Nobody else knew they existed. For decades, Anne Pingeot kept the 1,218 love letters she received from the late president François Mitterrand in old shoe boxes. Now she has decided to publish them to ...

An image from a blustery January 1996 afternoon, when Mitterrand’s two families stood around the former president’s flag-draped coffin, is seared in the French public’s memory. Standing slightly ...

The official White House transcript that was published following Biden's speech showed Mitterrand's name crossed out and replaced with the correct name: French President Emmanuel Macron. In early ...

Yesterday I wrote a column about how Margaret Thatcher liberated Western Europe from the ills of Francois Mitterrand-style nationalization of industry, in part by "creating a world in which the French ...

Frédéric Mitterrand, France's Culture Minister and nephew of the late President François Mitterrand, has come under attackLoic Venance / AFP / Getty Images Score it as the first serious collateral ...

If a leader’s strength is his ability to create and control his own legend, then Francois Mitterrand has been one of France’s strongest officials in this century. The son of an upper middle-class ...

The former First Lady of France Danielle Mitterrand has died at the age of 87, according to media reports. Mitterrand, who was married to former President Francois Mitterrand for more than 50 years, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Mazarine Pingeot, 25, is the daughter of former French president ...

François Mitterrand was elected the Fifth Republic’s first Socialist president on May 10, 1981. Mitterrand soon U-turned on his socialist economic agenda – but he remains lionised by large sections of ...