Articles
France: Messieurs Fixit
Two types of people can generally feel assured of gaining entry to Charles de Gaulle's closely guarded Elyéee Palace: heads of state and SOS men. SOS operatives...
France: Firecrackers
Every day is Bastille Day with Charles de Gaulle, so concerned is he with demonstrating France's "national independence." To prove once again that he is a...
FREE FRANCE: Aid, Not Recognition
In spite of General Charles de Gaulle's strong bid for the leadership of French democracy (TIME, July 6), neither the U.S. nor Great Britain is likely,...
FRANCE: Redoutable
To assist in defending distant French colonial possessions, such as Indo-China, there was launched last week at Cherbourg the super-submarine,...
FRANCE: De Gaulle's Decline
Best barometer readings on France's political climate are the municipal elections, in which several hundred thousand small-time politicians run for office...
France: Unequal Time
One might think that Gaston Defferre, French Socialist candidate for President and the only man so far to challenge Charles de Gaulle in the next election,...
France: Higher & Higher Cuisine
Eating out in France has become a financial torment as well as an Epicurean pleasure. Restaurants tack on extra charges for everything from napkins to green...
FRANCE: Civic Spirit
A citizen of France last week scolded his countrymen for letting their democratic spirit flag. The French nation, he said in a front-page editorial in La Vie...
France: And Now to Business
When France's newly elected National Assembly convened in Paris last week, it was a far different body from the rebellious lower house that toppled Premier...
France: Non, Mon General!
Local elections in France are usually just that: fought and decided on local issues and parochial personalities. But for this year's round of élections...
FRANCE: Incautious Invitation
Even the most dedicated French parliamentarians are beginning to question how long the Fourth Republic's weak parliamentary systemof ineffectual Premiers...
FRANCE: Yo-Ho-Ho & a Carton of Butts!
The buccaneers were gone from the Caribbean; the corsairs of Barbary had long since walked the plank; but the Jolly Roger had not been furled for good. Last...
France: Riding on Air
If the French have their way, a ride on a subway need no longer be a nerve-racking, ear-wrecking experience on shrieking steel wheels. The government-owned...
FRANCE: Soldierly Duty
Whatever happens in Algeria, Old Soldier Charles de Gaulle is determined to carry the army along with him. By artfully reassigning the principal military...
FRANCE: No. II
Fallen after five months in office, several stays of execution: Premier René Pleven's French coalition-of-the-center government. His was the eleventh...
France: A Certain Malady
"Because they cling to obsolete slogans," thundered Gaullist Minister François Missoffe last week, "the unions will suffer the same fate as the political...
FRANCE: Il le dit
A journal recently printed the following scurrilous sentence: "The President of the Republic is the living incarnation, the pride-swelled descendant of the...
France: One Man's Meat
Like the good red wine that goes with his meat, a French butcher has to be picked with care and pampered for yearsand even then he can turn sour. Rushing in...
FRANCE: Elections Ahead
This week the French National Assembly voted into law the long-disputed electoral reform bill sponsored by stubborn little Premier Henri Queuille. Voting 332 to...
FRANCE: Biennial Budget
Premier Poincaré's plan for a biennial budget passed the Chamber of Deputies. Under this scheme the 1923 budget will at the same time be made applicable to...
