Are the fascists about to take over France?

SomeEuropean social democrats are demonstrating the wisdom of restructuring the welfare state.

The important thing about France's presidential elections is not that the arch-chauvinist and hypernationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen will be the runoff's sacrificial lamb to Jacques Chirac.

The U.S. administration must continue to engage in the battle for national sovereignty to help the poorest countries that cannot fight the European Unionwithout its help.

The problems facing the French economy.

Officials and analysts said the 15-nation summit, held in the French Riviera resort city of Nice, avoided a catastrophic breakdown but did not resolve fundamental organizational questions as the world's richest economic club prepares to both deepen its internal links and take in up to a dozen new members.

All the major Western democracies now have center-left governments.

The United States should adopt mutual recognition among states as a central principle of federalism and regulatory policy.