ous kinds in the past year or so. The referendum, it is argued, will unite around Pompidou the majority of French voters, while isolating all those who are at the two extremes of the political spectrum. Even the orthdox Gaullists, as represented by the former prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, Couve de Murville, are expected to find themselves cast into political limbo.
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