Word: publicaines
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Another conglomerate, the P.D.M. is a center party that has tried without notable success to be a tertium quid between Gaullism and Communism. The P.D.M. inherited the mantle of the Fourth Republic's Christian Democratic Mouvement Républicain Populaire. Economically progressive, Europe-minded and pro-U.S., the P.D.M. is still far from the balance-of-power position between left and right that the M.R.P. enjoyed, but may pick up more seats...
True Grandeur. To no one is the showcase of television more important than to the man coming up fastest in the campaign: Jean Lecanuet, 45, a Senator from Seine-Maritime and recently president of the Catholic center M.R.P. (Mouvement Républicain Populaire) party. Already being hailed by his supporters and the press as "the French Kennedy" because of his telegenic good looks and stylish rapport with crowds, Lecanuet in a mere month has raised himself from obscurity to importance with the cry, "Why does France not have a young President?" He is hitting De Gaulle hard on Europe...