Word: vignancour
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Common Market, backed Mitterrand as well, because he found De Gaulle's idea of Europe the "Europe of centuries past, a rebirth of the nationalist spirit that has brought tragedy to France and Europe." Even De Gaulle's first-ballot, right-wing opponent, Lawyer Tixier-Vignancour, joined the other three eliminated candidates in opposing De Gaulle. The most important of them, pro-Europe, Catholic Centrist Jean Lecanuet, could not quite go all the way to an endorsement of Mitterrand with his Communist backing, but he advised his 3,700,000 voters either to choose Mitterrand or abstain altogether...
...among European nations in production, growth, construction of housing and salaries, leading Europe only in inflation and taxes." Leftist Candidate null Mitterrand aimed his best shot of the week at the force de frappe-"a waste of money that would be better spent on schools." Rightist Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour denounced Gaullist parsimony at home while French francs are flowing into foreign aid. "We need better telephone service to Lyon," said Tixier, and "better roads in Brittany...
...joint backing of the Socialist and Communist parties. Mitterrand bore down heavily on "social injustice" in France, sneered that "De Gaulle poses problems which concerned our fathers. I am trying to pose problems which will concern our sons." The candidate on the right, Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour, spoke feelingly on the subject that still rankles and moves many a Frenchman - the Gaullist betrayal of the Algerian French...
...until early last summer, when the somber, somnolent island awoke to the 20th century. Suddenly, bombs exploded in the night, and walls proclaimed the scrawled slogan: "Corsica for the Corsicans!" By last week, the Corsican question had even entered France's presidential campaign. Rightist Candidate Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour stormed across the island, hoping to turn Corsican wrath against Charles de Gaulle...
...right is Attorney Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour, 57, who last week was campaigning in, of all places, Saigon. De Gaulle's catcalls for negotiations have so angered the South Vietnamese that General Ky last June broke off relations with France. So Tixier's assertion that "the injustice committed by General de Gaulle as regards South Viet Nam is inadmissible" fell on ready ears. An unredeemed opponent of Algerian freedom, Tixier made his reputation defending S.A.O. terrorists whom the De Gaulle government brought to trial. Tixier spent all of August touring beaches and resorts, holding forth under a rented...