WATCH FRANCE! - Clayton D Steep - February 1982

Clayton D Steep

Not since the days of Napoleon have such far-reaching changes been set in motion in France. Paris France, in 1981, broke with the past. A spectacular series of prophetic events involving all Europe is being set in motion. The Socialist slogan in last year's election promised the French they would be "Living otherwise." And that's precisely what the citizens of France will be doing-at work, at play, in school and in the military if the new Socialist government can fulfill its goals. In many respects it amounts to the restructuring of a whole society. The sweeping social and economic transformation is spear-headed by the most extensive program of nationalization ever undertaken by a Western democracy. Overseeing this massive effort, Socialist President Francois Mitterrand has declared, "I am doing through nationalization what de Gaulle did in the field of nuclear strategy: I am giving France her economic force de frappe." - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library