Külügyi Szemle - A Magyar Külügyi Intézet folyóirata - 2011 (10. évfolyam)
2011 / 4. szám - DIPLOMÁCIA- ÉS KÜLPOLITIKA-TÖRTÉNET - Garadnai Zoltán: A magyar-francia kapcsolatok története De Gaulle tábornok elnöksége alatt (1958-1969)
A magyar-francia kapcsolatok története Résumé History of Hungarian-French Relations during the Presidency of Charles de Gaulle (1958-1969) Gradual and sometimes contradictory developments took place in Hungarian-French relations during 1958-1969, which corresponded with the Hungarian foreign policy intention of "reintegrating" the country in the sphere of international relations and was closely related to the internal-external consolidation of the post-1956 regime. The year of 1963 ended the first phase of this consolidation process, during which the "Hungarian question" was settled at a multilateral level. After 1963, due to new international realities the classical form of diplomacy, bilateral relations, played an increasingly important role. From the perspective of western recognition of the regime, the "French connection" was important both politically and ideologically, and, from a Hungarian point of view, the year 1968 ended - not only symbolically - a period in the history of bilateral relations and also brought a phase of post-war Hungarian history to an end. The development of Franco-Hungarian relations shows that it was subordinate to "the Soviet connection" on the one hand, and to France's traditional relations with the Eastern-Central European countries on the other. From the point of view of Paris, the development of bilateral relations can be evaluated through the changes in the French perception of the "national communist" regime that came to power after 1956 as well as the French assessment of János Kádár's personality. The curve demonstrates that the relationship had its ups and downs. The nadir of 1956-1959 was followed by the slow rapprochement of 1960-1963 and then an impressive improvement of relations in 1964-66. The year of 1967 was a low point due to the difficulties of the Hungarian overture to the West (over the German question) followed by the warming of relations from the beginning of 1968 to August, the highest point being the visit paid by the president of the Hungarian Council of Ministers. Hungarian participation in the Czechoslovakian intervention primarily ruined the public reputation of Hungary and reduced cooperation between the two countries in the sphere of political relations as the de Gaullean diplomacy condemned the move. The other "great loser" for participating in the intervention was Poland. The intervention resulted in cancelling First Secretary Gomulka's invitation to France as de Gaulle's visit to Hungary was also cancelled. A greater problem was that no significant progress was made in the sphere of economic and trade relations between the two countries. For the French, Hungary was not a significant economic partner due to the lack of necessary conditions, partly the lack of goodwill on the part of the leaders in both countries. The French interpretation of the 1968 reforms was that they served the development of the regime's 2011. tél 171
