The World - News from Jan. 17, 1986

France’s right-wing opposition parties pledged to relax state controls over the French economy and de-nationalize large sectors of industry if they regain power from the Socialists in legislative elections in March. The most far-reaching proposals include the return to private ownership of leading state-owned banks, insurance and industrial companies; abolition of exchange and price controls, and a virtual end of public broadcasting. Opinion polls suggest that the neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic and the center-right Union for French Democracy are likely to win a comfortable majority in the National Assembly.