Word: palewski
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...faces of postwar France, carefully balanced off as Faure doled out the spoils to the bargainers. To soothe the conservatives, the foreign ministry went to Independent Antoine Pinay, a sturdy pro-European pledged to push through the Paris accords. But as his own ministerial lieutenant Faure appointed Gaullist Gaston Palewski, a leader of the opposition to the accords who has organized the effort to block implementation even after ratification. As a price for their hesitant support, the M.R.P. got four choice Cabinet posts, including Robert Schuman as Minister of Justice and Pierre Pflimlin, a political comer, as Minister of Finance...
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