The Political Legacy of Édouard Balladur: Elite Popularity vs. Public Disconnect

An analysis of former French Prime Minister Édouard Balladur's political impact, highlighting how his innovative Gaullist model remains popular among elites but perceived as distant from ordinary citizens.

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Paradox of Balladur's legacy: 'Highly popular' Gaullist elite yet 'too far away from the people'

Sharon Gaffney is pleased to welcome Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University. According to Foucart, Édouard Balladur’s political legacy mattered because he embodied a political model that was innovative and yet limited in scope and longevity. As PM under Socialist President François Mitterrand, Balladur helped demonstrate that ideological rivals could govern together under cohabitation while pursuing an ambitious programme of privatisation and economic reform. Yet Foucart argu...

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