As a chronic conspiracy theorist and as a person who strongly believes that no politician is good, this imagined dialogue spawned from my various psycho suspicions. It’s a conversation between Late French Singer/Activist Daniel Balavoine and Late President of the French Republic Francois Mitterrand - based on a very well-known confrontation between the two on a talk show in 1980. (Here’s a transcription in French.) Perhaps more “Dialogues Entre Quelqu’un et Quelqu’un d’autre” in France will surface here if I remember to post some. Something for Sundays.
Anyway, back to the dialogue between two dead people.
During the fateful day on live French TV, it appeared that Francois Mitterrand, then running for French President, attempted to lure the youth vote by having the popular singer invited as a “trophy” guest on the live talk show. It was obvious that they had no intention of letting Balavoine say anything. So, Balavoine exploded in anger. He insisted on having air-time for what he had to say, and, in a nutshell, he was trying to represent young adults expressing that they shared a sense of hopelessness because of many unanswered questions and ignored problems. They no longer believed in French politics and policies and felt desperate. He wanted to warn world leaders, which seemed like a direct criticism to Mitterand, that if the situation did not improve, this desperation would surely result in devastating consequences.
I don’t believe Mitterrand was very pleased. That being said, I’m positive the communist party wasn’t very happy, either, with what Balavoine said about them. (He’d questioned what they REALLY did with the money they received.) Wait. Balavoine also criticized Gaston Deferre, who was mayor of Marseille at the time, remarking that he and his administration were not the best societal role models…
Daniel Balavoine was killed in 1986 in a SO-CALLED, “accident.” YES. I don’t really think it was an accident.
It could have been Deferre! Hold on. He also mentioned that M. Soisson, the Ministre de la jeunesse / the Youth Minister, is OLD! And how could a Youth Minister truly act on behalf young adults if he, himself, is old. It might have been Soisson!
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thanks for the correction about election years but ahhh! you underestimate the endurance, pettiness, deviousness and budget of politicians.
oh and rememeber how powerful government can be over the media. the “accident” was in africa. who else was present? the circumstances could be fictional. how often does the media LIE for politicians???? answer: a lot. sure there are more convenient ways to get rid of someone but waiting for the perfect “faraway” oopportunity is an evil politician’s forte.
Comment by ptinfrance 06.30.08 @ 1:30 amIn French we have a saying “pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué?”, in other words, why go through all the trouble, when you can do it in a so much easier way…
If you tell me “Coluche was assassinated” I’ll say “Ok, mayyybe…” but Balavoine… check the facts about the accident, it just doesn’t make sense that it’s an assassination (Mitterrand was powerful, but not powerful enough to raise sandstorms when he felt like for starters)
Well like mister Beregovoy , commited suicide by shooting 2 bullets in his head 
calimero, you get it! that’s exactly what i mean. stories are made up to turn blame away from the guilty.
when stories are fabricated, a sandstorm was the perfect reason for an accident.
colouche was definitely murdered.
hey i TOLD YOU i was a conspiracy theorist!
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Wow… Props for the most imaginative conspiracy theory ever…
Be careful with your facts though. Mitterrand was not trying to get re-elected in 1980, he was trying to get elected.
And he got elected, in great part thanks to the youth vote and the support of many “young” personalities, Balavoine included (the confrontation taking place about a year before the election, Mitterrand managed to have many people who first opposed him to join him as a “lesser of two evils”, same thing with Coluche for example).
Then, Balavoine died 6 years later, 6 years during which he never really was a threat for the government, on the contrary, he kinda was on its side.
And his death is quite well documented.
It doesn’t make sense why Mitterrand would want him dead, when he was so useful to him.
Comment by David 06.29.08 @ 4:23 pmAlso, it doesn’t add up, seeing all the circumstances of the accident, it had to be an accident. There are many much easier, cheaper, not likely to create a diplomatic incident ways to get rid of somebody…