In France 2000 there were “ poets, poetesses… actresses and cultural actors’ to petition against the talented writer responsible this year for sponsoring the Spring of Poets. This capacity to mobilize against one of their own (flattering inclusive designation) is surprising.

The development of the wind industry is making France undergo the largest and most rapid process of ugliness she has ever known. All of Europe is damaged on a large scale, but in our country, which prides itself on having the cultural policy best endowed by the public authorities, protests from them against the destruction of landscapes are rare.