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...right, which only a decade ago claimed to represent Europe's mainstream, wind up in this mess? In part by winning the battle of ideas. During the cold war, the center-right defined itself against the specter of communism and assailed the socialist left for giving comfort to the enemy. But as communism crumbled, the European center-left adopted conservative positions on social issues, while embracing free markets, cozying up to business and supporting military interventions. Most significantly, center-left governments in Britain, France and Germany have earned voters' confidence as competent stewards of the economy, responsive to the challenges...
...Seillière's path turned again: the powerful French employers' association, now known as medef, tapped him to lead its fight against the Socialist government's controversial 35-hour workweek. Though he failed to block the law, Seillière went on the offensive and demanded a total reorganization of the country's health and unemployment systems that the employers manage jointly with labor leaders. After enlisting the support of some moderate unions, Seillière hoped to force through sweeping reforms that successive governments had failed to enact...
Based on George Orwell's "1984," Ted Rall's ambitious new graphic novel, "2024" (NBM Publishing; 96 pages; $16.95), imagines the near future as controlled by a corporate totalitarianism rather than a socialist one. Like its precursor, "2024" means to evoke an entire parodistic culture, including social structure, language, art, and philosophy ( "Neo-postmodernism," in Rall's case) by gently exaggerating the current culture of its core audience...
...politics had not changed, though, just the level of action. Saffran, who served as the head of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC), says his organization was considered by many to be one of the more conservative political groups on campus...
...first glance, last week's 287-217 parliamentary vote granting the island of Corsica increased autonomy may look like another exercise in partisan politics. France's leftist majority dutifully supported the government of Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, while the conservative opposition just as predictably snubbed it. In reality, however, the bill is causing division even within political parties and may set off significant changes in France's highly centralized governing structure...