Catherine Tasca
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Early life and education
Tasca is the daughter of Angelo Tasca, a former founding member of the Communist Party of Italy from Piedmont. After expulsion from the Communist Party, Angelo went into exile in France. There he joined the French Section of the Workers' International in 1934 and later supported the Vichy regime in the 1940s.
Political career
During her time as Minister of Culture, Tasca caused a diplomatic incident when she announced that she would boycott the opening of the Paris Book Fair in 2002, which celebrated Italy, if it were attended by Italy's right-wing prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi.[1]
Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Tasca endorsed Martine Aubry as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election.[2]
References
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- ↑ Alan Riding (30 January 2002), French Government and the Louvre in a War of Words New York Times.
- ↑ Primaire PS: 39 sénateurs PS apportent leur soutien à Aubry Le Point, 13 October 2011.
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