Update: 09/05/2011 - French politics - Marine Le Pen - National Front party (France) - Nicolas Sarkozy - Socialist Party (France) - UMP
Thirty years on, Mitterrand mania grips France
On May 10, 1981, François Mitterrand won his first presidential election, marking the start of a 14-year period in office that is being fondly commemorated across France. But it’s the future - not the past - that haunts the commemoration ceremonies.
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