In his book covering the backstage of E.U. negotiations during the Greek crisis, Yannis Varoufakis has unveiled the E.U.’s ruling mechanism. In France, it is called “le couple franco-allemand,” or the ...
On December 7, Italian prime minister Mario Monti, smarting from political reverses, returned from Rome to his home city Milan to attend the opening of the opera season. The production was Wagner’s ...