As we move forward towards the 4th and 14th of July, both symbolizing a revolution, and while we use this word today in completely different contexts, it might be a good time to reflect on what ensures a successful revolution…
The words we use on a daily basis go beyond the meaning they have today, and they continue to carry away their old meaning. It is, therefore, worthwhile to address the issue of the genealogy of words, which goes well…
Democracies throughout Europe and the United States have expressed a deep yearning for political renewal. It has led, virtually everywhere, under various names, to a profound leadership renewal. With the emergence of new faces, talents, raising great hopes. By contrast,…
Once again, a tragic and very intimate story raises a major issue, one that should concern us all. That does concern us all. Once more, it is related to the issue of major importance for each of us: Should we…
At the moment we are celebrating the 500th anniversary of Francis I’s decision to create the Port of Le Havre. At the time, the Port of Rouen, one of Europe’s centers of textile trade, was not big enough to cope…
In this age of political change, ideological surprises, aesthetic ruptures and the dictatorship of the immediate, ephemeral triumphs and vain glories, it is time to realize that the source of true successes, significant progress, useful lives, has always been the…
When I ask around, I find that it is a question that nobody has an answer to. Yet, it is a very simple answer: for everyone, it is today’s date, to this must be added the difference between our age…
Beyond the immensity of joy I feel tonight, and the magnitude of the challenges facing the new President, I would like to share my immediate reaction and draw seven lessons from this presidential campaign. Seven lessons on the importance of…
Many things lie ahead before the end of the mandate of the next President of the French Republic, and it is in this context that the coming election has to be placed, and a choice has to be made. In…
