France’s new First Lady will be Ideal Frenchwoman’
(.X.Z.P.A -Renter—Copyright) PARIS, May 6. No matter which of the candidates becomes President of Fiance on May 19, the First Lady will be in the image of the ideal Frenchwoman. Danielle Mitterrand and Anne - Aymone Giscard d’Estaign are both attractive and dress elegantly. Now that a candidate’s personality and family life
count almost as highly in France as they' do in an American presidential campaign, they are both electoral assets.
! The Mitterrands had the [most romantic courtship. The jwife of the Socialist Party deader met her husband when [both were in the French 1 Resistance during World [War 11.
[. Mrs Mitterrand, with her [delicate features and deep [blue eyes, recalled: “He was [in the Resistance and knew I my sister Christine very] [well. She showed meal [photo of him. When we met! [he found me very pretty and [joked about ‘the little girl | [in the Resistance.’ We mar-i tried in 1944.” For Mrs Giscard d’EstaingJ whose husband is the' [Finance Minister and leader! [of the Gaullist-allied Inde-[ ■ pendent Republicans, it was: la case of love at first sight.’ “When I met Valery he! ;was irresistible. I.got married I [at 18 and the children (they) [have four) came right away,’”! [recalls the dark-haired woman who graces her every 7.
[public appearance wearing a ■ chic outfit. Danielle Mitterrand, who [likes smart wool dresses, [said of Francois Mitterrand: :“1 admire his warm-hearted-ness and generosity. For his [faults you will have to ask (Someone else.”
■ Anne - Aymone Giscard [d’Estaing praised her husband's “frankness and ability [to fathom the most complex [problems.” The Finance [Minister’s wife is an active organiser of poster stickers [in every elecoral campaign. Danielle Mitterrand, who when not helping her husband devotes time to her favourite hobby, bookbinding, said: ".I dont influence my husband’s ideas but we do discuss things a great deal.”
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33527, 7 May 1974, Page 6
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310France’s new First Lady will be Ideal Frenchwoman’ Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33527, 7 May 1974, Page 6
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