When studying the evolution of societies, historians, economists, sociologists, political scientists and geopoliticians too often reason as if all human decisions were taken on the basis of explicit interests, such as profit, ambition, honor or a taste for power. They…
There are times, in both public and private life, when people let themselves slide towards the abyss. Not because they want to, but because they’ve stopped wanting anything else; out of weariness, out of resignation, out of that mixture of…
It was through music that the market economy began, that the remuneration of works of the mind was imagined, and that industrial society, the mass production of objects and the extreme division of labor were heralded. More recently, the digital…
For the first time since the start of the Fifth Republic, no so-called “governing” party (i.e., one that has already governed), on either the right or the left, is in a position to put forward the name of a clear…
One of the countless things that can be blamed on the French ruling class over the last ten years at least, if not much longer, is its inability to clearly explain the issues to the country, to educate, to explain…
First of all, I would like to remind you that I expressed my hostility to this pension reform in these columns as early as February 2023 (in an article entitled “What was he going to do in this mess?”): “Why…
Can we imagine France without an effective government until May 2027, in an increasingly dangerous world where decisions vital to the country’s future can no longer wait? This is what awaits us, whatever the future scenario. And it may seem…
In many democratic countries today, and particularly in France, Great Britain and the United States, public opinion is becoming increasingly polarized. We must not forget that this has always been fatal for democracies. And if it continues, it will continue…
In a great many countries, the rejection of foreigners has reached such levels that it has become one of the main electoral issues. Everywhere, foreigners are criticized for doing nothing to integrate, for not learning the language of the host…
