or coalition agreements. It is difficult for parties outside the two major coalitions to make significant inroads, although the National Front has had sizable successes...

- 'NOTE SUR LA SUPPRESSION GENERAL DES PARTIS POLITIQUES' by French Philosopher and Political activist Simone VEIL (Notebooks - New Editon published by Flammarion Editions). This Book is about the complete suppression of political parties. Simone Weil wrote throughout her life, though most of her writings did not attract much attention until after her death. In the 1950s and 1960s, her work became famous on continental Europe and throughout the English-speaking world. Her thought has continued to be the subject of extensive scholarship across a wide range of fields. She often became involved in political action out of sympathy with the working class.

In her late teens, she became involved in the workers' movement. She wrote political tracts, marched in demonstrations, and advocated workers' rights. At this time, she was a Marxist, pacifist, and trade unionist. Weil had never formally joined the Communist party, and in her twenties she became increasingly critical of Marxism. Simone Weil participated in the French general strike of 1933, called to protest against unemployment and wage cuts....(Review by Ruby BIRD)

- 'LES GRANDS TEXTES DE LA GAUCHE' (Major Texts from French Left Wing) - Texts chosen and presented by Grégoire FRANCONIC and Jacques JULLIARD and published by Flammarion - Champs Classiques Edtions); From the French Revolution to Today. From Robespierre, Jean Jaurès, Victor Hugo, Léon Blum, Simone Veil, Jean-Paul Sartre, François Miterrand, Nuit DEBOUT... (Review by Ruby BIRD)

- 'LES GRANDS TEXTES DE LA DROITE (Major Texts from French Right Wing) - Texts chosen and presented by Grégoire FRANCONIC and published by Flammarion - Champs Classiques Edtions). From the French Revolution to Today. From TOqueville, Chateaubriand, Honoré de Balzac, Georges Bernanos, Charles de Gaulle, Georges Pompidou, Jacques Chirac, Dominique de Villepin... (Review by Ruby BIRD)

- 'ARGENT, MORALE, POLITIQUE' (Money, Morality, Politics) by René DOSIERE - Preface Jean-Louis DEBRE and published in FRANCE by Seuil Editions. René DOSIERE is a Member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the 1st constituency of the Aisne department and during all his political life was too much of a free spirit inside the Socialist Party where he was very criticized and not really supported. He is best known for his many questions to the government regarding the expenses of the services of the French Presidency. Not being candidate for the 2017 parliamentary elections, this Book comes well in line of feeling free of speech and to be able to intervene in the presidential campaign... (Review by Ruby BIRD)