When we Europeans look at America, the trees should not hide the forest.
The tree is a caricature of political life, which makes us smile.
The forest is the real state of this country of 333 million inhabitants, which should make us jealous.
We are getting excited about the presidential election campaign which has just started in the United States, in terms of the primary elections.
It is more and more certain that the big match, which punctuates American democratic life every four years, will be between two almost octogenarians.
Couldn't the system have selected slightly younger men and women?
Certainly, on our continent, history has shown that it is better to have a lot of experience to lead a country.
When they returned to business, neither Konrad Adenauer, nor Alcide De Gasperi, nor Charles de Gaulle, were young men.
But, morally and intellectually forged in the trials, they knew how to take the time...
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