The first Freemason Obedience in France, the Grand Orient, has just gone through an internal crisis of which it has the secret. Where the overall management of this organization by the current grand master, Jean-Philippe Hubsch has been questioned by certain high personalities, including former grand masters, mainly on governance issues but also on the vision of what should be the Grand Orient. Against the background of current quarrels in the Grand Orient between, very schematically, "Parisians" (one third of the 54,000 members) and "Provincials".
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All poisoned by the consequences of confinement, which saw the postponement of the annual general meeting, a "convent". It was normally scheduled for the end of August 2020 in Montpellier and provided for the election of the new grand master. This one was almost postponed by a year, which ignited certain spirits. The election was only postponed for four months. Which seems to have restored calm.
Grandmaster Jean-Philippe Hubsch, 58, at the
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