From Détente 1 to Détente 2: A Comparison of Giscard’s and Mitterrand’s East-West Policies

Denis Lacorne

Chapter 6 in East-West Trade and the Atlantic Alliance, 1990, pp 118-144 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract There probably are as many French détente policies as French presidents. De Gaulle believed in his own “Common European House” that would extend from the Atlantic to the Urals; Giscard expected marvels from the “miracle of trade”; Mitterrand, after demonstrating France’s firm Atlanticist resolve in the security area, has attempted the difficult task of reconciling morality with politics. His concept of détente is global: economic negotiations cannot be “decoupled” from human rights issues and future talks on conventional arms reductions.

Keywords: Foreign Policy; Trade Balance; Trade Relation; Foreign Minister; Export Control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-21049-7_6

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