Word: gaullismes
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...have probably loosed all the diverse special interests and political frustrations bottled up for a decade. Unions, now that they have learned their strength, are likely to go on wresting both managerial prerogatives and higher pay from the patronat?the owners?whose power has remained fairly unchallenged under Gaullism. But there is also likely to be a backlash from the conservative elements in the population ?the petits bourgeois, the landlords, the little businessmen?against the radical forces that demand swift changes. In this confrontation, the radical students themselves are likely to be targets of a sharp reaction, perhaps even...
...keep the franc invulnerable. The nation's growth rate, which had climbed above 7% in the early 1960s, last year sank to about 3.5%. Consumer prices have shot up 39% since 1958 v. only 18% for the U.S. For a while, the workers shared in the fruits of Gaullism, and many bought their first small cars and TVs. But the costs of De Gaulle's global policies mounted. The force de frappe alone, a dubious deterrent, required more than $2 billion a year. Not enough was left for the workers, whose wages lagged behind those in every other Common Market...
...regard disciplined stability as its new norm; never before had the Gaullist government proved ineffectual at suppressing defiance. "I respect only those who resist me," De Gaulle once said, "but I cannot tolerate them." This time, the pent-up suppressions and frustrations created by ten years of orderly Gaullism not only erupted in force but swiftly widened into large-scale social revolt. The blow was doubly painful; the events irrevocably tarnished De Gaulle's authority when he was already at an age (77) that would scarcely allow his reign to stretch for many more years...
...perhaps the most crucial test in the eight-year history of Charles de Gaulle's Fifth Republic, Gaullism was victorious last week, clearly leading the field in the national elections. In this week's runoff elections for the 404 seats for which no one had won a majority in the first round of balloting, the question was merely how large a majority the Gaullists would have in the new National Assembly. That depended on how badly they scared the voters with warnings about the Communists, who had not only retained their position as France's second largest...
Opposition candidates have been quick to capitalize on the crisis. "In the past," says Marseille's popular Socialist mayor, Gaston Defferre, "people voted for De Gaulle because he represented security. This is no longer true. Gaullism has failed the country socially, financially and economically." Asks Liberal Catholic Leader Lecanuet, a resolute pro-American: "Why doesn't France progress? We cannot have a force de frappe, a policy of prestige and national ambition, and at the same time build 600,000 housing units each year...