Word: mitterrand
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chief Georges Marchais last week called the nation's Minister of Justice, Alain Peyrefitte, "a liar.'' "That's a good start," responded the Minister mildly. A few days later, Premier Raymond Barre derisively branded Marchais an "Ali Baba," whose economic program was pure fantasy. Socialist Party Leader Fraçois Mitterrand reproached his supposed allies, the Communists, for insulting him. "That's a simple lie," retorted the Communist daily L'Humanité. Gaullist Leader Jacques Chirac had earlier described as an unsavory plot the alliance of small parties supporting President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing...
...fair, the French have rarely been so saturated with politics. This will be their fourth trip to the polls in the past five years. The present campaign really began four years ago when the Socialists' Mitterrand barely missed (by 300,000 votes) defeating Giscard for the presidency. Since then, in cantonal and municipal elections, the Socialist-Communist alliance has gained impressive strength; Communist mayors now rule 75 cities. Seven months ago the dynamic left appeared an easy winner over the squabbling governing coalition in the elections. But when the Communists broke with their Socialist partners last September, the political mood...
...type of society we have at present give an affirmative response. Moreover, other polls show that the voters place more confidence for the management of their economy in the present government than in the opposition. A poll in the [leftist weekly] Nouvel Observateur indicates that I lead Mr. Mitterrand by twelve points on confidence in the management of the economy and, still more interesting, that I even lead him among those earning the minimum wage...
...appearing in the newsmagazine Le Point this week shows that 52% of the electorate would vote for the leftist parties as against 44% for the center-right. One top Gaullist leader even believes that the left might well reach 55% by election time. If that happens, Socialist Leader Francois Mitterrand would almost certainly become Premier-and France would face the possibility of having Communists in Cabinet posts for the first time in 30 years...
Although the franc rallied last week, it continued its headlong flight abroad. Mitterrand claimed that 500 billion francs ($100 billion) have been illegally exported to Switzerland. Though the claim was exaggerated, more and more apprehensive citizens were getting their money out of the country or hoarding gold-the Frenchman's historical hedge against political uncertainty. Most popular were the one-kilo ingots (currently worth $5,738), which fit nicely under mattresses, and the small $62 Napoleon d'Or and minuscule $46 demi-Napoleon coins, which can be conveniently secreted-and transported -in the traditional sock. In the past...