THREE PERSONALITIES dominated French national ... France from defeat to victory in World War II and later had a constitution tailored to his presidential dimensions; and Francois Mitterrand ...

Our president could learn from the French president’s U-turn. In 1981, Francois Mitterrand swept to power in France in a watershed election. He united the Left and fired the imagination of the ...

The National ... de France Richelieu, 624,307 square feet near the Stock Exchange and the Louvre, dates from the 18th. When the library expanded in 1998 with the opening of the François ...

National Library of France begins moving books from its old home in city center to new site in Tolbiac district in southeast Paris; photo (M) Once President Francois Mitterrand had personally ...

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 ...

The National Library of France, also known as the François-Mitterrand Library, plans to exhibit the fully restored manuscript in the autumn. The occasion will mark the 100th anniversary of ...

At the height of his influence he did more than lead France; he embodied it. François Mitterrand’s achievement was different. He successfully led the French Left to power for the first time ...

"Noir & Blanc. Une esthétique de la photographie" BNF François-Mitterrand, quai François-Mauriac, Paris 13 e. Until January 21. Noir & Blanc, catalog, 45 euros, 256 pages. Also featured ...

The slogan of retirement at 60 provides cohesion to a left that is nostalgic for the era of President Mitterrand ... the far-right Rassemblement National party and even some of the right Les ...