original_query: What were the key elements of the foreign policy of the François Mitterrand administration?
query: What were the key elements of the foreign policy of the François Mitterrand administration?
answer: Key elements included emphasizing European unity, maintaining special relationships with former colonies, promoting French-German bilateralism and military cooperation, a nationalistic approach (similar to de Gaulle), and a degree of distrust towards Britain and the US.  His policies also involved navigating German reunification, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and relationships with African nations.