Word: mitterrand
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...parties have turned inward on themselves instead of ganging up on the Gaullists. Split over the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Communists are preoccupied by internal feuds. The Socialists, who are still in shock from their election drubbing, seem psychologically incapable of regaining their old fire. Declares Francois Mitterrand, president of the Federation of the Democratic Socialist Left: "The Federation is more a victim of itself than it was of the elections." Last week, seizing on a drastic remedy, the Socialists disbanded their present party. In the spring, they hope to begin the organization of a new and more vital...
...largest political party, the Communists lost 603,675 voters; their share of the total vote fell from 22.5% to 20%. The Communists' allies, the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left, dropped 23%. This setback seriously dented the prestige of the federation's leader, François Mitterrand as a national political figure. The centrist coalition, led by Jacques Duhamel, dropped from 13% of the vote...
...opposition tried as best it could to counter the Gaullist tactics. "Two months ago, you would have voted anti-Gaullist, and two months from now you would vote anti-Gaullist again," declared François Mitterrand, leader of the Federation of the Democratic Socialist Left, in his final TV speech. Former Premier Pierre Mendès-France, who leads the resurgent United Socialist Party, warned in Grenoble: "A continuation of Gaullism means inevitably the continuation of protest and social agitation...
Federation of the Democratic Socialist Left (F.G.D.S.) Leader: Francois Mitterrand, 51 Seats: 120 Candidates: about...
...onto anti-Gaullism as one of its few unifying principles. Its member groups-Guy Mollet's Socialists (74 seats), the Radicals (25) and the Convention (18)-still think more in narrow party terms than of broader federation concepts. Workers make up the main following of the F.G.D.S. With Mitterrand's appeal waning, the Federation may lose some seats...