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...have come from a high level within the government, since none of the military figures involved would credibly have acted on their own. The tone of the articles was so authoritative that the government did not even bother to deny them. At the weekly Cabinet meeting the following day, Mitterrand complained strenuously that the press was uncovering facts that he had not been given by his own officials. Two days later Defense Minister Charles Hernu resigned and Admiral Pierre Lacoste, the head of France's foreign intelligence agency, was fired...
...finished," Architect Roland Simounet told Israel Shenker in Art News, "despite all the work and all the hours. People will wonder what we've been doing all this time." They found out last week, during a series of official openings. In the first wave came French President Francois Mitterrand and representatives of the rival branches of Picasso's family, which consisted of two wives, four mistresses, one legitimate son and three illegitimate children, including Jewelry Designer Paloma Picasso. Given the artist, a controversy about invitations was inevitable. In a country now governed by Socialists, it was arranged that every Socialist...
...worst political crisis to hit the four-year-old government of Socialist President Francois Mitterrand seemed to be turning into a nightmare. For weeks French officials had denied charges that the Paris government was directly involved in the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, flagship of the Greenpeace environmental movement, in Auckland, New Zealand, last July 10. Nonetheless, a police investigation in New Zealand and a stream of press revelations in France steadily increased suspicions that Mitterrand and his advisers had indeed played a role in the affair. Early last week, after forcing the resignations of France's Defense Minister...
...blaming Hernu, a close friend and associate of Mitterrand's, Fabius was attempting to distance both himself and the President from what French newspapers were calling the "Underwatergate affair." But after repeated denials of official involvement, Fabius' reversal provoked widespread skepticism. A Sofres-Le Figaro poll taken just before the Premier's midweek TV appearance indicated 52% of the French people believe that Mitterrand and Fabius knew beforehand about the plan to blow up the Rainbow Warrior. Fully 78% condemned the decision to sabotage the ship...
Public doubts over the government's credibility further darkened the Socialists' prospects in legislative elections scheduled for next March. Even before the Greenpeace debacle, the conservative opposition had been expected to gain a majority in the National Assembly. Political observers last week were wondering whether Mitterrand, whose term does not end until 1988, would be so weakened after the elections that he would be unable to govern effectively in "cohabitation" with the conservative parties. There was speculation that he might be forced out of office before the end of his term. Mitterrand, for his part, issued a terse declaration...