Jacques Atalli, a French social theorist and an adviser to the Mitterrand Government, predicts the emergence of a new class of nomads at the very top of the socioeconomic scale.

Because a bipartisan consensus has developed in certain areas, the Mitterrand Government is likely to continue Mr. Balladur's emphasis on fighting inflation and creating an environment conducive to investment.

But it fell short of satisfying domestic critics who had called on the Mitterrand Government to commit itself to campaigning forcefully for democracy and human rights in the many African countries governed by dictators or single political parties.

Some officials of the Mitterrand Government said they believed that payments already made to the guerrillas could be as high as $25 million.

Later in the trial, when the Partie Civile lawyers were delivering their summations, Klarsfeld was the first to speak, and Roland Dumas, who had been Foreign Minister in the Mitterrand Government, was the last.

The Mitterrand Government also announced their plans for worldwide disarmament initiatives covering nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.

Political experts said that, until recently, the Mitterrand Government was not unhappy with the growth in the National Front on the grounds that it was taking support from the mainstream conservative parties.

He blamed the Mitterrand Government for the detention of French nationals, claiming that most had been sent to Iraq by Government-owned companies involved in arming Iraq.

But it was Pierre Berge of Saint Laurent who had the connections to the Mitterrand Government and first brought the importance of France's fashion industry to Lang's attention.

The Mitterrand Government is also seeking support from its industrial partners to offer debtr relief for a broad range of developing nations.