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...celebrate the survival and triumph of democracy in Western Europe after it was almost snuffed out during World War II. Strasbourg, however, is not without its own petty imbroglios. Reagan was initially invited to lunch by French President Francois Mitterrand, but when the European Parliament's president, Pierre Pflimlin, a longtime opponent of Mitterrand's Socialists, issued Reagan an official counterinvitation, a miffed Mitterrand withdrew...
Madame Steinle will undoubtedly have her wish-and if anything is certain in Europe's uncertain '70s, her children and grandchildren will live and die as Frenchmen too. To Strasbourgiers, that sense of security is something new, and even a bit miraculous. "For centuries," says Mayor Pierre Pflimlin, who in 1958 served for 18 days as the next-to-last Premier of France's Fourth Republic, "we in the border areas have known nothing but fear and insecurity. Now that nightmare has ended. The Common Market and the concept of Europe have made a basic and fundamental...
...Afterward the five-Antoine Pinay, Guy Mollet, Pierre Pflimlin, Rene Pleven and Rene Mayer-were invited to luncheon at the Metz prefecture by De Gaulle's representative, Minister of State Louis Joxe. But the ex-Premiers declined the invitation when they learned that Schuman's old friend Jean Monnet, who was also present, had been left out of the party...
...Gaulle may become ill, die, be assassinated, or just decide not to run. The infectious presidential fever has spread to all parties. On the non-Gaullist side, possible candidates range from Antoine Pinay (at 71, he may be too old) to the last Premier of the Fourth Republic, Pierre Pflimlin, to the glib Radical spokesman, Maurice Faure. The Socialists have contenders in veteran Guy Mollet and the shrewd, affable mayor of Marseille. Gaston Defferre...
...personal prestige. Anti-Gaullists are fond of pointing out that De Gaulle's ministers have no policies-until De Gaulle announces them. For the present, De Gaulle's rule is so personal that his favor may be more important than an official position. Says former Premier Pflimlin: "The important thing at this point is not to be in De Gaulle's government but in De Gaulle's mind...