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
The Ghosts of May The Ghosts of May
Today the cobblestones of Paris's Latin Quarter are covered with asphalt.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Hate in a Warm Climate Hate in a Warm Climate
He came, he threatened, but he didn't conquer. The French Riviera will not be the first important region in Europe to be ruled by neofascists.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
In the Heart of Le Pen Country In the Heart of Le Pen Country
Marseilles, France
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
May in December May in December
It's not May in December. The ten days that shook the Chirac government are not a repetition of the great rising of students and workers that precipitated the fall of Gen.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
The Resistible Rise of Jean-Marie Le Pen The Resistible Rise of Jean-Marie Le Pen
Letter From Europe
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Politics and the Pity The Politics and the Pity
"We are all German Jews" chanted 50,000 Frenchmen at the gates of the Bastille in 1968; I was recently reminded of this episode, which has become revolutionary lore, when Holocau...
Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
America and the Simpson Trial America and the Simpson Trial
This article originally appeared in the March 13, 1995 issue.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams
Le Pen’s Pals–Blood and Soil Le Pen’s Pals–Blood and Soil
There are two unmistakable signs that France is entering a pre-electoral period: The government is once again tinkering with the electoral law and the politicians, particularly t...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer