“…The explosive revival of the far left.…”

“…In almost every country, most voters have not shifted their allegiance to either far left or far right parties. Instead, they've continued to act as they have in more normal times: vote based on their own personal circumstances and punish the incumbents who were on watch when the bad turn occurred regardless of whether they were center-left or center-right. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- European Parliament debates Romanian minority policy today <br/>- CPSU Central Committee discussions of agricultural policy continue today <br/>- Soviet far-left groups call Estonian Party and state leaders "counter-revolutionary criminals" <br/>- EFTA passes new document following two days of discussions <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Károly Grósz receives Yasser Arafat in Hungary to take part in Interparliamentary Union meeting <br/>- Péter Várkonyi in talks with politicians in London, welcomed by Thatcher <br/>- In Parliament, Mátyás Szűrös discusses setting up Hungarian section with International Society of Human Rights delegation <br/>- Former chancellor H. …”