Laurent Fabius is positioning himself to take over Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's chair at the Academy. In the home stretch of his mandate, he goes out of his discretion to defend an institution that is regularly attacked.
He drew on what is familiar to him to illuminate the usefulness of the secrecy inherent to his function. “Secrecy is a huge guarantee of independence,” he says, despite the fantasies surrounding the debates that stir… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 90% left to discover.