Word: mitterrand
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...formal sessions without notes or texts. His informality was ice breaking. Britain's starchy Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was clearly pleased rather than affronted by his familiarity when Reagan at one point leaned toward her and said, "Maggie, I love you." When French President François Mitterrand greeted him with a cheery "Hello," the President answered: "Thanks for saying hello in my language. Let me say 'Bonjour.' " He then went on to apologize for his largely forgotten high school French...
...reason for amiability is that elections and other political changes have broken up the old gang that argued so vociferously at previous economic summits. Trudeau, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain are the only veterans of these gatherings. President François Mitterrand of France and Prime Ministers Zenko Suzuki of Japan and Giovanni Spadolini of Italy are as new to summitry as Reagan. Suzuki is something of an odd man out; unlike the others, he speaks not a word of English. Spadolini was confirmed as head of Italy's 41st postwar government...
Thus the leaders will have to devote much time simply to getting acquainted. Mitterrand is particularly eager to arrange a private tête-à-tête with Reagan, essentially to feel out whether a French Socialist can find some common ground with an American conservative. The leaders will have seven or eight hours to themselves during the two-day meeting, not counting formal sessions with their aides...
...European recession (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS). But at their own pre-summit in Luxembourg two weeks ago, the Europeans could not agree on any common strategy to fight inflation and recession. They are divided between the tight-money policies followed by Thatcher and Schmidt and the stimulative spending approach that Mitterrand is bringing to France...
...from the gilded rostrum of France's National Assembly last week, Socialist Premier Pierre Mauroy unveiled his government's program for transforming the country's social and economic landscape. The only real surprise was Mauroy's determination, at the behest of President François Mitterrand, to act quickly on the basic planks of the Socialists' electoral platform: nationalization of banks and a number of industries, decentralization of the nation's administrative machinery, and reform of the tax and judiciary systems...