1981may 10 evening, the second round of voting finally ended. Mitterrand got 52% of the vote, while Destin got only 48%. Mitterrand's goal for many years has finally come true. Mitterrand was not intoxicated by this historic victory. He is soberly aware of the heavy responsibility he shoulders and the difficulties he faces. France's economy is beset with difficulties, unemployment rate and inflation rate remain high, and the international situation is turbulent. In order to consolidate his victory, he immediately dissolved the National Assembly and re-elected it, resulting in a new parliament with an absolute majority of socialists. Then he appointed Maurois to form a 44-member cabinet, in which * * * producers occupied four positions to show the unity of the left. After a period of intense activities, Mitterrand stabilized the situation and laid the foundation for the full implementation of his policies and ideas. Mitterrand advocated gradual structural reform of the French economy through nationalization, planning and self-management on the basis of not eliminating private ownership, so as to establish "democratic" and "free" French-style socialism. To this end, Mitterrand implemented a number of reform measures after taking office. Economically, Mitterrand government strengthened the state's intervention in economic life, emphasized economic planning, and adopted a series of policies, such as expanding nationalization, reforming tax system, expanding employment, increasing social welfare, adjusting industrial structure according to production sequence, encouraging investment and innovation, increasing scientific research funds, developing high technology, etc., in order to improve France's position in the international economy.

Politically, he carried out a system reform centered on "decentralization", trying to gradually change the traditional centralized system in France and give full play to the role of local voter institutions. In diplomacy, from Charles de Gaulle to Destin, Mitterrand continued to pursue an independent general foreign and defense policy and strive for the status of a great power. His basic ideas are: to maintain the balance of power between East and West, especially in Europe, so as to safeguard world peace; To maintain and strengthen the Atlantic Alliance and actively promote the Western European Union, it is necessary to strengthen the relationship between France and the United States and maintain the independence of France; Oppose the hegemonism and expansionism of the Soviet Union, and advocate maintaining dialogue with the Soviet Union and developing bilateral economic relations while enhancing competitive strength; Strengthen and develop relations with the Third World, promote North-South dialogue, and expand France's influence in various regions of the world. During President Mitterrand's first term, these diplomatic thoughts were basically realized. However, Mitterrand's various economic and social reforms went too far, which exceeded the economic capacity of France, and a series of economic and social problems appeared. To this end, Mitterrand's reputation was seriously damaged.

1A poll at the end of 984 showed that only 36% of French voters trusted Mitterrand, and Mitterrand's popularity fell to a low point. He replaced the Prime Minister pierre mauroy with laurent fabius, but it still didn't change the situation. March national assembly election 1986. In this election, the left-wing ruling party headed by Mitterrand lost its parliamentary majority. According to the constitution, Mitterrand had to appoint Jacques Chirac, the leader of the right-wing opposition party who prevailed in the parliament, as the prime minister of the government, thus creating a precedent for the left-wing president and right-wing prime minister in the history of the Fifth Republic of France. The two-year "Land of * * *" not only did not let Mitterrand's reputation continue to decline, but it became a turning point for him to defeat the opposition again and restore the reputation of the new president. This laid the foundation for Mitterrand to run for re-election with 1988. After intense rehearsal, the French presidential election in 1988 began again. The wily Mitterrand put forward a "moderate program" in this campaign, instead of talking about economic and political reform like 198 1, he called for unity and cooperation. After he came to power, he chose michel rocard as the prime minister. When 199 1 his popularity declined, President Mitterrand forced him to resign, and he chose Madame Edith Cresson as the first female prime minister of France. However, she was too radical and died less than a year after taking office. Worker Pierre Beregovoy failed to save public opinion and finally committed suicide in a tragic way. Because the French socialist government failed in the general election in March 1993, the traditional French right-wing forces defended the alliance. In the last two years of his presidency, Mitterrand was forced to accept douard balladur, who defended the * * * and the alliance, as prime minister and began to take office for the second time. He was in poor health, the right wing was unwilling to make trouble before the presidential election, and the political situation was basically stable. 1995, Mitterrand stepped down,1October 8 1996 died.