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...hungry Finance Minister Jacques Delors swoops down from a helicopter to collect the franc used in the coin toss of a soccer match. Intent on projecting French military power abroad. Defense Minister Charles Hernu leads an attack against the tiny principality of Monaco: "Ack-ack-ack!" President Francois Mitterrand interrupts his compulsive globetrotting for a rare visit to Paris and, shuddering at what he finds, hightails away again...
...Socialist heaven, meanwhile, the cherubs are busily filling out their income tax returns when two horned devils from Hades, former President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac, try to seize power. But in the finale the good Lord Mitterrand in gilded pajamas-aided by winged archangels in silver-lamé union suits-repulses the celestial coup attempt by beating back the interlopers with long-stemmed Socialist roses...
...Mitterrand's Socialist government marked its third anniversary last week, there was plenty of material for the chansonniers. Beyond the demonstrations (commonplace), inflation (slowing), unemployment (rising) and the strains between Socialists and Communists in the ruling coalition (severe), there has been a ripple effect of change across much of the social landscape. Few aspects of French life have remained untouched by the electoral upheaval that gave France its first leftist government in three decades. In areas as diverse as law and education, communications and fashion, business and dining, the France of 1984 bears Mitterrand's distinct imprint...
Socialist. He is a turncoat and warmonger, as demonstrated by his policies in Chad and Lebanon and his stand in favor of Euromissiles. As a French civil servant and teacher, I have seen my living standard deteriorate and my taxes increase. I voted for Mitterrand in 1981. Next time I will think twice before I give him my vote...
...Mitterrand may have shown determination and foresight in his foreign policies, but his management of France's domestic affairs has been woefully incoherent. France has had to pay heavily for Mitterrand's spending. The Socialist dream is over...