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...Gaulle. He had been operating on the assumption that he could buy off the workers, whose demands until then had been purely economic, and then cope with the rebellious students who had started the crisis in the first place. With the non from the workers, the faltering Gaullist government lost all momentum. Plainly confused and dispirited, Ministers trekked in and out of the Elysee; De Gaulle and Pompidou seemed to be at the mercy of events that they could no longer control...
Adieu, De Gaulle. One of the rituals of the Gaullist regime is the general's Cabinet meeting each Wednesday morning at 10. Incredibly, the agenda last week proposed, among other things, a discussion of the status of models in the French fashion industry. As Pompidou was preparing to leave his offices in the Hotel Matignon for the drive to the Elysee Palace, the telephone rang. It was De Gaulle. He had to get away, De Gaulle said. For two nights, he had not slept, and now, in De Gaulle's words, he "couldn't see clearly." Moments...
...catch, of course, is that the Premier is appointed by the President. There is a widespread conviction in France that De Gaulle will never select anyone but a Gaullist to serve as head of government. If De Gaulle should resign and new presidential elections were held, the situation would be completely different. As a result, speculation about France's political future inevitably centers on who might win the presidency après De Gaulle. Mitterrand, while effective with other politicians, has a slightly tarnished "old pol" image among French voters. Similarly, the candidates from the right?Pompidou, Giscard d'Estaing?...
...there is also a little of the cynical, skeptical Voltaire in the Frenchman?and a lot of the stubborn, even violent individualist. Smug paternalism at home did not wear nearly so well as posturing abroad. The Gaullist panoply gradually began to enshadow and constrict every aspect of French life, from politics to morals, painting to fashion. The rhythm of French existence perceptibly altered. Hints of ennui crept in?and boredom has always been underrated as a revolutionary force. Paris was no longer the most richly alive city in Europe. Looking beneath the glittering surface of Gaullist France as long...
Much of what ailed Gaullist France was economic. Under De Gaulle, the gross national product has more than doubled, from $49 billion in 1958 to about $108 billion in 1967?at the cost of much stress. De Gaulle hoarded gold, attacked the dollar, and did his best to 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...