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Can France become oil-self-sufficient?
New

Energy · sovereignty · oil

Can France become oil-self-sufficient?

20 September 2026

France must learn the lesson of Hormuz

Energy sovereignty

France must learn the lesson of Hormuz

September 13, 2026

When watching one’s own fellow citizens conflicts with conscience

Intelligence · society · psychology · ethics

When watching one’s own fellow citizens conflicts with conscience

What research says about “moral injury”

When the street is no longer enough

Democracy · institutions · social movements

When the street is no longer enough

Popular anger, political deadlock and the temptation of rupture

The Test of Reality

Education · employment · skills · government

The Test of Reality

Degrees, skills and results

At every toll, you are not paying for a road. You are paying a rent.

Economy & taxation

At every toll, you are not paying for a road. You are paying a rent.

Motorways, the 2006 privatisation and a rent organised by the State

Social benefits and welfare dependency

Society

Social benefits and welfare dependency

An open letter to political leaders

At the origins of Europe

Politics & democracy

At the origins of Europe

American influence on European construction from 1948 to 1960, and what it has become today.

“It’s Going to Blow”: The Myth of the Providential Man

Politics & democracy

“It’s Going to Blow”: The Myth of the Providential Man

Why waiting for a savior or military intervention too often replaces democratic organization, civic responsibility and non-violent action.

Tax consent is no longer assured in France

Taxation & institutions

Tax consent is no longer assured in France

When one of the developed world’s highest tax burdens meets collapsing trust in public spending and algorithmic tax enforcement

State cybersecurity: who should act, who should oversee, and who should be held accountable?
FRENCH ONLY

French-only article

State cybersecurity: who should act, who should oversee, and who should be held accountable?

A French-language dossier on responsibility, oversight and the security of public information systems.

France sickened by its norms and its delays

Economy & taxation

France sickened by its norms and its delays

Data centres in France: the mirage of 75 billion euros

The organized decline of France

Politics & democracy

The organized decline of France

Economic betrayal and the abandonment of sovereignty.

Failures of energy renovation

Housing & real estate

Failures of energy renovation

Complaint on the structural defects of the scheme

Democracy in peril

Politics & democracy

Democracy in peril

Diagnosis of a system at the end of its rope.

Civil disobedience or rejection of the common rule?
FRENCH ONLY

French-only article

Civil disobedience or rejection of the common rule?

A French-language analysis of law, light housing, planning rules and national cohesion.

France’s Debt: A Reminder of Responsibility

France · Public debt · 2027 election

France’s Debt: A Reminder of Responsibility

Debt is neither an absolute evil nor an invention of creditors. But after fifty years of deficits, budgetary responsibility cannot be erased by labels.

Sovereignty agencies: preserve, reform, modernize

Politics & democracy

Sovereignty agencies: preserve, reform, modernize

Complementary dossier on the agencies to keep and reform.

Merging agencies

Politics & democracy

Merging agencies

Simplification and coherence of public action.

Reintegrating agencies into ministries

Politics & democracy

Reintegrating agencies into ministries

Clarity and political responsibility.

Removing obsolete bodies

Politics & democracy

Removing obsolete bodies

Rationalization and budgetary discipline.

Operational appendix: dismantling kit

Politics & democracy

Operational appendix: dismantling kit

Operational annexes for implementing reform.

Nine essential dossiers to understand and transform the State
FRENCH ONLY

French-only article

Nine essential dossiers to understand and transform the State

A French-language gateway to the priority public-policy dossiers.

What if, tomorrow, humanity were considered a threat by a conscious AI?

Artificial intelligence & society

What if, tomorrow, humanity were considered a threat by a conscious AI?

Artificial consciousness, loss of control, Skynet, The Matrix, HAL 9000 and biological risk: what science fiction may have understood before us

What if AI went dark?

Society · AI dependence · human resilience

What if AI went dark?

Human skills, resilience and dependence on artificial intelligence

What if Washington imposed France's electronic invoicing system on Tesla, SpaceX, Amazon and Anthropic?

Cybersecurity & sovereignty

What if Washington imposed France's electronic invoicing system on Tesla, SpaceX, Amazon and Anthropic?

Electronic invoicing, artificial intelligence, industrial espionage and economic warfare

Does the French State still need 105,000 tax agents in 2026?

Politics & democracy

Does the French State still need 105,000 tax agents in 2026?

5 agents around one sheet of paper. 18 to 36 months of procedure. 4 billion euros per year.

Water networks, factories, energy: is anyone at the controls?

Cybersecurity & critical infrastructure

Water networks, factories, energy: is anyone at the controls?

When services know, agencies warn, allies alert, and political decision-making still struggles to turn information into verified correction.

Fibre versus Starlink: where France fails

Economy & taxation

Fibre versus Starlink: where France fails

The failure of French digital deployment

France against its entrepreneurs

Economy & taxation

France against its entrepreneurs

Status report on my campsite project in the face of a mind-boggling administration

France produces the cheapest electricity in Europe. And yet the French pay more and more for it.

Economy & taxation

France produces the cheapest electricity in Europe. And yet the French pay more and more for it.

European market, ARENH, EDF and energy sovereignty

The democracy of appearances

Politics & democracy

The democracy of appearances

When the smile replaces the program, when image replaces thought.

Fiscal France: a heavily taxed country with declining consent

Economy & taxation

Fiscal France: a heavily taxed country with declining consent

Taxes, levies, tax expenditures and the crisis of consent.

Self-defence: legal analysis and avenues for reform

Society

Self-defence: legal analysis and avenues for reform

When the law poorly protects those who defend themselves

The limits of democracy

Politics & democracy

The limits of democracy

From the bypassed 2005 referendum to urban riots, fiscal AI and institutional refoundation.

NIS2 still stalled, DGFiP compromised: did the backdoor dispute delay French cybersecurity?
FRENCH ONLY

French-only article

NIS2 still stalled, DGFiP compromised: did the backdoor dispute delay French cybersecurity?

France was due to complete NIS2 transposition in October 2024. This French-language dossier examines the delays and the security debate.

The rental permit: and then what?

Housing & real estate

The rental permit: and then what?

When the State turns an act of ownership into an obstacle course

Rupture Plan

Politics & democracy

Rupture Plan

A four-level summary: seven dossiers to rebuild France democratically.

Politics and the World of Intelligence: How It Works

Intelligence · institutions · civil liberties

Politics and the World of Intelligence: How It Works

What citizens may know, what the law permits, what secrecy protects — and where political risk begins.

Why the French are leaving France

Society

Why the French are leaving France

Beyond millionaires, a systemic crisis.

Proposals to revive the rental supply

Housing & real estate

Proposals to revive the rental supply

Getting out of the housing crisis through private landlords

What is not running right in France?

Politics & democracy

What is not running right in France?

Anatomy of a decline — Four converging dossiers

When the State Fails, the Citizen Steps In

State, security & citizens

When the State Fails, the Citizen Steps In

What happens when public authority is too slow or ineffective and citizens begin performing tasks they expected the State to prepare, protect or adjudicate?

Referendum: a stone in the pond

Politics & democracy

Referendum: a stone in the pond

Philippe de Villiers' initiative and the silence of the elites

State reform: cleaning up the agencies

Politics & democracy

State reform: cleaning up the agencies

Umbrella dossier on 1,153 national public bodies within the Senate’s documented perimeter; overlapping categories are not mechanically added.

Structural reform of the State: stakes and levers

Politics & democracy

Structural reform of the State: stakes and levers

The documented perimeter is 1,153 national public bodies identified within the perimeter examined by the Senate. Consultative bodies, agencies, operators and independent authoritie

Governing Without Permanent Impunity

Institutions & sovereignty

Governing Without Permanent Impunity

A constitutional and legislative proposal for holding executive leaders criminally and financially liable, under strict safeguards, for serious harm to the Nation’s fundamental int