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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