Georges de Ménil

Common Sense

Claire Quilliot

Primo Levi Revisited

Noël Pons

White Collars and Dirty Hands

Fouazia Farida Charfi

Science Under the Veil

A vigorous defence of science combined with an appeal to Tunisians to look ahead and not turn their backs on the future

Albert Memmi

Insolent Testament

Paul Bernard

In the Name of the Republic

"Being a prefect is to do a job that comes with demands and responsibilities which are often not recognised. It is equally to accept a mission - that of representing the Republic. It is also adapting to the contradictions of the modern world." Paul Bernard Paul Bernard, a legal expert, has had a long prefectoral career which took him to various regions of France, including Aveyron, Sarthe and Corsica, before becoming the prefect of Rhône-Alpes and president of the Association du Corps Préfectoral et des Haut Fonctionnaires du Ministère de l’Intérieur.

Claude Bébéar

The Courage to Reform

"We need to reconstruct political thought. Antiquated ways of seeing, archaic thought patterns, and bygone paradigms anaesthetise France and paralyse the nation’s ability to act. Political action must now provide a global reply to the question: What must be done? Courage depends above all on independent thought freed from all customs and conventional patterns, ” writes Claude Bébéar.

Daniel Amson

Lack of Clarity in the Republic