Schoolmasterish Socialist Guy Mollet has lasted for six months as Premier of France because no one else wants the job of antagonizing the left by fighting the war in Algeria, and antagonizing left, right and center by demanding higher taxes to finance it. Last week Guy Mollet found a way to make some mileage out of his predicament.
A good European, Mollet decided to move France a short step forward toward United Europe. Before the National Assembly was a plan to authorize him to negotiate with five other Western European nations (Italy, the Benelux countries and West Germany) to create...
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