Maxime Gremetz (born September 3, 1940 in Canchy, Somme) was a member of the

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. He represented the

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, and is a member of the

French Communist Party The French Communist Party (french: Parti communiste français, ''PCF'' ; ) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism. The PCF is a member of the Party of the European Left, and its MEPs sit in the European Un ...

and Gauche démocrate et républicaine. According to

Michel Foucault Paul-Michel Foucault (, ; ; 15 October 192625 June 1984) was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, writer, political activist, and literary critic. Foucault's theories primarily address the relationship between power and knowledge, and ho ...

Gremetz's response to the Polish Communist government's outlawing of

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was to declare that the ban was necessary to avoid civil war.

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