Word: figaro
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...movement born out of Gaullism." In fact, the Gaullists had run a largely negative campaign aimed at the fear many French voters have about the left and "chaos." Even then, they barely edged the left in the popular vote, but gained seats in gerrymandered districts. Said the conservative Le Figaro: "The large parliamentary majority does not accurately translate its real position in the country...
...most crucial national election in recent French history drew closer last week-and so did the rival forces. The latest nationwide poll, published by the Paris daily Le Figaro, showed that the leftist coalition headed by Socialist Francois Mitterrand had dropped from 46% to 43% in its share of the popular vote. The governing Gaullists had 38% -up 1% from the previous week's results-while independent, middle-of-the-road reformist parties had 16% of the vote, a gain...
...nationwide surveys-published by the middle-of-the-road Paris newspapers Le Figaro (which gives the leftists 46% to the Gaullists' 37%) and L' Aurore (47% to 35%)-have shocked the complacent Gaullists and their supporters into something close to panic. Taking seriously the pledge of Socialist Mitterrand (see box page 27) that a leftist victory in France would culminate in "the suppression of capitalism," businessmen have stepped up their efforts to smuggle funds to havens in Switzerland (TIME, Feb. 19). Meanwhile, Pompidou, who as President is theoretically above party conflicts, has abandoned any pretense of neutrality...
...common platform and then-if they won a parliamentary majority-to govern together. Much to everyone's surprise, the so-called United Left has lately begun to show up on the long end of the opinion polls. In one nationwide sampling published last month by Le Figaro, the leftists had a 45%-to-38% lead over the Gaullists. With his personal popularity in a sharp decline-he slid from 61% approval in the October polls to 53% last month-Pompidou no longer speaks for France with his customary cool assurance...
...Figaro, a centrist French daily not noted for its pro-Americanism, took a more conciliatory tone: "As for throwing the entire responsibility for the failure of the talks solely on the American Government, it is good polemics at most...