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François Mitterrand and the far right has been the theme of a number of books, films and television programmes since 1990, generating many column inches and much debate, not to mention rumours and gossip. Pierre Péan's book published in 1994〔Pierre Péan, ''Une Jeunesse française : François Mitterrand, 1934-1947'', Fayard, 1994 ISBN 2-213-59300-0〕 discusses in depth François Mitterrand's formative years in 1930s and 1940s. Other authors discuss 1980s rise in the Front national, and debate the possibility of Mitterrand deliberately dividing the right for political gain. ==Les Volontaires Nationaux, la Cagoule and l'invasion métèque== Many commentators and authors line up along party lines, and consensus in their views is difficult to achieve. It is, however, widely accepted in France that Mitterrand's actions during the period 1934 to 1945 are open to contradictory interpretations. An example of this is his membership of the ''Volontaires Nationaux'' (National Volunteers), an organization related to François de la Rocque's far right league, the ''Croix de Feu'', which lasted between one and three years depending on sources.〔François Dalle and Jacques Bénet, room mates in Patrick Rotman'sfilm talk of three years.〕 On 1 February 1935, Mitterrand joined the Action française march, more commonly known as “l'invasion métèque”, to demonstrate against foreign doctors setting up in France with cries of “La France aux Français”. There are two photos which show Mitterrand facing a police line,〔url=http://liguedesroyalistesgirondins.hautetfort.com/archive/2007/03/01/mitterand-a-l-action-francaise-lors-d-une-manifestation-de-l.html edited by Action française étudiante consulted 6 October 2008〕 published in ''Les Camelots du Roi'' by Maurice Pujo.〔2éd. posthume, Les Éditions du Manant, 1989〕 Mitterrand admitted being there but denied taking part in the demonstration in a TV interview with Jean-Pierre Elkabach in September 1994. He was quoted as saying “Je n'y étais pas pour ça” ( “I was not there for that”)〔Patrick Rotman and Jean Lacouture's book〕 and, in France, there was some debate over the significance of his presence at the march. Similarly, many young people, mostly students, lived at 104, rue de Vaugirard, Paris with the “pères maristes” and they all knew the leaders of La Cagoule (a right-wing terrorist organisation), Eugène Deloncle and Eugène Schueller, without overtly adhering to their cause. Pierre Guillain de Bénouville, Claude Roy (the writer), François Mitterrand and André Bettencourt all regularly visited the apartments in rue Zédé and rue Chernoviz where La Cagoule met.〔according to Pierre Péan, in : ''Une jeunesse française, François Mitterrand 1934-1947'', Fayard 1998, p.229〕 But this does not prove that Mitterrand was a member of la Cagoule. He did, however, he keep up relations and family ties with Eugène Deloncle.〔Pierre Péan, ''ibid.'', p.537-554〕 During the winter of 1936, François Mitterrand took part in action against Gaston Jèze. Between January and March 1936, the nationalist right and l'Action française, campaigned for Gaston Jèze's resignation, because he acted as a counsellor for Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, after he was driven from Addis Ababa by Mussolini's troops during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.〔Pierre Bergé ''Inventaire Mitterrand'', Stock, Paris, 2001, p.33〕 Mitterrand in the Elkabach TV interview and also in his memoirs defends his actions in this period by saying they were typical of many apolitical inexperienced young men from provincial, middle class, Catholic families at this time, but at best his behavior seems to indicate an ambitious young man looking for action and making connections with little discernment and poor insight. At worst it sits very uncomfortably in the history of a high profile left-wing politician. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mitterrand and the far right」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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