Sovereignty. Never has this word, which smelled of mothballs in an era of overwhelming globalization, been so relevant.

Reappearing from time to time during the pandemic, when France woke up without masks at hand, it is at the heart of the agricultural crisis. Thursday, Emmanuel Macron and Gabriel Attal had only this word on their lips. The champion of the start-up nation suddenly became the advocate of a “form of common sense” on the farm.