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Bad News for French Socialists Bad News for French Socialists

Toulouse, known as the cité rose because of the color of its walls, was the palest pink in October as the French Socialists held their congress there, the last before their...

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

Revolutionary Nostalgia Revolutionary Nostalgia

Slogans sometimes succeed in conveying the mood of a period.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The Gladiators The Gladiators

In order to perpetuate capitalism as the final stage of history, Washington has less Hegelian means at its disposal than Francis Fukuyama suggested.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

West and East West and East

In Maastricht twelve members of the European Community reached another stage on the road toward some form of union, notably with the pledge to introduce a common currency, the ec...

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Yeltsin’s Round Yeltsin’s Round

Nothing is over, not even the counting; given the prevailing mood of mutual suspicion there will be plenty of disputes over the final result.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Yeltsin, the Lame-Duck Czar Yeltsin, the Lame-Duck Czar

Six months after the storming of Russia's Parliament, Boris Yeltsin and his backers, domestic and foreign, must have second thoughts about the wisdom of the coup that climaxed in...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Historic Moment Historic Moment

The meeting around a green table between representatives of Poland's ruling party and of Solidarity, scheduled for February 6, is a historic occasion. It marks a serious new atte...

Jan 2, 1998 / 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

‘Solidarity Will Never Die’ ‘Solidarity Will Never Die’

If Polish law supposes that a huge social movement can be voted out of existence, then, as Mr.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

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