The Visegrad Four are Poland, Hungary, the Czech
Republic and Slovakia, ex-Stalinist countries who have joined the European
Union and are also preparing the conditions for entry into the Euro. The way
they are doing it is by attacking viciously all the social gains of the
workers. Sooner or later this will lead to an explosion of the class struggle.
After eighteen months of trying to patch together an agreement between the member states, the talks on the EU constitution collapsed last weekend in Brussels. Different excuses have been given for the collapse, but the real causes are to be found in the fundamental economic contradictions that are emerging between the EU member states. The European Union is now revealing its true face. It is a tool in the hands of the multinationals and of each national bourgeoisie with which to impose their attacks on the living standards of the masses.
We are publishing this article which appears in the recent edition of the French Marxist magazine La Riposte
looking at the prospects of a European Constitution. How have the
Communist and Socialist Parties of France responded to it, and what
does it mean for the working class?