Mitterrand because he understood strategy, statesmanship and the Presidential role.
He helped destroy modern social democracy though.
I don't get the AF love for Mitterrand at all. A scumbag who bans smoking in public is still a scumbag.
What is AF?
I think all of the above politician s are scumbags for different reasons (Mitterrand's role in Rwanda for example). But I think Mitterrand was the best president. Even his policies I don't like. The Euro is a major mistake on France's part, thinking they could reign in the Deutchmark.