Question

This politician justified a turn to austerity by claiming that it would “open a parenthesis.” This politician gained leadership at the Épinay Congress after losing an election as the leader of the FGDS alliance. A rival party leader refused to use the Observatory Affair to (10[1])discredit this politician, (10[1])who lost his seat in 1958 when the SFIO did not remove its candidate. This politician (-5[1])named a doctrine against extraditing terrorists (10[1])convicted (10[1])over (10[1])acts (10[3])from (10[2])the Years of Lead. (10[1])Gaston (-5[2])Defferre (-5[1])was an important (10[1])ally of this (10[1])president, whose Defense Minister (10[1])Charles Hernu resigned after the sinking of the Greenpeace (10[1])ship Rainbow (10[1])Warrior. (10[3])As president, this politician entered the first “cohabitation period” after appointing Jacques Chirac (10[1])as his (10[2])prime minister. For 10 points, (-5[3])name this first President (10[2])of France (-5[1])from the Socialist (-5[2])Party. (10[2])■END■ (10[9]0[5])

ANSWER: François Mitterrand [or François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Connor Mayers (UG)Maryland A (Grad)UNC B (UG)4410
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ABerkeley B4710
Jacky XuCornell BBinghamton63-5
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicVanderbilt B6910
Roan DowlingIowa AClaremont A7010
Ethan StrombeckStanford ABerkeley C7110
Andrew ZengStanford BStanford C7210
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)UNC C (UG)7210
Thomas HartWarwickCambridge A7210
Sophie HiggsUW ATexas A&M A7310
Justin LeeImperial ADurham A7310
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (DII)NYU ANYU B7710
Leo Tao (UG)Michigan COhio State A78-5
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech AAlabama78-5
Jacob Goodson (DII)Ohio State BKenyon79-5
Todd MaslykMichigan AMichigan B8210
Andrew HellerCornell CRIT B8510
Andrew HannaPennColumbia A8910
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt ATennessee9810
Joel MilesMinnesota BArizona State10010
Derek Aldridge (DII)William & Mary A (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)10110
John John Groger (UG)Columbia BHaverford10110
Jack LewisMTSUHarding10110
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayJohns Hopkins11410
Michael GeCornell ARIT A11610
Andrew FisherSheffieldBristol11610
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)UNC A (Grad)121-5
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)UNC A (Grad)121-5
Ashish KumbhardareRowanColumbia C121-5
Jeffery Austin (DII)UNC D (DII)Liberty C (DII)12510
Chinmay MurthyTexas ARice A12510
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateTexas A&M B127-5
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)Virginia B (UG)130-5
Eileen PengOxford CDurham B130-5
Simon Zimmerman (DII)Ohio State AMichigan C13110
Albert Zhang (UG)Columbia CRowan13110
Jacob Martin (UG)Maryland B (UG)GWU B (Grad)13210
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)Duke A (UG)1320
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)JMU B (UG)13210
Brian Lai (DII)Virginia B (UG)Maryland C (DII)13210
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (DII)UNC A (Grad)Virginia C (UG)1320
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (DII)UNC A (Grad)Virginia C (UG)1320
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMinnesota C13210
Dwight SolanoTexas A&M BAppalachian State13210
Cormac BeirneSorbonneIowa B13210
Anton AkroushMichigan State AUBC A13210
Aidan Jordan (DII)KenyonOhio State B1320
Jake RobertsDurham BOxford C1320
Riley BowlingAlabamaGeorgia Tech A13210
Corey SmithKentuckyGeorgia Tech B13210