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Summary:March 12 1978 - France goes to the polls in the most critical general election since the war. Never before had the French Socialists - led by Francois Mitterrand - and the Communists - led by Georges Marchais - united to make a common appeal to the electorate. However, at the end of the complicated process of French voting, President Giscard D'Estaing and the parties of the right retained control.
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Location:FRANCE PARIS ARC DE TRIOMPHE PARLIAMENTS
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