the shipbuilding cities of Saint-Nazaire, La Seyne-sur-Mer (there are no more ships built in La Seyne); and in isolated industrial centres built along the old Paris-Lyon railway (the urban core of Romilly-sur-Seine, Aube has elected a Communist general councillor since 1958). During the course of the Twentieth Century, the French Communists were considered to be pioneers in local government, providing not only efficient street lighting and clean streets, but also public entertainment, public housing, municipal swimming pools, day nurseries, children’s playgrounds, and public lavatories. In 1976, for instance, the Communist mayor of Sarcelles, Henry Canacos, was named "best mayor in the Paris region" by Vie Publique (a trade periodical for urban planners and administrators) for enriching Sarcelles' public spaces with new restaurants, movie theatres, cafes, more parks, a large shopping mall, and better transportation. Education also became, in the words of one text, an "identifiable characteristic of Communist government at the local level". A study of municipal budgets that was completed in 1975 (but using data from 1968) found that while Communist local government spent 34% less than non-Communist Left governments and 36% less than moderate-Right governments for maintenance, it nevertheless spent 49% more than moderate Right governments and 36% more than non-Communist Left governments for education and educational support. Presidential Legislative European Parliament Publications The PCF publishes the following: Communistes (Communists) Info Hebdo (Weekly News) Economie et Politique (Economics and Politics) Traditionally, it was also the owner of the French daily L'Humanité (Humanity), founded by Jean Jaurès. Although the newspaper is now independent, it remains close to the PCF. The paper is sustained by the annual Fête de L'Humanité festival, held in La Courneuve, a working class suburb of Paris. This event remains the biggest festival in France, with attendees during a three-day period. During the 1970s, the PCF registered success with the children's magazine it founded, Pif gadget. See also Communism in France List of foreign delegations at 24th PCF Congress (1982) Place du Colonel Fabien Louis Althusser's Reading Capital (1965) MRAP anti-racist NGO, created in 1941 Roger Roche, founder of a cell of the French Communist Party in Rufisque in 1925. References Further reading Bell, D.S. and Byron Criddle. The French Communist Party in the Fifth Republic. (1994) Bourgeois, Guillaume, "French Communism and the Communist International," in Tim Rees and Andrew Thorpe (eds.), International Communism and the Communist International, 1919-43. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998. Bulaitis, John,