China Back on Agenda


the same technocratic-elitist background of President Giscard d'Estaing and Jacques Chirac, is currently considered one of France's most promising politicians. With an attractive electoral personality and a hard-driving, two-fisted style, Rocard, who prefers a more dynamic and centrist concept of Socialism, is also less beholden to the union of the Left with the Communists. He had initially announced his intention to contest but drew only a fraction of support from the Party. lie later withdrew in favour of Mitterand.