Francois Mitterrand death
- Title
- Francois Mitterrand death
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
- TX Date
- 8 Jan 1996
- Year of production
- 1996
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- Duration
- 00:00:26
- Description
- Tributes have been pouring in all day for the former French President Francois Mitterrand who died this morning after a long battle with cancer. Although Mitterrand was an ardent European, former foreign secretary Lord Geoffrey Howe says he had a healthy respect for Premier Margaret Thatcher and Britain’s position during the 1980s.
- Contributors
- Geoffrey Howe
- Keywords
- Deaths; Politics; Margaret Thatcher; European union; France; Francois Mitterrand; Presidents
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