French Presidential handover

Title

French Presidential handover

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

11 May 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:24

Description

Report and interview with Times correspondent in Paris, Ian Murray, about the process of the transfer of power between outgoing French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing and newly elected Francois Mitterrand and implications of increased communist power. Political correspondent of French television channel, FR3, Danielle Marie Ottier(?) also comments. Peter Spencer reports.

Contributors

Ian Murray; Peter Spencer; Danielle Marie Ottier(?)

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Government; France; Francois Mitterrand; Presidents; Communism; General elections; Socialists; Valery Giscard d’Estaing; Political process

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