Word: mitterrand
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...Prime Minister Michel Rocard called for a "political big bang" that would replace France's outmoded right-left political structures with a broad coalition of "progressive" forces, ranging from reform-minded communists and Socialists to ecologists, centrists and human-rights activists. Rocard was pronouncing the death of President Francois Mitterrand's scandal-tarnished Socialist Party, which faces almost sure defeat in this month's parliamentary elections, and laying the groundwork for his own 1995 presidential bid. Mitterrand, of course, has dismissed the idea. But other Socialists and independents are reacting positively. On Wednesday, Brice Lalonde, head...
ATOP A GRASSY HILL OVERLOOKING THE PLAIN AT Dien Bien Phu, where almost 4,000 French soldiers died and nearly 11,000 were taken prisoner 39 years ago, President Francois Mitterrand listened as General Maurice Schmitt pointed out the landmarks: the mountains from which General Vo Nguyen Giap's troops bombarded the fields below, the airstrip, the hilltop positions that fell one by one until General Christian de Castries and his exhausted men finally surrendered on May 7, 1954, ushering in the end of France's colonial rule in Indochina. "I felt the need to pay my respects," said Mitterrand...
...allies responded to none of this with haste. Plans for the raid began months before Christmas. Bush, in phone consultations with British Prime Minister John Major and French President Francois Mitterrand, agreed that the violations of the no-fly zones could not go unanswered. Top military staff at all three defense ministries were instructed to draft a variety of options, ranging from a strike on one no-fly zone to a major assault on Iraq's airfields, missile bases and control-and-command structure. During Bush's New Year's Eve visit to Riyadh, he enlisted the cooperation of King...
...oilseeds, the E.C. beat a Dec. 5 deadline, when U.S. tariffs would have tripled the cost of European white wine. Had American white wine not provided such a clear market alternative to imports, the stalemate might have disintegrated into a costly battle of tariffs. Though French President Francois Mitterrand, who must still face his nation's angry farmers, may balk at the agreement, U.S. President George Bush hailed the accord as a "breakthrough" that would bring a "comprehensive, global and balanced agreement" on trade that much closer for the 108 nations participating in GATT's Geneva negotiations. The Americans have...
...Commission President Jacques Delors to reinstate Ray MacSharry, the Community's principal agricultural negotiator, who had resigned after accusing Delors of undermining his efforts. British Prime Minister John Major insisted on a deal, and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl called the prospect of a trade war "politics of idiocy." Mitterrand conceded that the isolation of France would be "very dangerous." But France has support from Italy, Spain and Belgium. A compromise is foreseeable, but not readily. (See related story on page...