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...panoply of the inaugural could not conceal the anxieties and tensions that gnaw at the Gaullist party. Arriving late at the Elysée, Michel Debré, one of De Gaulle's most loyal ministers, seemed agitated. Former Culture Minister Andre Malraux, the ideologue of Gaullism, also seemed nervous, bringing his left hand to his mouth as if to bite his nails. Outgoing Premier Maurice Couve de Murville looked even more icy and dour than usual. The old Gaullist veterans remember all too well that in 1953, the last time De Gaulle huffily retired from French politics, the party...
Many of them are slightly wary of Pompidou. Though he is a longtime party member, he lacks the Resistance credentials and almost mystical faith in the General's wisdom that mark true Gaullists. During the campaign, he made an open bid to gain a measure of independence from his party. In an effort to enlist the support of non-Gaullist parties, Pompidou promised to make what he called "openings" in domestic and foreign policy. The Gaullists fear that those openings might erode their power. Some of them are worried that Pompidou might bring too many outsiders into his Cabinet...
From now on, Chaban-Delmas can do his jogging in the larger garden of the Hôtel de Matignon, traditional home of France's Premiers. The handsome onetime Resistance leader was a sensible choice by President Pompidou. He is a "historical Gaullist," that is, one who has followed the general since World War II. He was on terms close enough so that he received a portrait from De Gaulle inscribed "to my dear comrade-in-arms...
...most of Poher's criticism. Like the majority of Frenchmen, Pompidou seemed less interested in the campaign windup than in looking ahead to a France under his leadership. Reconciliation. Well aware that he would need the trust of his citizens above all, Pompidou has constantly emphasized reconciliation-between Gaullists and non-Gaullists, between workers and patrons, between the presidency and the legislature, between the old France and the new. Politically, Pompidou's unity would doubtless begin at home -in his Cabinet. Some of his most important support has come from outside the Gaullist party, notably from Independent Valery...
...other dealings abroad, Pompidou has shown no strong urge to renounce Gaullist policy wholesale, but he will undoubtedly make changes in the long run. He spoke recently of the "difficulties" of admitting Britain to the Common Market, but would quietly reseat France at council meetings of the West European Union, the only organization that groups Britain with the six Common Market nations...