Election ’95–Fractured France Election ’95–Fractured France
The miracle did not happen. Dynamics, as Lionel Jospin had hoped, did not defeat arithmetic. On his third try, Jacques Chirac made it. The Socialist interlude is over.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Communism and the Left Communism and the Left
On the evening of February 6 at Town Hall in New York City, various elements of the American left (spanning Gore Vidal and PATCO and including E.L.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Various Contributors
Socialism Takes Two Steps Back Socialism Takes Two Steps Back
The French socialist saga makes awkward reading for left-wingers. It has a wistful air of déjà vu.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Mitterrand-Chirac-Barre Show The Mitterrand-Chirac-Barre Show
Most French voters, judging by opinion polls, are bored with the current presidential campaign. No wonder.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Ghosts of Nationalism The Ghosts of Nationalism
The specter haunting Europe today, as it approaches the twenty-first century, is the ghost of nineteenth-century nationalism.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Brightness at Midnight? Brightness at Midnight?
Climatically hot, it is politically a very strange summer on this side of the ocean.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
How Many Masses Is Poland Worth? How Many Masses Is Poland Worth?
"Oh God," Heinrich Heine wrote, "how big is your zoo!" This sentence kept popping into my head in June as I read the dispatches of my journalistic colleagues on Pope John Paul II...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
All Power to the Soviets All Power to the Soviets
Four days that fascinated the Soviet people.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Last Superpower The Last Superpower
The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, held in Paris at the end of November, might best be described by reversing Tolstoy's title. This was Peace and War.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Mitterrand Le Petit Mitterrand Le Petit
The longest reign in the history of the French Republic is coming to an end, possibly a premature one, with a sense of drama.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer