Word: mitterrand
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mitterrand picks an austerity Premier, and the Communists walk...
...seemed at first to be just another routine visit to the Elysée Palace. But within 30 minutes of Premier Pierre Mauroy's arrival for his weekly meeting with President François Mitterrand, the Elysée's chief of staff emerged onto the steps of the stately, 18th century presidential palace in the center of Paris with a statement that sent shock waves across the country. "Premier Pierre Mauroy has presented his government's resignation," the official noted gravely. "The President has accepted [and] named Mr. Laurent Fabius as Premier." Fabius, formerly Mitterrand...
FRANCE. The embattled Socialist government of President Francois Mitterrand, while still condemned to practice austerity, has begun to benefit from the spread of the recovery. Instead of the stagnation that had been expected this year, the economy is now growing at a rate of about 1%, with a similar outlook for 1985, according to Jean-Marie Chevalier, Professor of Economics at the University of Paris Nord...
French Suite. When French President François Mitterrand visited San Francisco in March, he chose to stay in the $1,500-a-day presidential suite of the Hotel Meridien because it is owned by a French consortium. Walter Mondale had other reasons for picking the same digs as his headquarters during the Democratic Convention, starting with its location one block from Moscone Center. By contrast, the other two Democratic presidential candidates will be staying a traffic-clogged half-mile away on Union Square - Gary Hart at the venerable Westin St. Francis and Jesse Jackson at the high-rise Hyatt...
...Party. On one side stand the so-called traditionalists, among them durable Party Chief Georges Marchais, 64, who favor close ties to Moscow and oppose party reforms. On the other are the so-called modernists, including Marcel Rigout, 56, one of four Communist ministers in President François Mitterrand's Cabinet, who want to loosen ties with the Kremlin and open the party to greater internal democracy...