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Which controversial decision did Mitterrand make regarding the Communist Party?
Inviting them into his government
Banning them
Merging with them
Supporting a coup
Answer
François Mitterrand invited the Communist Party into his first government, a controversial decision at the time. However, the Communists ended up as junior partners and saw their support erode, eventually leaving the cabinet in 1984.
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