Word: matinal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leftist press too has begun to be concerned that Mitterrand's ideological commitments may be getting more of his attention than the harsh realities of a troubled economy. "These first 120 days have too often left an impression of drift and improvisation," the pro-Socialist daily Le Matin editorialized. "We are waiting for the head of state to focus on the priority of priorities: overcoming the economic crisis...
...press conference, Mitterrand declared that he had not only the will but the time to fulfill his promises: his term runs for seven years. But he cannot wait that long to meet the challenge of his office. As Le Matin put it last week: "Now that everyone is convinced Mitterrand intends to keep his campaign promises, the question is not whether he can produce the reforms but whether he can master them." -By Henry Mutter. Reported by William Blaylock and Sandra Burton/Paris...
...editorial, the paper observed: "Brezhnev got what he wanted. The Soviet press will present [Giscard's] presence in Warsaw as meaning the end of the quarantine in which the Kremlin's leadership has been locked for five months since the rape of Afghanistan." The left-wing Le Matin de Paris suggested that Giscard could be "the first Western leader to consent to a slow process of Finlandization in Western Europe." In a Page One banner, the counterculture newspaper Libération awarded the French President the Lenin peace prize...