Electoral Fun and Games Electoral Fun and Games
This year will be an electoral year in many parts of Europe. In France, François Mitterrand is scheduled to leave the presidency in May.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Revolution Seen Through a Glass Darkly The Revolution Seen Through a Glass Darkly
A film beginning with a shot of a little boy being beaten for not having learned the Declaration of the Rights of Man by heart, and closing in the overwhelming shadow of the guillo...
Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
An Optimistic Tragedy? An Optimistic Tragedy?
For years, if they wished to be honest, observers of the Soviet Union had to work like archeologists, digging below the political surface to discover real social changes takin...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Boris the Brief? Boris the Brief?
Forced out of office and deliberately humiliated, Mikhail Gorbachev nevertheless left the historical stage with the dignity of an actor who was aware of the crucial part he had p...
Jan 2, 1998 / Editorial / Daniel Singer
Fact or Fiction? Fact or Fiction?
Jacques Attali, until June 25 the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development but for years the French President's personal assistant, cannot be too happy w...
Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
Back to Rwanda Back to Rwanda
The arrival of French peacekeeping troops in Rwanda was rather like arsonists returning as the fire brigade.
Jan 2, 1998 / Editorial / Daniel Singer
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
Looking for a ‘Historic Compromise’ Looking for a ‘Historic Compromise’
Four drunken Polish youths, four distant, misty figures, acrobatically avoid a fall, then vanish mysteriously into the fog.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Germany Muscles In Germany Muscles In
At the turn of the year, the Western media, like latter-day Columbuses, suddenly discovered that Europe was speaking with an increasingly strong German accent. Their surprise ...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Emperors Are Naked The Emperors Are Naked
The plans painstakingly prepared by the master builders of Maastricht now lie torn to ribbons. The once mighty mark is showing signs of wear under the strain of German reunificat...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer