Word: poperen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strongest among left-wing Socialists and some Communists. They argue that instead of meekly accepting painful austerity, the government should 1) withdraw from the European Monetary System, which links seven major European currencies; 2) correct the trade imbalance through protectionist import restrictions; and 3) concentrate on creating jobs. Jean Poperen, the party's deputy leader, last month charged that the government was losing its "popular support" and called for a return to the "class struggle" as the Socialists' central theme. Edmond Maire, leader of the Socialist-dominated Confédération Française Démocratique...
...governing Socialist-Communist alliance. It was an almost symmetrical reversal of the results that had brought Mitterrand to office in May 1981. As a result, the left stood to lose power not in 15 cities, as it had once expected, but in about 40. Conceded Jean Poperen, deputy leader of the Socialist Party: "There has been a certain setback. I don't deny...
With similar practicality, the Socialists have abandoned their original plan for a freeze on nuclear power plant construction, pending a national referendum. Six of the nine plants proposed by the Giscard government are under construction-to the immense displeasure of environmentalists who voted for the Socialists. Explains Jean Poperen, a senior party secretary: "We discovered that we could not reduce our oil bill, have 3% growth and stop nuclear power...
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