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Whatever the substance of his reforms, Giscard has already made it apparent that he will bring an open new style to the Elysée. It will contrast sharply with the Olympian manner patented by De Gaulle and copied, with minor modifications, by Georges Pompidou right up through the fatal...
Fireworks lit up the election-night sky as middle-class voters swarmed up the Champs-Elysées on foot, aboard motor bikes and clinging to the tops of cars. They waved the Tricolor and shouted, "Giscard à la barre! [Giscard at the helm!]." Over in the Left Bank student...
In fact, the record 27 million voters who went to the polls had given Giscard the narrowest possible victory margin. Just as the remarkably accurate polls had predicted, the outcome hinged on the swing of a few hundred thousand votes in the narrow, shifting center of France's sharply...
After the death of Georges Pompidou last month, a full dozen candidates entered the race to succeed him as President. This week French voters went to the polls for a first-round election that cut the field down to two, and set the stage for one of the most bitter...
Most observers assume that Pompidou will not remain in office until his seven-year term ends in 1976. This assumption inevitably has fueled speculation about his successor in the Elysée. More than that, it has put the contenders in the peculiar situation of having to jockey for position...