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Laurent Fabius, the Sage who wants to become immortal

2024-03-15T12:25:29.232Z

Highlights: 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.


The president of the Constitutional Council, who will leave office in a year, 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.


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He drew on what is familiar to him to illuminate the usefulness of the secrecy inherent to his function.

As much as his personality.

What's more, in a high school in the pink city called Toulouse-Lautrec, Laurent Fabius relies on painting to make himself understood.

“A painter makes repentances, he passes from the raw material to something which is his final painting.

I don’t know why I make this comparison but in the functioning of democracy, there is a need for public opinion, there is a need for transparency, but also a certain secrecy…”

, this collector tries to illustrate notorious in front of a young audience who dressed up for the occasion.

Like this imaginary artist who

“paints while being a spectator of his painting”

, the President of the Constitutional Council models the public life of the country in the chiaroscuro of the Royal Palace.

“Secrecy is a huge guarantee of independence

,” he says, despite the fantasies surrounding the debates that stir…

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