Julius W. Friend - The Long Presidency: France in the Mitterrand Years, 1981-1995

France in the Mitterrand Years, 19811995

Julius W. Friend

First published 1998 by Westview Press

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Friend, Julius Weis.
The long presidency: France in the Mitterrand years, 19811995 /
Julius W. Friend.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8133-2850-0
1. Mitterrand, Franois, 1916 Influence. 2. FrancePolitics
and government19811995. 3. SocialismFranceHistory20th
century. 4. EuropePolitics and government1945 I. Title.
DC423.F748 1998
944.083'8'092dc21 97-31017
CIP

ISBN 13: 978-0-8133-2851-5 (pbk)

This book is in part the result of more than 300 interviews conducted between 1983 and 1996, often followups with the same people over the years. I should like to thank Philippe Alexandre, Gilles Andreani, Jean Audibert, Robert Badinter, Raymond Barre, Jean-Louis Bemer, Maurice Benassayag, the late Pierre Brgovoy, Suzanne Berger, Yannick Bodin, Didier Borotra, Jean-Michel Boucheron, Bernard Brizay, Daniel Boy, Elisabeth Burg, Guy Carcassonne, Christophe Caresche, Andr Carmon, Jean-Claude Casanova, Roland Cayrol, Bernard Cazes, Christian Chapman, Paul Chauvat, Michel Charzat, Pierre Cherruau, lie Cohen, Samy Cohen, Lyne Cohen-Solal, Laurent Cohen-Tanugi, Jean-Claude Colliard, Gerard Collomb, Jean-Marc de Comarmond, Stephane Courtois, Michel Crpeau, Joseph Daniel, Ian Davidson, Yves Delahaye, Bertrand Delano, Grard Delfau, Jacques Delors, Jacques Douffiagues, Ren Drouin, Claude Dubillot, Michel Dubreuil, Jean-Claude Duchalard, Grard Dumas, Elisabeth Dupoirier, Joelle Dussaut, Henri Emmanuelli, Paul Fabra, Jean-Pierre Faugre, Christine Fauvet-Mycia, Nicole and Jean Feidt, the late Henri Fiszbin, Jean-Pierre Foubert, Pierre Frappat, Michel Garicoix, Roland Garrigue, Marcel Garrouste, Jean-Dominique Giuliani, Michel Gonelle, Christian Goux, Gilbert Gouze, Catherine and Pierre Gremion, Alfred Grosser, Grard Grunberg, Jean-Marie Guhenno, Yves Guna, Pierre Guidoni, Elisabeth Guigou, Henri Guillaume, Rgis Guyotat, Arthur Hartmann, Pierre Hassner, the late Charles Hernu, Philippe Herzog, Pierre Heurtin, Francois Hincker, Jacques Huntzinger, Serge Hurtig, Grard Jacquet, Patrick Jarreau, Jean-Nol Jeanneney, Jacques Jessel, Jacques Julliard, Alain Jupp, Jean-Franois Kahn, Riva Kastoryano, the late Annie Kriegel, Denis Lacorne, Pascal Lamy, the late Georges Lavau, Branko Lazitch, Jean-Yves Le Deaut, Grard LeGall, Anne-Marie LeGloannec, Gerard Lesprit, Max Levita, Raymond Lory, Marcel Lucotte, Henri Madelin, Patrick Martinat, Gilles Martinet, Ren Mathevet, Pierre Mauroy, Pierre Mhaignerie, Yves Mny, Denis Mercier, Didier Migaud, Alain Mine, Dominique Moisi, Bernard Montergnole, Philippe Moreau-Defarges, Didier Motchane, Louis Moulinet, Jean-Louis Moynot, Jean Musitelli, Henry Nau, Frdric Niedielski, Michel Noir, Charles Pasqua, Andr Pautard, Guy Penne, Pascal Perrineau, Thierry Pfister, Franois Platonne, Diana Pinto, the late Jean Pronteau, Antoine Prost, Nicole Questiaux, Roger Qutlliot, Jean Ranger, Jean-Marie Rausch, Guy Revellat, Dominique Richard, Philippe Robrieux, Michel Rocard, Lucien Rolland, Pierre Rosanvallon, Patricia Roubillet, Joseph Rovan, Michel Sainte-Marie, Andr Salomon, Jacques Santrot, Claude Saunier, Christian Sautter, Elisabeth Schemla, Philippe Sguin, Jean Seris, Brigitte Stoffas, Christian Stoffas, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Franoise Subillot, Paul Thibaud, the late Marie-France Thoinet, Georges Touchard, Claire Tran, Christian Tual, Philippe Tugas, Jean-Claude Vajou, Hubert Vdrine, Jean Verlhac, Jean-Yves Vif, Jrme Vignon, Henri Weber, Pierre-Andr Wilzer, Jean-Pierre Worms, Colette Ysmal, and Martha Zuber. To my friends John and Nancy Condon and Marina, Dmitri, and Eugne Savostianoff go my thanks for much hospitality and advice.

Anton Deporte, Harvey Feigenbaum, and Steven Philip Kramer, who read drafts of several chapters of this book, are not responsible for my errors, but are responsible for much improvement. My thanks go to them also.

I am grateful to the editors of French Politics and Society for permission to use materials that have appeared in a number of articles I contributed to that remarkable journal.

My greatest debt is to Louise Friend: gentle but severe critic and editor. This book is dedicated to her.

Julius W Friend
Chevy Chase, Maryland