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...prosperity and stability since he came to power in 1958, there is no prospect that Europe will now revert to a position of dependence on and subservience to the U.S. such as prevailed 15 and 20 years ago. Georges Pompidou, De Gaulle's likely successor and a seasoned Gaullist (see THE WORLD), may bring a more flexible approach to the government of France but will not soon alter its fundamental doctrines. Pompidou is by no means unfriendly to the U.S. He said last week: "I have always been conscious of the ties of Franco-American friendship, which...
...days of what might be called A.D. (After De Gaulle) slightly dazed and a little disbelieving at what they had wrought. Some had doubted De Gaulle's resolve when he told them?arbitrarily, as always?that a non vote would really end his rule. Others, long accustomed to the Gaullist unexpected, wondered whether it was really for keeps, or whether De Gaulle might not still somehow come thundering back into the arena. Above all, the French, the inveterately rationalist sons and daughters of Descartes, set out to reckon a France without De Gaulle and to speculate about the successor...
...visions-of France as the leader of a European third force that could be the arbiter between East and West; of himself as a barrier against the Communists and the "conspiracy"-to his mind equally malign-of the Anglo-Americans to dominate Europe. For a surprisingly long time, the Gaullist enterprises worked, at least well enough to keep France satisfied...
Paris' Le Monde had a word for that: "Blackmail." The Gaullist scare tactic further distorted an already complex referendum that lumps three disparate issues in one take-it-or-leave-it package. The main component is De Gaulle's plan to shift power from Paris bureaucrats to newly created economic regions. Along with this popular measure, voters are asked to endorse De Gaulle's plans to strip away the Senate's powers and shift the line of presidential succession from the President of the Senate to the Premier-a De Gaulle appointee. Thus put, the packaging...
...forms but is much more outspoken. "De Gaulle is a liar," he says. "He's too expensive, he has delusions of grandeur. I'm ready to kick him out. I'm going to vote no, and it will be the first time." A Briare attorney, a Gaullist, plans to vote against the referendum because he believes "it would be better for De Gaulle to leave now, while everything is relatively quiet, so there can be an orderly transition. If he dies in office, God only knows what will happen." The farmers who live near Briare seem more...