Word: gaullist
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...talk about what he would do with the next four years if reelected. His campaign was blithe triumphalism. In his memoirs, Charles de Gaulle wrote, "I must, to serve [France], personify this great national ambition." In his very American way, Reagan had assumed a sort of Gaullist role for himself. "America is back," he would...
Initial reactions to Fabius' appointment were mixed. Said Bernard Pons, secretary-general of the neo-Gaullist party: "The Communists have just said today, down to the last comma, what we have been repeating for three years: the government's economic and industrial policy is a failure." But in a backhanded compliment to Fabius, Republican Party Leader François Leotard noted that Mitterrand had chosen "one of the best. We must not underestimate our adversary...
...Socialists at least could take some consolation from the continuing division among the three leading opposition figures. Former President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, a conservative centrist, was sagging in the popular-opinion sweepstakes (with 8%). Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac, a neo-Gaullist, was still in the lead but slipping (with 37%). Only former Finance Minister Raymond Barre, a champion of austerity himself, seemed to be gaining in popularity (up 5% in the past month, to 20%). For Mitterrand, who is waiting for the fruits of austerity to help the Socialists in parliamentary elections two years from...
...condemn an intervention that is in line with their own past policies. The three main opposition leaders, former President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, former Premier Raymond Barre and Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac, have all kept silent on the subject. Yvon Blot, spokesman for the neo-Gaullist party, speculated that Mitterrand's "bizarre" outburst was meant mainly for home consumption, as a ploy to retain the support of Communists and left-wing Socialists. After all, said Blot, "Reagan has merely recognized the fact that France, because of its colonial past, should play a leading role in Africa...
...with the government's performance has risen to 52%, compared with 27% only a year ago. Still, rebellion was hardly a threat, if only because the political opposition prudently has avoided exploiting the scattered disorders. Former Premier Raymond Barre warned his supporters not to "fan the flames." Neo-Gaullist Leader and Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac broke a long silence to warn against "an agitation that is dangerous for the social and political equilibrium of the country." Mitterrand need not call new legislative elections until 1986, and the next presidential election is scheduled for 1988. Said an official of Chirac...