François Sureau: 'France's crisis has been fueled by political leaders' tendency to play games with the popular will'

Le Monde5 November 2026, 19:30 UTCFrance

In an interview with Le Monde, writer and lawyer François Sureau, a defender of civil liberties, examines the roles of political leaders in the current crisis and how institutions have been distorted to the point that they no longer provide political accountability.

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