Maxime Gremetz (born September 3, 1940 in

Canchy, Somme Canchy () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. There was a station on the Réseau des Bains de Mer which opened on 19 June 1892 and closed on 10 March 1947. Geography Canchy is situated just off the D928 ...

) was a member of the

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. He represented the Somme's 1st constituency, 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 Unit ...

and

Gauche démocrate et républicaine The Democratic and Republican Left group (french: groupe de la Gauche démocrate et républicaine or GDR) is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly including representatives of the French Communist Party (PCF) as well as leftist parties w ...

. 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 how ...

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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