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This leader insisted on referring to the Soviet Union as Russia due to viewing the nation as the fundamental unit of history. A different country’s leader derisively compared this leader to a surprised bathing llama and previously undermined this leader during the Levant Crisis. During a press conference discussing an arms embargo on Israel, this leader called the Jewish people “elite, full of themselves and domineering.” This man’s disagreements with the (*) Common Agricultural Policy led to the Empty Chair Crisis. The governments of Harold MacMillan and Harold Wilson were both vetoed entry into the European Economic Community by this president. This president angered Lester Pearson when he declared during (10[1])a visit to Montreal (10[1])“Vive le Quebec libre!” For 10 points, name this French president who pursued a multipolar foreign policy after lack of Western support for the Algerian War. ■END■

ANSWER: Charles de Gaulle [or Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle]
<Strombeck, European History>
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