There is something in common between Emmanuel Macron's exit against "European rules" on the environment and Laurent Wauquiez's charge against administrative authorities. What we have in common is the desire to reaffirm the authority and primary legitimacy of political power.

And it is, for public opinion, the declination of Georges Pompidou's famous adage: "Let's stop annoying the French" The proposal is shocking. But he is not the only one to put the subject on the table. Nicolas Sarkozy...