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AuthorVacirca, Vencenzo
AuthorVacirca, Vincenzo
AuthorVale, Rena M.
AuthorValenti, Girolamo
AuthorVALENTINE, DEAN
AuthorVALENTINO, ERNESTO
AuthorVALENTINOV, N.
AuthorVALKENIER, ELIZABETH K.
AuthorVALLS-RUSSELL, ANICE
AuthorVALLS-RUSSELL, JANICE
Paid articleDoing the Sarkozy Shuffle (March 2010)
France’s President in Denial Doing the Sarkozy Shuffle By Janice Valls-Russell Paris Before France’s two-round regional elections on March 14 and 21, President Nicolas Sarkozy declared...
Paid articleBattling Abortion in Spain (May 2009)
The Catholic Church Tightens Its Grip Battling Abortion in Spain By Janice Valls-Russell Madrid The explosion of energy that seized Spain in 1975, after Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s...
Paid articleHow the French See Sarkozy (March 2009)
? Drift Toward Monarchy' How the French See Sarkozy By Janice Valls-Russell Paris On March 19, an estimated 2 million to 3 million people took to the streets in France, boosted by...
Paid articleFrance's Socialists in Disarray (November 2008)
Ségolène Royal vs. Martine Aubry France's Socialists in Disarray By Janice Valls-Russell Paris A recent cartoon in the Center-Left weekly Le Nouvel Observateur showed President Nicolas...
Paid articleZapatero's Challenges in Spain (March 2008)
Both Local and Global Zapatero’s Challenges in Spain By Janice Valls-Russell Madrid On March 9, Spanish voters elected Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to a second...
Paid articleSarkozy's Biggest Challenge (November 2007)
Only a Few Metro Stops Away Sarkozy’s Biggest Challenge By Janice Valls-Russell Paris ONE THING is certain: France’s new President leaves no one indifferent. Six months after...
Paid articleLiving in Two Cultures (January 2007)
An Anglo-French Memoir Living in Two Cultures By Janice Valls-Russell PARIS In 1942 a young British soldier met a young Frenchwoman; they would become my parents. To be sure, we were...
Paid articleFrance s Identity Crisis (November 2005)
Lessons of the Riots Frances Identity Crisis By Janice Valls-Russell Paris From October 27 through mid-November, young men rampaged through urban areas around Paris and on the fringes of...
Paid articleDueling to Succeed Chirac (September 2005)
De Villepin vs. Sarkozy Dueling to Succeed Chirac By Janice Valls-Russell Paris The suspense about whether President Jacques Chirac of France will run for a third five-year mandate in...
Paid articleMasquerade Politics in Paris (November 2004)
France's EU Jitters Masquerade Politics in Paris By Janice Valls-Russell Paris The pro-European Union (EU) consensus of France's mainstream politicians tends to make for predictable...
Paid articleFrance's Rivalry at the Top (July 2004)
The Sarkozy Maneuver France's Rivalry at the Top By Janice Valls-Russell Paris This year's Bastille Day celebrations on July 14 also marked the centenary of the Entente cordiale...
Paid articleGrowing Up Muslim in France (March 2004)
A Community Divided Growing Up Muslim in France By Janice Valls-Russell Montpellier Video screens, disco music, colored lights—Montpellier's skating rink was a throng of teenagers,...
Paid articleChirac's Narrow Path (May 2003)
France and the Muslim World Chirac's Narrow Path By Janice Valls-Russell Paris There are times when politicians and their constituents seem to take pains to outdo their own...
Paid articlePragmatism Comes to France (January 2003)
The Center-Right Fashions Its Soui Pragmatism Comes to France By Janice Valls-Russell Paris Last spring's French presidential election, with its dramatic runoff between neoGaullist...
Paid articleFrance Sighs 'Ouf!' (May 2002)
Ringing Down the Curtain on '68 France Sighs 'Ouf!' By Janice Valls-Russell Paris FRENCH GARDENERS and politicians dread May: The weather and people's moods are apt to swing abruptly from...
Paid articleLaw, Order and Politics in France (January 2002)
Looking to the Spring Law, Order and Politics in France By Janice Valls-Russell Paris During a television interview on December 5, France's Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin finally...
Paid articleSpain's New Challenge (September 2001)
Illegal Immigration Spain's New Challenge By Janice Valls-Russell Barcelona MEETING THE PRESS August 6 on Majorca, the island where King Juan Carlos traditionally spends part of the...
Paid articleOil, Arms and Adultery in France (March 2001)
Sorting Out the Scandals Oil, Arms and Adultery in France By Janice Valls-Russell Paris WITHOUT ACTUALLY saying so, Jacques Chirac, France's neo-Gaullist President, and Lionel Jospin,...
Paid articleFrench Anti-Semitism's New Look (November 2000)
Reverberations of the Mideast Conflict French Anti-Semitism's New Look By Janice Valls-Russell Paris Peace is as brittle as glass, more precious than any diamond. That is no doubt...
Paid articleFrance's Corsican Conundrum (July 2000)
A Mountain in the Sea France's Corsican Conundrum By Janice Valls-Russell Paris When James Boswell "inquired into the situation of the affairs of Corsica, he found the utmost...
Paid articleFrance's Hushed-Up School Crisis (March 2000)
A Progressive Decline France's Hushed-Up School Crisis By Janice Valls-Russell Paris Time was when its schools, with their austere, barracks-like buildings, bare floorboards and...
Paid articleRain, Mud and Questions in France (November 1999)
TOO LITTLE CONTROL? Rain, Mud and Questions in France By Janice Valls-Russell Paris After A fall that saw flooding and mudslides in Mexico, tidal waves in India, and a doubledecker deluge...
Paid articleA New Hero in France (October 1999)
FIGHTING FAKE FOOD A New Hero in France By Janice Valls-Russell Paris For several months now the French farming world has been bubbling with unrest like a vat of fermenting apples. Summer...
Paid articleSummer Festival Hopping (August 1999)
IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE Summer Festival Hopping By Janice Valls-Russell AIX-en-Provence Like Stratford-on-Avon in Britain, the French cities of Avignon and Aix-en-Provence are quiet places...
Paid articleHow France Views KOSOVO (May 1999)
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS How France Views Kosovo By Janice Valls-Russell Paris Like all other European Union (EU) citizens, the French will go to the polls on June 13 to elect their European...
Paid articleFrench Family Variations (April 1999)
REFLECTING REALITY French Family Variations By Janice Valls-Russell Paris "We HATE FAMILIES," was a popular slogan of the May 1968 student uprising in Paris. Thirty years on,...
Paid articleFrance's Mr. Clean (October 1998)
WITHOUT CHEVENEMENT France's Mr. Clean By Janice Valls-Russell Paris In sharp contrast to the lurid coverage President Bill Clinton's personal affairs have been receiving in the U.S.,...
Paid articleDemocratizing Spain's Socialists (June 1998)
A PAGE IS TURNED Democratizing Spain's Socialists By Janice Valls-Russell Barcelona At a time when many voters throughout Europe feel their political leaders are often out of touch,...
Paid articleThe Legacy of May '68 in France (April 1998)
TAKING TO THE STREETS The Legacy of May '68 in France By Janice Valls-Russell Paris The students who in May 1968 briefly took over the center of Paris, defying their elders from behind...
Paid articleHow Saddam Helped Chirac (February 1998)
THE IRAQ CRISIS-1 How Saddam Helped Chirac By Janice Valls-Russell Paris From the perspective of Gaullist President Jacques Chirac and Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, Iraqi...
Paid articleFrench Labor Pains (January 1998)
THE PARTY IS OVER French Labor Pains By Janice Valls-Russell Paris In France, the offices paying out unemployment benefits do not go in for welcome mats. One that I visited was situated...
Paid articleRising Expectations in France (July 1997)
JOSPIN'S CHALLENGE Rising Expectations in France By Janice Valls-Russell Paris "There is something absurd and unfair about our society Globally it has never been so rich, yet thousands...
Paid articleChirac's Mideast 'Diplomacy' (November 1996)
A DUBIOUS STRATEGY Chirac's Mideast 'Diplomacy' BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris That the Arab world enthusiastically hailed President Jacques Chirac's October 22 shoving match with Israeli...
Paid articleSpewing Hatred in France (October 1996)
THE POLITICS OF PROVOCATION Spewing Hatred in France BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSEL JEAN-MARIE LE PEN Paris Last April Abbe Pierre, an elderly priest long respected for his crusade on behalf of...
Paid articleFrance in Despair (June 1996)
SHAKEN CONFIDENCE France in Despair BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL PARIS DURING THE campaign preceding his May 1995 election as President. neo-Gaullist Jacques Chirac conjured up a sunny image of the...
Paid articleIslamic Terror in France (December 1995)
LEARNING A LESSON Islamic Terror In France BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris Arecent cartoon appearing in the satirical weekly he Canard Enchaine shows French President Jacques Chirac reading a...
Paid articleTerror and Politics in Spain (September 1995)
GONZALEZ ON THE BRINK Terror and Politics in Spain BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL BARCELONA FELIPE GONZALEZ, who became General Secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Parry (PSOE) in 1974 at age...
Paid articleChirac's Perilous Promises (May 1995)
AROUSING EXPECTATIONS Chirac's Perilous Promises BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL PARIS FRANCE'S NEW Center-Right President, Jacques Chirac, is eager?in theory—to break with 14 years of Socialism. Yet he...
Paid articleEyeing the Elysee (November 1994)
THE RACE BEGINS Eyeing the Elysee BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL PARIS RESTRAINT comes hard to Jacques Chirac, head of the neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic (RPR). On November 4 he jumped the gun,...
Paid articlePlaying with Posterity (September 1994)
CONFESSIONS OF AN ELDER STATESMAN Playing with Posterity BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL PARIS IT WAS A depressing evening. On September 12, France's Socialist President, Francois Mitterrand, appeared...
Paid articleSpain in a Sea of Scandals (July 1994)
CHALLENGING THE SOCIALISTS Spain in a Sea of SCandals BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL MADRID FOR SPAIN'S Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez, this year's Bastille Day celebration provided a welcome break. As...
Paid articleRemembering Anti-Semitism in France (May 1994)
FROM DREYFUS TO TOUVIER Remembering Anti-Semitism in France BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL THE first Frenchman ever charged with crimes against humanity, Paul Touvier, received a life sentence on April...
Paid articleA French Blueprint for Security (March 1994)
TRIGGERING CONTROVERSY A French Blueprint for Security BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL PARIS SOCIALIST PRESIDENT Francois Mitterrand and Center-Right Prime Minister Edouard Balladur may not belong to...
Paid articleThe French-U.S. Pas de Deux on Bosnia (January 1994)
AS NATO GROPES FOR AGREEMENT The French-U.S. Pas de Deux on Bosnia BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL WHILE MORTAR SHELLS killed children playing in the snow and people going to the market in Sarajevo,...
Paid articleFrance Pulls In Its Welcome Mat (October 1993)
TO CURB IMMIGRATION France Pulls In Its Welcome Mat BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Janice Valls-Russell writes about French and Spanish affairs for the NL. Paris Fatima was born in France, but at the...
Paid articleBalladur Riding the Waves (September 1993)
HAMPERED BY HIS OWN PARTY Balladur Riding the Waves byjanice valls-russell Paris This was not France's sunniest summer. Unemployment rose; so did the number of car accidents. The franc fell;...
Paid articleSpain's Voters Take a Middle Road (June 1993)
THE TASK FOR GONZALEZ Spain's Voters Take a Middle Road BY JANCE VALLS-RUSSELL Madrid Unlike their French neighbors, who ousted the governing Socialists last April, Spaniards on June 6...
Paid articleBalladur Takes Command (May 1993)
A POLICY OF RESTRAINT Balladur Takes Command By jance valls-russell Paris In Smyrna, Turkey, back in 1929, fairies must have watched over the cradle of France's new Prime Minister, Edouard...
Paid articleAndorra Loses Its Innocence (May 1993)
POPPING OUT OF THE PYRENEES Andorra Loses Its Innocence by janice valls-russell Andorra la Vella On March 14, one of Europe's tiniest countries decided to grow up and join the ranks of...
Paid articleFrance's Spreading Blood Scandal (November 1992)
ACCUSATIONS AT THE TOP France's Spreading Blood Scandal BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris A formal apology by President Francois Mitterrand several weeks ago could not quiet what has become a...
Paid articleMystery vs. History in France (September 1992)
THE LEGENDS OF LANGUEDOC Mystery vs. History in France BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL montsegur Solstices, especially the summer one when the weather is better, fascinate sunworshipping cranks. Last...
Paid articleConfronting Collaboration in France (June 1992)
THE TOUVIER CONTROVERSY Confronting Collaboration in France BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris French journalists have rushed in where French judges feared to tread. On April 13, acourthere dismissed...
Paid articleShaking Up the French Socialists (April 1992)
BEREGOVOY'S CHALLENGE Shaking Up the French Socialists BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris It takes a good electoral trouncing to make parties sit up. France's Socialists expected a setback in the...
Paid articleMarx and Marchais Totter in France (January 1992)
DIM PROSPECTS FORTHEPCF Marx and Marchais Totter in France BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris In the mid-1970s, many French teachers and their students saw Karl Marx as the man of the future. In my...
Paid articleFrance's New Face at the Top (July 1991)
REPLACING ROCARD France's New Face at the Top BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris When François Mitterrand celebrated the 10th anniversary of his election as President this past May 10, Prime...
Paid articleA New Swing in U.S.-French Relations (March 1991)
MIDDLE EAST HONEYMOON A New Swing in U.S.-French Relations BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris Are French-American relations doomed to oscillate forever between mistrust and euphoria? The...
Paid articleFonetik French Fracas (January 1991)
PLUS ÇA CHANGE... Fonetik French Fracas BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris President François Mitterrand has confessed to being "somewhat frightened." Young French shopgirls and retired...
Paid articleFrench High School Blues (November 1990)
A PLEA FOR REFORM French High School Blues BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris "I'm rap, rap, rapping for education/Saying stop, stop, stop to shoddy schools." Those lyrics were heard often...
Paid articleHassan's Secret Garden (October 1990)
A PLACE FOR OPPONENTS King Hassan's Secret Garden By Janice Valls-Russell Paris He calls King Juan Carlos of Spain "brother" but has been known to arrive late at official receptions during...
Paid articleMitterrand Takes a Strong Stand (September 1990)
THE MIDEAST TUG OF WAR-3 Mitterrand Takes a Strong Stand By Janice Valls-Russell Toulouse The European Community's prompt, one-voiced decision to impose sanctions on Iraq after its invasion...
Paid articleFacets of French Anti-Semitism (July 1990)
FROM SKINHEADS TO THE NATIONAL FRONT Facets of French Anti-Semitism By Janice Valls-Russell Touiouse Things seemed to be going well in France this spring. One heard the usual grumbling about...
Paid articlePlaying Politics in France (March 1990)
WITH AN EYE ON THE ELYSEE Playing Politics in France BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris France's political class has entered the 1990s in search of new leaders and new ideas. Among the...
Paid articleEurope's Bumpy Road to'92 (September 1989)
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK Europe's Bumpy Road to '92 BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris On July 13, the eve of the Bicentennial of the French Revolution, a giant blue balloon representing the...
Paid articleIslam in England and France (August 1989)
A RESTLESS PRESENCE Islam in England and France BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris "A GREAT CELEBRATION of freedom." The words could be Salman Rushdie's, perhaps rejoicing somewhere in hiding...
Paid articleSpain Tightens Its European Ties (May 1989)
BEYOND THE PYRENEES Spain Tightens Its European Ties By Janice Valls-Russell Madrid On March 8, King Juan Carlos paid his first official visit to the European Community (EC) institutions in...
Paid articleSpanish Dreams from a French Cemetery (March 1989)
MACHADO REMEMBERED Spanish Dreams from a French Cemetery BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL COLLIOURE ALMOND AND MIMOSA blossoms are the white-and-gold heralds of spring around the Mediterranean....
Paid articleWelcome to Barcelona (January 1989)
GETTING READY FOR THE OLYMPICS Welcome to Barcelona BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Barcelona Like sparks that have leaped from blazing shop windows, tiny lights twinkle through the trees along...
Paid articleRocard's Rocky Road in France (November 1988)
ANOTHER MENDÈS-FRANCE? Rocarcd's Rocky Road in France BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL TOULOUSE Referendums are a tactical gift for any leader seeking to outflank his parliament. Misused by the...
Paid articleFrance's Father Figure (June 1988)
FRANÇOIS MITTERRAND France's Father Figure BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Toulouse Is patriotism the last refuge of uninspired leaders and of voters caught in a social and economic flux? The "...
Paid articleMadrid's Delicate Dance (March 1988)
CONFOUNDING NATO AND THE U.S. Madrid's Delicate Dance BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Madrid A neat twirl on the heel, one pace back and a couple forward to the rhythm of clapping and...
Paid articleThe Collapse of French Communism (February 1998)
REELING FROM GLASNOST The Collapse of French Communism By Janice Valls-Russell Lyons France's Communists seem disoriented these days; even their red flag is looking faded....
Paid articleThe Summer of French Discontent (September 1987)
STOKED BY LE PEN The Summer of French Discontent By Janice Valls-Russell Paris Every summer a centrifugal force grips France. The heat and holidays drive millions of people out of the...
Paid articleThe Next Time You See Paris (June 1987)
CULTURE AND HIGH TECH The Next Time You See Paris By Janice Valls-Russell Paris Good Americans may, as Oscar Wilde said, go to Paris when they die, but wise ones don't wait that long. Most...
Paid articleDonkey Business and Asinine Journalism (April 1987)
FIASCO ON FLEET STREET Donkey Business and Asinine Journ&lisin By Janice Valls-Russell Madrid Britain's mass-circulation dailies were once categorized by Time magazine as among the worst...
Paid articleThe Future of Cohabitation in France (March 1987)
TRYING TIMES FOR CHIRAC The Future of Cohabitation in France BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris Materially and culturally, France is doing well. Only a decade after rapacious oil moguls plunged...
Paid articleSpain's Rocky Straits (November 1986)
PROBLEMS OF SOVEREIGNTY Spain's Rocky Straits BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Madrid Whenever Spanish Foreign Minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez looks up from his desk, a print of a head-shaped...
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