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Summary:France chose a new President in May: the Socialist Francois Mitterrand. Mitterrand spoke of his debt to all who had supported him. The themes of his campaign, he said, had been employment, peace and freedom. He promised that they would remain the themes of his 7-year term of office. Mitterrand's clear victory over the outgoing President, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, indicated the desire of the French electorate for change, after 23 years of right-centre governments.
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