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...half a decade?and possibly longer. No other democratically elected leader in the world can enjoy such a mandate. Noted one jubilant Mitterrand aide: "He will be around for seven years, and he will have parliamentary support for at least five. That's more than President Reagan, Chancellor Helmut Schmidt or Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher...
...countries like Saudi Arabia, which provides one-third of France's oil imports and is a major customer for French arms. King Khalid, in fact, is reported to have expressed concern over a possible Communist Cabinet role, while lunching at the Elysée two weeks ago. Aides to Helmut Schmidt hint that the Chancellor will drive the same message home to Mitterrand when the two meet in Luxembourg this week. In spite of such pressures, some Mitterrand-watchers predict that he will bring a few Communists into the government, if only to satisfy his longstanding ambition to "unify France...
...first weeks in office?and with good reason. The new government faced the task of allaying fears in friendly capitals that abrupt change was in the offing. Shortly after Mitterrand's inauguration last month, Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson set off for Bonn for meetings with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher. His mission: to reassure France's foremost political and economic partner that "close and friendly Franco-German relations would continue" despite the departure of Schmidt's personal friend, cher Valéry, from the Elysée. Cheysson next boarded an Air France Concorde for Washington...
Perhaps Begin's harsh words are just a little too honest for those who would like to think that the events in Europe 35 years ago have no connection with today. Yet Schmidt was there in Nazi Europe, and he should still be accountable...
Mitterrand began his first full week in the office he had pursued for 16 years by playing host to one of ex-President Valery Giscard d'Estaing's closest political allies: West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Despite initial fears that the Paris-Bonn axis would be weakened by the departure of cher Valery, Mitterrand appeared to get along fine with his fellow socialist from West Germany. The two leaders agreed to continue their joint efforts to shore up the franc. Mitterrand pledged to continue the Giscard-Schmidt policy of simultaneously beefing up European missile capacity while seeking arms...