Ask Frenchmen where France's famed Radical Socialist Party stands, and nine out of ten will first explain that it is neither radical nor socialist. "Their hearts are on the left, their pocketbooks on the right." wrote Commentator Andre Siegfried. Someone else has described them:
"They are like radishes, red on the outside, white inside, and always surrounded by plenty of butter." Last week, gathered in annual conference, the Radical Socialists sat down for their traditional congress luncheon in the gastronomic paradise of Lyons in hope of enjoying their butter, not to mention...
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