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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...France, the race for the presidency settled down to a bitter struggle between Socialist Francois Mitterrand, the candidate of the left, and Valery Giscard d'Estaing, the candidate of the right and center. No matter who wins, the election could mark the end of Gaullism. The voters' decision could also upset the internal stability that had given France much of the strength it had used so effectively within the European Community for a generation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEST: And Now, the '30s Look in Politics | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

...U.D.R. is in disarray after the elimination of Gaullist Jacques Chaban-Delmas in last week's first round of balloting for the presidency, the nation has fallen back into its traditional polarities, with Finance Minister Valery Giscard d'Estaing, 48, representing the right, and François Mitterrand, 57, leading a Popular Front of leftists that includes the Communist Party. As campaigning began for the final round of voting this Sunday, the two candidates are locked in frantic efforts to out-De Gaulle each other; three weeks ago, both were rapping the general's party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Spoils of Gaullism | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

...have sound reasons for seeking the spoils of Gaullism. It is the Gaullist 15.1% of the vote that Chaban collected that holds the balance of power between Giscard's first-round 32.6% and Mitterrand's 43.2%. For the first time in the campaign, French opinion polls differed last week over the favorite. One showed Giscard edging ahead by 51% to 49%; another found Mitterrand leading by the same margin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Spoils of Gaullism | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

Political Pizazz. In many ways the most telling element of the first round campaign was the sharp decline and fall of Chaban, who had argued that he alone had the kind of political pizazz needed to stop Mitterrand. The flashy, thrice-wed former Resistance hero not only got the endorsement of the old-line Gaullists, but he ceaselessly flaunted it at rallies of the faithful around the country. Yet Chaban's carefully cultivated image of continuity with the past was plainly unappealing to many Frenchmen, who seem to want a change from the elitist tradition of De Gaulle. Although...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Then There Were Two | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

While Chaban talked of continuity, Giscard and Mitterrand struck a popular response by calling for new approaches. Mitterrand spoke grandly, if vaguely, of "re-establishing justice in our society," while his Communist allies -widely distrusted by the French middle class-tried to keep from being heard at all. For the first time in years, the Socialists and the Communists did not march in the May Day parade in Paris. Giscard, ignoring the fact that he has served in Gaullist cabinets for nine years, argued that "France needs a young face in all fields, including politics. France will have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Then There Were Two | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

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