According to reports Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, former president of France passed away on 2 December 2020 at the age of 94. His father had been a finance minister in France for Germany, thought to be around the time of the first world war. May have been saxon. He is believed to have married a french girl. Reportedly Valéry began a career in politics in 1953. He quickly ascended and became the youngest ever finance minister. At the age of 34 in 1974, a time of European recession he became president of France. He is said to have cut public spending, controlled wages and expanded France’s nuclear program; often said to be mainly for the generation of electricity, though according to reports France was nuclear testing in the Pacific throughout this period and since. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing lost the support of president Charles de Gaulle, and on leaving his position he is said to have campaigned against de Gaulle who was succeeded by Georges Pompidou in 1969. He was reinstated and became a conservative candidate. In 1974 at the age of 48 he won the presidency from the socialist alliance.
Austerity measures and high unemployment meant poverty. His re-election campagn which focused on the economy and as called nuclear independence failed. Socialism was said to have returned to France in 1981 under Françoise Mitterband, Unbelievably Françoise Mitterband is said to have started as nationalist right wing. May have been an attempt to influence socialist France. He reportedly served under the Vichy regime. In 1940 with the defeat of France in the second world war,” an agreement was reportedly signed between Germany and members of the french government, though Paul Reynaud resigned as prime minister rather than sign the armistice which transformed the republic into an authoritarian state accused of collaborating with Nazi Germany.
The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior occurred during Françoise Mitterband’s presidency. The incident occurred because the Warrior was said to be following a french military ship involved in nuclear tests on the island of Moruroa in Polynesia where testing reportedly began in 1966. Two bombs were said to have been planted by french agents in Auckland harbour. One man, Fernando Pereira lost his life. Two french agents were caught by New Zealand police. They pleaded guilty to manslaughter and were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. France reportedly threatened an economic embargo of New Zealand exports to the then eec if they weren’t released. France, a member of the u.n. may have even been working under u.n. protocol. According to various reports the u.s. and u.k. have similar involvement. Nuclear testing in the Pacific is believed to have begun in the 1940’s and according to some reports ceased in 1996. This is untrue.
All communication with the u.n. regarding the incident was to refer to a breach of international law rather than an act of terrorism. According to a report the agents were said to have been imprisoned near a military base on a coral reef on the Toamotu Islands, believed to be involved in the tests, and released a little over two years later. Though no more news of nuclear testing, reportedly the island of Moruroa is guarded.
Nuclear testing has resulted in a high incidence of leukemia and other cancers of the thyroid, lung and breast. Other consequences are displaced populations and loss of home and environment.