The World - News from Jan. 1, 1989

President Francois Mitterrand stressed France’s role in a unified Europe by delivering a New Year’s Eve speech from Strasbourg, headquarters of the European Parliament. It was the first time a French head of state had made the traditional address to the nation from outside Paris. Mitterrand urged France’s 11 European Community partners to make 1989 a year of growth, saying: “Only a Europe united in technological, economic and monetary terms can rival Japan and the United States. Only a politically united Europe can hold up its head before the powers that dominate the world.”