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# Labrador Baltic accompanied Mitterrand for years and appears in his bronze monument
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/kogda-fransua-mitterana-v-93-godu-sprosili-o-ego-preemnike-v-eliseiskom-dvortse-on-otvetil-chto-v-poriadke-predpochteniia-khotel-by-videt-v-etoi-roli-predsedatelia-evrokomissii-zhaka-de/
- Published: 2022-05-23T13:15:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:52:42.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Observations, Paris, People, Humour

When, in 1993, François Mitterrand was asked about his successor at the Élysée Palace, he replied that, in order of preference, he would like to see in that role: the President of the European Commission Jacques Delors, the Minister of Defence François Lé.

The black Labrador Baltic was for many years Mitterrand's faithful companion and was even cast in bronze for his monument, running a little ahead of the president

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_6632@23-05-2022_16-15-07.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_6633@23-05-2022_16-15-07.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_6634@23-05-2022_16-15-07.jpg)