Former President Francois Mitterrand effectively ended his own life –even choosing the day on which to die–by stopping the taking of all drugs against his cancer except for painkillers, friends and ...

Former French President Francois Mitterrand was given a fatal intravenous injection to end his suffering at his own request, a new book revealed. Mitterrand, the only socialist President of the Fifth ...

As he is ushered to his official car, the old man turns and flashes a Delphic smile. “I’m the last of the grand presidents,” he says matter-of-factly. “After me, there will be no others in France.” ...