If American readers know one thing about François Mitterrand, it is that both his wife and his mistress attended his public funeral in 1996. In life, however, Mitterand was an aloof and sometimes ...

Francois Mitterrand made the long awaited announcement Tuesday that he will run for a second seven-year mandate in presidential elections this spring. The Socialist president`s decision, made public ...

If it’s May 10 in France, it must be François Mitterrand Day. Not officially, of course (while the nation has named a library, an embankment of the Seine, and other venues after the late president, it ...