Segolene Royal Articles

The crisis of social democracy doesn’t stop at the cliffs of Dover. The late-20th  century bargain between the forces of the market and the revisionist left –  that the private sector would be left to its own devices in return for footing the bill for new Jerusalems –...

With all the hype over François Hollande’s presidential race, you might be forgiven for suffering a dose of French election fatigue. But on Sunday the first round of parliamentary elections put the new president and his project to a crucial test. Their outcome will...

The French Socialists’ choice of the centrist François Hollande shows a new seriousness about winning next year’s presidential election, say Michael McTernan and Antoine Colombani Since 1988, when François Mitterrand was re-elected, the Parti Socialiste has failed in...