https://thomaspiketty.wordpress.com/2026/03/10/militaristic-drift-admission-of-weakness/

“democracy must be continually reinvented and reconsidered in its institutional foundations, such as constitutions, electoral procedures, organization of parliamentary work, functioning of political parties, funding and governance of the media, and so on. Nothing should be taken for granted”

“The saddest thing about the current situation is the inability of France and Germany to agree on anything”