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PARIS: Former French President Francois Mitterand succumbed to prostate cancer Monday. He served longer (14 years) as France's president than anyone since Napoleon III, leaving behind "a mixed legacy that is bound to fascinate and confound historians for decades to come," says Paris bureau chief Thomas Sancton. Mitterand became president in 1981 as a socialist, but two years after sweeping nationalizations and other leftist policies had created runaway inflation, a spiraling trade deficit and a sagging franc, he abruptly changed course and put the country on a solidly capitalistic course. For that, critics called him a cynical, power-thirsty...
...national railway company, hard-line union negotiators remain unsatisfied. "There's going to be another big demonstration here on Saturday that may draw support from private-sector employees, which could be an indication the strike is going to continue for a while longer," says Paris bureau chief Thomas Sancton. Union leaders hope to draw 2 million people to the rally, and French Premier Alan Juppe has said a turnout that high would cause him to resign...
Most Paris subway and bus drivers have now agreed to return to work, but bureau chief Thomas Sancton says there is still no sign that other public transportation employees will end their three-week strike: "Some drivers are going back to work, but it's definitely not an indication that the strike is over," Sancton reports. Workers on the Paris commuter and intercity trains will continue striking, despite recent government concessions that included an agreement to renegotiate the five-year contract with the national railway company. "There's going to be another big demonstration here on Saturday that may draw...
...that campaign jet landed, Chirac offered to inscribe a satirical book about himself for Sancton's son Julian. "He kept a number of officials waiting in the rain while he wrote a dedication," says Sancton. "That gesture, thoughtfully signing a book that made fun of him, said a lot about Chirac as a man. Of course, it also said something about him as a politician. The next time Chirac runs, in 2002, my son will be a voter...
Last month, before the strikes and demonstrations that have created a crisis in France began, an upbeat Jacques Chirac met with TIME Europe editor Christopher Redman and Paris bureau chief Thomas Sancton to discuss his views of France, Europe and the world. It was the first interview Chirac has granted to any foreign publication since his election as President in May. Excerpts from their conversation...