Essays
Analysis, proposals, and provocations — forged in debate, published under pseudonyms.
What You Pay and What You Don't See
France produces the cheapest electricity in Europe. Yet its consumers pay the price of German gas. This isn't an accident — it's an architecture.
Europe Is Indispensable and Unbearable
Nobody in the Assembly proposes Frexit. Nobody is satisfied with the Europe that exists. This paradoxical unanimity may be the only political truth of our time.
The Megawatt Is Our Workforce
France has the most decarbonised electricity in Europe. Fifty-six grams of CO2 per kilowatt-hour, versus 380 in Germany. And yet it's still debating whether it deserves this advantage.
My Mother Waits Three Weeks, Your Dermatologist Sees You Tomorrow
In Seine-Saint-Denis, 68 doctors per 100,000 residents. In Paris, 300. They call it a medical desert. I call it a political choice.
What the Debt Is Hiding
France spends 57% of its GDP on public expenditure — a European record — for outcomes worse than nearly all its neighbours. The scandal isn't the debt. It's what wasn't built with it.
The Car Without a Road
France doesn't have an immigration problem. It has an integration infrastructure problem. The debate is stuck on 'how many' when the real question is 'what happens next.'
The Walled Door: What School Does to the Children It Claims to Save
My mother used to say that school is the door. She was right. What she didn't know is that on the Aulnay side, someone had bricked up the entrance.
Who Wins When You Can't Afford a Home?
The housing crisis has lasted forty years and worsened under every government. This is not a failure. It's a system that works -- for those who profit from it.