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Edith Cresson

No ugly woman can succeed in politics.

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The Japanese sit up all night thinking of ways to screw the Americans and the Europeans.

The remark was made just before she became Prime Minister but while a member of the government.

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What will remain of our cultural identity if audiovisual Europe consists of ... sitting in front of Japanese TV sets showing American programs.

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Edith Cresson

Born: January 27, 1934
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Édith Cresson is a French politician. She is the first, and so far only, woman to have held the office of Prime Minister of France. Other than her breakthrough gender role, her term was uneventful. Her political career ended in scandal as a result of corruption charges dating from her tenure as European Commissioner for Research, Science and Technology.

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