Francois Mitterrand, by contrast, managed to assure the French only that they were not so bad, because he, Mitterrand, had served in the collaborationist Vichy regime of Marshal Pétain before joining the resistance.
Francois Mitterrand, en cambio, logró asegurarle a los franceses simplemente que no eran tan malos porque él, Mitterrand, había prestado servicio en el régimen colaboracionista de Vichy del mariscal Pétain antes de unirse a la resistencia.