This is the moment of truth. For at least 70 years, the idea of a common defense has been at the heart of the question of Europe’s future: we all know that there will be no real union of European…
It is time to put at the top of the bill a subject that will undoubtedly occupy French public opinion in the run-up to the next presidential election, and which is already occupying American public opinion and that of many…
Watching the staggering news coming out of the US every day (and there will surely be more between the time I finish writing this and the time it’s published), it’s hard to find a logic, to decipher a strategy. I…
Endless discussions about the number of migrants to be admitted occupy the media in all countries: some say that more are needed to fill jobs that are vacant due to a lack of skills or the refusal of nationals to…
Too often, when we observe a phenomenon, we forget to ask ourselves two essential questions: Is it new? Does it exist elsewhere? And yet, comparisons in time and space make an enormous contribution to forward-looking analysis. For example, we can’t…
There’s one question everyone should always ask themselves: who needs me? Anyone who answers “Nobody” is in great danger. Because, in the end, we are only defended, supported and protected by those who, for rational or emotional reasons, have an…
According to a fundamental theory of physics, the theory of information, noise becomes information when it makes sense in a frame of reference. When it doesn’t make sense, it interferes with the circulation of information, and can destroy the frame…
A country can be judged by its political class. For a very long time, France boasted a high-level political class, and parliamentary debates were generally of a high standard. When this was not the case, it heralded democratic disasters. Today,…
In many supposedly democratic countries, there is a strong temptation for political leaders to break away from the traditional framework of democratic debate: instead of conducting in-depth, rational campaigns based on programs, they rush to the finish line with insults,…
