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FigaroVox week - Governing by storm

2021-02-12T19:19:10.196Z


Every Saturday, find the FigaroVox selection: decryption, points of view and controversies. Dear subscribers, “ I am not made to lead in calm weather. My predecessor was, but I'm made for storms. ": This confidence from Emmanuel Macron to the writer Emmanuel Carrère dates from September 2017. We can say that the President of the Republic has been answered: the coronavirus crisis is a hurricane which sweeps away his five-year term. How to govern in times of crisis? Should we prefer the


Dear subscribers,

I am not made to lead in calm weather.

My predecessor was, but I'm made for storms.

": This confidence from Emmanuel Macron to the writer Emmanuel Carrère dates from September 2017. We can say that the President of the Republic has been answered: the coronavirus crisis is a hurricane which sweeps away his five-year term.

How to govern in times of crisis?

Should we prefer the closed session of restricted councils or pitched battles in the hemicycle?

Transparency or verticality?

When the wheat is under hail, should we trust the citizens or the experts?

Are our old democracies suited to tragic times, when we have to choose between unpleasant options?

By choosing not to confine despite the alarms of scientists a fortnight ago, Emmanuel Macron has put forward this opposition between expertise and politics.

The philosopher

Luc Ferry

analyzes the issues underlying this decision: “

When there is no

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Source: lefigaro

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