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What makes Coluche's move into politics viable at all is that the comedian has focused on problems that do disturb ordinary French voters. Unemployment has reached a near record 6.3%; the inflation rate is 13.5%. President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing is expected to defeat his most serious opponent, only because his opposition on the left is so divided. Coluche is filling a void. More than 200 Coluche-for-President committees have sprung up across France, and he is confident that he will get the 500 signatures of elected local officials he needs to be placed...
When French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing took office in 1974, he promised to loosen the tight control that the Elysée Palace had maintained over French life, especially the press. Battle-weary French journalists looked forward to a new era of peaceful coexistence. As Finance Minister under President Georges Pompidou, the accessible Giscard had long been a favorite with reporters covering an otherwise chilly Elysée government. As President, he brought a refreshingly relaxed approach to the office, dining with workers' families and playing tennis. But after six years, a markedly different Giscard...
French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who also had his doubts about Carter's steadiness, expects a Reagan Administration to reassert U.S. power. After meeting with Schmidt last week, Giscard said: "France can only rejoice at the sight of a strong America determined fully to assume its responsibilities...
...official. From the town hall he occupies as mayor of the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, the compact (5 ft. 6 in.), crimson-cheeked economist formally declared that he was challenging François Mitterrand for the Socialist Party's nomination as its candidate against Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in the presidential election next May. Rocard gracefully suggested that Mitterrand, a veteran of more than three decades in French politics, could stay on as party leader. But the true meaning of Rocard's announcement was best summed up by an irreverent headline...
...fact Schmidt's considerable triumph in the Oct. 5 national elections left him in the strongest political position of any Western European leader. France's President Valéry discard d'Estaing was bracing for a spring election that could reduce his standing with the voters. In Britain, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher faced sharp criticism for her monetarist program. But Schmidt, 61, overseer of the Continent's healthiest major economy (5.1% inflation and 3.5% unemployment) had a new mandate to govern for another four years, probably without serious challenge...