Michel Rocard
Saving France, Saving Europe
PARIS – The face of French politics changed dramatically in May and June. First, after 17 years of center-right presidents, François Holland…
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French President François Hollande’s domestic economic measures have led some to warn that France’s international standing may be at risk. Indeed, Hollande’s strategy defies that of his European neighbors – most notably, Germany. Is Hollande's economic agenda doomed to the same fate as that of his Socialist predecessor, François Mitterrand?
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Brigitte Granville
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Martin Feldstein
France’s Broken Dream
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Zaki Laïdi
Hollande or Insurrection?
PARIS – For better or worse, Europe is now engaged in an insurrection against the fiscal pact condemning European Union member countrie…
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Guy Sorman
Back to Utopia?
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Noëlle Lenoir
François Hollande Meets the World
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Michel Rocard
France Goes to Hollande
PARIS – France has now conducted its ninth presidential election under direct universal suffrage. And, for the first time in 17 years, after…
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Martin Schulz
Europe’s Opportunity in Hollande
BRUSSELS – Rarely has an election resonated so widely across the European Union as the French presidential ballot has done. Rarely has a lea…
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